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Nanomesh Pressure Sensors Have That Human Touch

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

(A) Nanomesh pressure sensor attached to an index finger. Scale bar, 5 mm. (B) Cross-sectional SEM image of the nanomesh sensor laminated on polyimide film at a tilt angle of 52°. The sensor...

Dec 8, 2020

Hunting out hidden hydrogen: Novel holey nanosheets for detecting hydrogen gas leaks

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In recent years, hydrogen (H2) has emerged as the best option for clean energy in our pursuit of an alternative fuel for mitigating environmental problems such as global warming. Hailed as 'batteries of the future,' H2 fuel cells are tou...

Dec 8, 2020

Nanoparticle tracking could improve our understanding of plastic pollution

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A ground-breaking method to label and track manufactured nano-plastics could signal a paradigm shift in how we understand and care for environments, finds a new study.

Dec 8, 2020

Cathodic corrosion—devastating but predictable

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An indian stepwell on a nanoscale. That is what postdoc Nakkiran Arulmozhi calls the pattern he saw when he corroded a special kind of platinum crystal. The unique images show the destructiveness of the process, but also show how predictable it is.

Dec 8, 2020

New method to label and track nanoparticles could improve our understanding of plastic pollution

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A ground-breaking method to label and track manufactured nano-plastics could signal a paradigm shift in how we understand and care for environments.

Dec 8, 2020

Nanoparticle sensitizers could enhance radiotherapy effectiveness – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Speakers at the ESTRO 2020 congress discussed the use of nanoparticles to preferentially sensitize tumour cells to irradiation and improve radiation treatments The post Nanoparticle sensitizers could enhance radiotherapy effectiveness appeared fir...

Dec 8, 2020

Nanoelectromechanical tags for tamper-proof product identification and authentication

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Researchers in cybersecurity aim to realize truly unclonable identification and authentication tags to defend global systems from ever-increasing counterfeit attacks. In a new report now published on Nature: Microsystems & Nanoengineering,...

Dec 8, 2020

Silver linings: Adding silver to the nanoclusters can do wonders for their luminescence

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Scientists have discovered that a silver-doped platinum thiolate nanometal complex shows 18-fold greater photoluminescence than the original platinum complex. In their recent paper, they provide insights into the causes of this, crowning a new app...

Dec 8, 2020

Research Highlights Strategies for Improving the Biosynthesis of Inorganic Nanomaterials

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There are diverse methods for producing numerous inorganic nanomaterials involving many experimental variables. Among the numerous possible matches, finding the best pair for synthesizing in an...

Dec 8, 2020

Adding silver to nanoclusters can do wonders for their luminescence

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered that a silver-doped platinum thiolate nanometal complex shows 18-fold greater photoluminescence than the original platinum complex.

Dec 8, 2020

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