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From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have developed a technique for the reversible conversion of 3D lipid vesicles into 2D ultra-thin nanosheets. Both the stable nanosheets and the reversible 2D-3D conversion process can find various applications in the pharmaceutical, bio...

Dec 20, 2019

New Way to Recycle Electronic Waste Using Low-temperature Cryo-mill

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have announced that they have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust. Specifically, they want to make...

Dec 20, 2019

Ultrafast, Energy-Efficient All-Optical Switching with Plasmonic Waveguides

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

NTT and the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an all-optical switch that operates in the ultrafast regime with a response time in the femtosecond (fs) range and with energy consumption in the femtojoule (fJ) range. To achie...

Dec 20, 2019

Why are alloy metal nanoparticles better than monometallic ones for CNT growth?

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, within the Institute of Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), have presented a theoretical solution to a long-lasting mystery of carbon nanotube (CNT) growth. Published in Physical Revie...

Dec 20, 2019

Using light to encrypt communications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers of the UT found a new way to protect data from attacks with quantum computers. As they published today in New Journal of Physics. With quantum computers on the rise, we can no longer exclude the possibility that a quantum computer will...

Dec 20, 2019

Chemist develops flower-like catalysts from graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A RUDN chemist and colleagues from Iran have developed a new strategy for producing hollow, porous catalysts for the Heck coupling reaction. These catalysts are characterized by a flower-like structure. They consist of graphene, on the surface of ...

Dec 20, 2019

An Invisible Quantum Dot 'Tattoo' Could Be Used to ID Vaccinated Kids

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Visible only with a smartphone camera and filter.

Dec 20, 2019

Why are alloy metal nanoparticles better than monometallic ones for carbon nanotubes growth?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Revealing a long-term mystery of why certain nanoparticles are more efficient in incorporating carbon atoms and achieving a faster carbon nanotube growth.

Dec 20, 2019

From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and the University of Tokyo have developed a technique for the reversible conversion of 3D lipid vesicles into 2D ultra-thin nanosheets. Both the stable nanosheets and the reversible 2D-...

Dec 20, 2019

Researchers Aim to Build Light-Controlled Tissue Scaffolds for Cell Regeneration

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Aarhus University are exploring a method of regenerating brain and heart cells using light. Their technique uses water-based nanofibers coated with organic photovoltaic nanomaterials to create light-controlled neural-stimulating sca...

Dec 19, 2019

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