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Novel nanospectroscopy measures biomolecular changes induced by drugs in human cells

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Synchrotron InfraRed Nanospectroscopy has been used for the first time to measure biomolecular changes induced by a drug (amiodarone) within human cells (macrophages) and localized at 100 nanometre scale, i.e. two orders of magnitude smaller than ...

Jul 17, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Polymers self-assembling like links of a chain for innovative materials: Nature just published the research on unprecedented

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The "nanolimpiad", as the complex structure of self-assembled links has been named, looks like the five Olympic Rings and may become the source of new polymeric materials with innovative properties.

Jul 17, 2020

Mysterious mechanism of graphene oxide formation explained

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Natural graphite, used as the precursor for graphene oxide production, is a highly ordered crystalline inorganic material, which is believed to be formed by decay of organic matter. It is extremely thermodynamically stable and resistant to be conv...

Jul 17, 2020

Orderly arranged bead-chain ternary nanocomposites for supercapacitors

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Researchers have developed novel ternary nanocomposites by electrostatic spinning technology, which improved the performance of supercapacitors electrode materials.

Jul 17, 2020

Orderly arranged bead-chain ternary nanocomposites for supercapacitors

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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 improved the performance of supercapacitor ele...

Jul 17, 2020

N-doped carbon encapsulated transition metal catalysts to optimize performance of zinc-air batteries

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In a report published in Nano, a team of researchers from Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, China have developed N-doped carbon encapsulated transition metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction...

Jul 17, 2020

Researchers realize nanoscale electrometry based on magnetic-field-resistant spin sensors

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A team led by Prof. Du Jiangfeng, Prof. Shi Fazhan, and Prof. Wang Ya from University of Science and Technology of China, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, proposed a robust electrometric method utilizing a continuous dynamic decoupling techniqu...

Jul 17, 2020

Skyrmions created in a centrosymmetric material lacking geometrical frustration

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A restriction on the kind of materials that can host nanoscale magnetic whirlpools known as skyrmions has been lifted by experimentalists at RIKEN. This will significantly expand the range of the materials skyrmions can be created in, making them ...

Jul 17, 2020

MIT “Light Squeezer” Reduces Quantum Noise in Lasers, Enhances Quantum Computing and Gravitational-Wave Detection

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Portable System Boosts Laser Precision, at Room Temperature Physicists at MIT have designed a quantum “light squeezer” that reduces quantum noise in an incoming laser... The post MIT “Light Squeezer” Reduces Quantum Noise in Lasers, Enhances Quan...

Jul 17, 2020

Chemical thermometers take temperature to the nanometric scale

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Scientists recently developed molecular films that can measure the operating temperature of electronic components on a nanometric scale. These patented temperature-sensitive molecules have the distinctive quality of being extremely stable, even af...

Jul 17, 2020

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