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High-resolution lithography for nanoporous thin films

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Researchers at KU Leuven (Belgium) developed a high-resolution lithography process to pattern metal-organic framework (MOF) films. This work, published in Nature Materials, will speed up the integration of these materials into microchips.

Oct 28, 2020

Study Illustrates Paradox Behind Quantum Forces in Nanodevices

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have come up with a new method to illustrate the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations...

Oct 28, 2020

Quantum Theorists Rise Beyond Decades-Old Laser Limitation

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Quantum theorists from Griffith University and Macquarie University, both in Australia, used quantum mechanics to overturn an assertion about laser coherence that has been the common belief for 60 years. The research shows that it is possible to b...

Oct 28, 2020

Maxwell’s Demon: A Uniquely Quantum Effect in Erasing Information Discovered

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Researchers from Trinity have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. Their... The post Maxwell’s Demon: A Uniquely Quantum Effect in Erasing In...

Oct 28, 2020

Designing nucleic acid nanotechnology for targeted immunostimulation in human cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nucleic acids offer an ideal building material for the development of therapeutic nucleic acids because they are biocompatible and can be programmed as or functionalized with antisense oligonucleotides, small interfering RNA (siRNAs), microRNAs (m...

Oct 28, 2020

Bullet-like nanoparticles heat and destroy cancer cells from the inside

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Tiny nanoscale materials offer unique properties, and one way scientists are looking to leverage these is by taking aim at cancer cells of different kinds. A research team in the UK have demonstrated how an adaptation of this technology can be use...

Oct 28, 2020

Reliable quality-control of graphene and other 2D materials is routinely possible

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Scientists at Ames Laboratory have discovered and confirmed a method which could serve as an easy but reliable way to test the quality of graphene and other 2D materials.

Oct 28, 2020

Liquid nanofoam: A game changer for future football helmets

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A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan State University researcher.

Oct 28, 2020

Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine

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One of the proteins on the virus - located on the characteristic COVID spike - has a component called the receptor-binding domain, or RBD, which is its "Achilles heel." That is, he said, antibodies against this part of the virus have the...

Oct 28, 2020

Smart fluorescent molecular switches based on boron-based compounds

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Scientists have developed extremely stable molecular switches of high luminosity that self-assemble into 1D nanostructures and form gel-like materials. These molecular switches can be used in biomedicine as fluorescent probes for imaging or sensin...

Oct 28, 2020

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