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From nanocellulose to gold

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties. They may be antibacterial, change colour under pressure, or convert light to heat.

Aug 10, 2020

Kavli Lectures: The Art of Building Small and Innovating for Industrial Impact

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The art of molecular nanoscience and innovation in polymeric materials for industrial use will be the topics of a pair of Kavli Lectures at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual...

Aug 10, 2020

Scientists develop biomimetic nanoprobes to image brain tumors

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Biomimetic nanoprobes are prepared by composing ferric oxide and fluorescent dye, and coating the surface of nanoprobes by bioorthogonally labeled brain tumor cell membrane for crossing the BBB and targeting brain tumor cells.

Aug 10, 2020

How to get more cancer-fighting nanoparticles to where they are needed

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have discovered a dose threshold that greatly increases the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumour.

Aug 10, 2020

Breaking molecular traffic jams with finned nanoporous materials

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Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting the invention of a new class of porous catalysts that will speed up reactions, breaking the molecular traffic jam that can slow them down. The discovery has immediate relevance to industry for...

Aug 10, 2020

From nanocellulose to gold

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties. They may be antibacterial, change colour under pressure, or convert light to heat. The research is published in A...

Aug 10, 2020

New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are

Aug 9, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: May the force be with you: Detecting ultrafast light by its force: From cell phones to solar cells - research has implications for improvements in a wide range of technologies

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A McGill research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide rang...

Aug 8, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Kavli Lectures: The art of building small and innovating for industrial impact

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The art of molecular nanoscience and innovation in polymeric materials for industrial use will be the topics of a pair of Kavli Lectures at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual Meetin...

Aug 8, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Layer of nanoparticles could improve LED performance and lifetime

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Adding a layer of nanoparticles to LED designs could help them produce more light for the same energy, and also increase their lifetime.

Aug 8, 2020

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