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ETH Team Leads Way to More Precise Diffraction Gratings

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

For decades, scientists have tried to improve the design and production of diffraction gratings, one of the oldest and most important technologies for controlling light. An ETH Zürich team, working with colleagues at Utrecht University and Heidelb...

Jun 29, 2020

Breakthrough in the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the U.S. has succeeded in producing this versatile material for the first time directly on the...

Jun 29, 2020

Innovation Center of NanoMedicine, QST, and University of Tokyo Develop Safe Liver Sinusoid Coating Agents

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and Oracle Health Sciences have teamed as part of the Innovation Quarter's iQ Healthtech Labs™ to develop a consortium of...

Jun 29, 2020

New Process for Two-Sided Nanomaterials May Benefit Energy and Information Technologies

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used a simple process to implant atoms precisely into the top layers of ultra-thin crystals, yielding two-sided structures...

Jun 29, 2020

Nanoelectromechanical switches based reconfigurable computing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Novel complementary nanoelectromechanical (CNEM) switches based on complementary ferroelectric nanocracks integrate the advantages of ferroelectric and nanoelectromechanical switches, such as nonvolatility, quasi-zero OFF-state leakage current and...

Jun 29, 2020

Researchers print, tune graphene sensors to monitor food freshness, safety

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are using high-resolution printing technology and the unique properties of graphene to make low-cost biosensors to monitor food safety and livestock health.

Jun 29, 2020

Researchers print, tune graphene sensors to monitor food freshness, safety

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers are using high-resolution printing technology and the unique properties of graphene to make low-cost biosensors to monitor food safety and livestock health.

Jun 29, 2020

Rice lab's bright idea is pure gold

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University physicists discover that plasmonic metals can be prompted to produce "hot carriers" that in turn emit unexpectedly bright light in nanoscale gaps between electrodes. The phenomenon could be useful for photocatalysis, quan...

Jun 29, 2020

Nanotechnology applied to medicine: The first liquid retina prosthesis

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia has led to the development of an artificial liquid retinal prosthesis to counteract the effects of diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration that cause the progressive...

Jun 29, 2020

Nanomaterials for sustainable water repellent fabrics

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Nanomaterials manufacturer, Promethean Particles, has joined a consortium of organisations to research and develop new safe and sustainable water repellent fabrics ...

Jun 29, 2020

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