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Graphene balloons to identify noble gases

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New research by scientists from Delft University of Technology and the University of Duisburg-Essen uses the motion of atomically thin graphene to identify noble gasses. These gasses are chemically passive and do not react with other materials, wh...

Nov 27, 2020

Lanthanide nanocrystals brighten molecular triplet excitons

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NUS scientists have developed an approach to improve the generation and luminescent harvesting of molecular triplets by coupling them with lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. This innovation provides new insights on lanthanide nanocrystal-molecule int...

Nov 27, 2020

Quantum software company tackles big computing challenges – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

“My mission is to demystify quantum computing,” says Ilyas Khan, who is founder and chief executive of Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) – a UK-based provider of software for quantum computers.

Nov 26, 2020

Ionic Forcefield Prevents Proteins from Binding to Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoparticles are promising drug delivery tools, offering the ability to administer drugs directly to a specific part of the body and avoid the awful side effects so often seen with chemotherapeutics.

Nov 26, 2020

Quantum Nanodiamonds Could be Used for Ultrasensitive Diagnostics

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The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such as HIV, according to a...

Nov 26, 2020

Animal-free method predicts nanoparticle toxicity for safer industrial materials

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Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München together with scientists across Europe developed a novel animal-free method to predict the toxic effect of nanoparticles to the human lung. The method aims to enable the safety-by-design development of saf...

Nov 26, 2020

Shining a light on nanoscale dynamics

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Physicists from the University of Konstanz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and the University of Regensburg have successfully demonstrated that ultrashort electron pulses experience a quantum mechanical phase shift through th...

Nov 26, 2020

Improved 3D printing for aerospace composites using nanocarbon additives from oil waste

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The nanocarbon additive to aluminum powder, obtained from the products of processing associated petroleum gas, will improve the quality of 3D printed aerospace composites by increasing the hardness of products by 1.5 times.

Nov 26, 2020

Lanthanide nanocrystals brighten molecular triplet excitons

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

NUS scientists have developed an approach to improve the generation and luminescent harvesting of molecular triplets by coupling them with lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. This innovation provides new insights on lanthanide nanocrystal-molecule int...

Nov 26, 2020

Carbon nanocomposites one step closer to practical industrial application

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A research team from the Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials at Skoltech has recently published a study focusing on multifunctional materials created through the addition of carbon...

Nov 26, 2020

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