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Stimulating neurons with magnetic nanodiscs

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Magnetic nanodiscs can be activated by an external magnetic field, providing a research tool for studying neural responses.

Jul 20, 2020

A new study unveils the mechanism of the nanoparticle gelation transition

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In a major breakthrough published in Nature Communications, the universal laws which govern the formation of nanostructured materials have been unveiled. Researchers led by Prof. Alessio Zaccone at University of Milan and by Prof. Peter Schall at ...

Jul 20, 2020

Scientists Develop Novel Ternary Nanocomposites by Electrostatic Spinning Technology

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In a paper published in NANO, a group of researchers from Jiangsu University of Technology, China have developed novel Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO ternary nanocomposites by electrostatic spinning technology, which...

Jul 20, 2020

New Technology Could Enhance Therapeutic Efficiency of Nanomedicines

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Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian...

Jul 20, 2020

Self-emitted surface corrugations in dynamic fracture of silicon single crystal

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When a dynamic crack propagates through material heterogeneities (material differences), elastic waves are emitted to disturb the crack and change the morphology of the fracture surface. When a crack propagates along preferential cleavage planes o...

Jul 20, 2020

How smart, ultrathin nanosheets go fishing for proteins

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Faster and simpler production of high-resolution, three-dimensional electron microscopy images of biomolecules .

Jul 20, 2020

A novel method for heavy metal sensing with graphene oxide

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The proposed heavy metal sensor is based on graphene oxide functionalized micro-tapered long-period fiber grating where light-matter interaction is enhanced.

Jul 20, 2020

Single, twisted nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand

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For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterised in a lab, taking scientists one vital step closer to a time when medicines will be produced and blended on a microscopic scale.

Jul 20, 2020

Single nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand

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For the first time, a single, twisted nanoparticle has been accurately measured and characterised in a lab, taking scientists one vital step closer to a time when medicines will be produced and blended on a microscopic scale.

Jul 20, 2020

Luminescent substance with nanoparticles allows more accurate and safe viewing of different parts of the body

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This substance, still in the laboratory phase, offers a number of advantages over those currently used: it reduces the adverse effects on the body, uses lower doses than usual, allows the compound to be targeted only at the affected area that need...

Jul 20, 2020

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