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Predicting forces between oddly shaped nanoparticles

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Materials scientists at Duke University have devised a simplified method for calculating the attractive forces that cause nanoparticles to self-assemble into larger structures.

Nov 19, 2020

Predicting forces between oddly shaped nanoparticles: Simplified model of van der Waals forces will allow previously impossible simulations of how faceted nanoparticles self-assemble into larger structures

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Materials scientists have devised a simplified method for calculating the forces that cause nanoparticles to self-assemble. With this new model and graphical user interface, researchers will be able to make previously impossible predictions about ...

Nov 19, 2020

Predicting forces between oddly shaped nanoparticles

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Simplified model of van der Waals forces will allow previously impossible simulations of how faceted nanoparticles self-assemble into larger structures.

Nov 19, 2020

A nanomesh pressure sensor that can be attached directly to the skin

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An imperceptible thin-film sensor to record movement and the sense of touch.

Nov 19, 2020

A filter for environmental remediation

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A team of researchers at Osaka University has developed a nanopowder shaped like seaweed for a water filter to help remove toxic metal ions. Made of layered sodium titanate, the randomly oriented nanofibers increase the efficacy of cobalt-II (Co2+...

Nov 19, 2020

Science | AAAS

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Stacked carbon sheets used to make switches that some quantum computers rely on

Nov 19, 2020

A filter for environmental remediation

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Scientists have discovered a new method for producing sodium titanate mats nanostructured in a seaweed-like morphology for filtering heavy metal ions and radioactive materials from water. This work may lead to advances in treating contaminated was...

Nov 19, 2020

Scientists age quantum dots in a test tube

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Researchers from MIPT and the RAS Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics have proposed a simple and convenient way to obtain arbitrarily sized quantum dots required for physical experiments via chemical aging. The study was published in Materia...

Nov 19, 2020

Improving quantum dot interactions, one layer at a time

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Scientists have found a way to control an interaction between quantum dots that could lead to more efficient solar cells.

Nov 19, 2020

New DNA-Based Nanogel for Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapeutics

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Current chemotherapy regimens slow cancer progression and save lives, but these powerful drugs affect both healthy and cancerous cells. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have...

Nov 19, 2020

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