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Shape matters for light-activated nanocatalysts

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Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light, according research from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics.

Sep 18, 2020

Who stole the light?

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Free electron X-ray lasers deliver intense ultrashort pulses of x-rays, which can be used to image nanometer-scale objects in a single shot. When the x-ray wavelength is tuned to an electronic resonance, magnetization patterns can be made visible....

Sep 18, 2020

Nano-microscope gives first direct observation of the magnetic properties of 2D materials

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Widefield nitrogen-vacancy microscope solves problem of there being no way to tell exactly how strongly magnetic a 2D material was.

Sep 18, 2020

'Floating' graphene on a bed of calcium atoms

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Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go? In a new study, a Monash-led team has for the first time confirmed what actually happens to those calcium atoms. Surprising everyone, the calc...

Sep 17, 2020

Size determines how nanoparticles affect biological membranes

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Imperial researchers have tested whether gold nanoparticles could be toxic to cells, finding how they affect lipid membranes depends on their size.

Sep 17, 2020

Size determines how nanoparticles affect biological membranes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have tested whether gold nanoparticles could be toxic to cells, finding how they affect lipid membranes depends on their size.

Sep 17, 2020

Researchers Design Smaller Electrical Nanolasers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King's College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers for integrated...

Sep 17, 2020

The World’s First Nanotube Acoustic Membranes: 4–6 Times Lighter and Incredible Sound

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene nanotubes have unique properties that make them the only universal additive able to improve the properties of diverse materials. Using OCSiAl technology for the mass production of graphene...

Sep 17, 2020

Effective pathway to convert CO2 into ethylene

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The scientists developed nanoscale copper wires with specially shaped surfaces to catalyze a chemical reaction that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while generating ethylene -- a valuable chemical simultaneously.

Sep 17, 2020

E-beam atomic-scale 3-D 'sculpting' could enable new quantum nanodevices

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By varying the energy and dose of tightly focused electron beams, researchers have demonstrated the ability to both etch away and deposit high-resolution nanoscale patterns on two-dimensional layers of graphene oxide. The 3-D additive/subtractive ...

Sep 17, 2020

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