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Nanocrystal encapsulation and delivery of water-insoluble drugs

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research findings show that besides their applications in bioimaging techniques as phosphorescent markers, the new platinum nanocrystals may also have an application in biomedicine: to encapsulate water-insoluble drugs.

Nov 7, 2020

Germanium telluride's hidden properties at the nanoscale revealed

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Germanium Telluride is an interesting candidate material for spintronic devices. In a comprehensive study, researchers have now revealed how the spin texture switches by ferroelectric polarization within individual nanodomains.

Nov 7, 2020

Scientists Grow Carbon Nanotube Forest Much Longer Than Any Other

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Novel technique yields a carbon nanotube forest of record length, potentially revolutionizing the future of many industries.

Nov 6, 2020

Wally the Llama's Nanobodies May Become Novel Treatment for Coronavirus

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

Special llama antibodies, known as nanobodies, may become a powerful treatment against coronavirus.

Nov 6, 2020

The applications of liquid crystals have been extended to drug encapsulation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the NOVA University of Lisbon (UNL) have used platinum (Pt) compounds of a liquid crystalline nature to design nanocrystal structures capable of effectively encapsulating and transpor...

Nov 6, 2020

Germanium telluride's hidden properties at the nanoscale revealed

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Germanium telluride (GeTe) is known as a ferrolectric Rashba semiconductor with a number of interesting properties. The crystals consist of nanodomains, whose ferrolectric polarization can be switched by external electric fields. Because of the so...

Nov 6, 2020

Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that placing cells on a plasmonic metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticle can improve the resolution of images of living cells taken in real-time under a widefield fluorescence microscope. The metasurface effe...

Nov 6, 2020

Germanium telluride's hidden properties at the nanoscale revealed

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Germanium Telluride is an interesting candidate material for spintronic devices. In a comprehensive study at BESSY II, a research group has now revealed how the spin texture switches by ferroelectric polarization within individual nanodomains.

Nov 6, 2020

A new candidate material for quantum spin liquids

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using a unique material, scientists have been able to design and study an unusual state of matter, the Quantum Spin Liquid. The work has significant implications for future technologies, from quantum computing to superconductivity and spintronics.

Nov 6, 2020

Researchers develop sensors that detect human biomarkers and toxic gas

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new understanding of nanomaterials, sensor design and fabrication approaches could help advance stretchable, wearable gas sensors that monitor gaseous biomarkers in humans and toxic gas in an exposed environment, according to Penn State research...

Nov 6, 2020

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