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Chemists achieve breakthrough in the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Graphene Nanoribbons might soon be much easier to produce. An international research team has succeeded in producing this versatile material for the first time directly on the surface of semiconductors. Until now, this was only possible on metal s...

Jun 25, 2020

New boron-lanthanide nanostructure

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A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that ''has not been observed in chemistry heretofore,'' the researchers say.

Jun 25, 2020

Researchers unveil mechanism to obtain metal 'nanoscrews'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Led by the Ikerbasque professor Luis Liz-Marzán, researchers at the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials CIC biomaGUNE have developed a mechanism by which gold atoms are deposited by means of chemical reduction onto previously formed go...

Jun 25, 2020

Chemists achieve breakthrough in the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene nanoribbons might soon be much easier to produce. 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 ...

Jun 25, 2020

Scientists unveil mechanism to obtain metal 'nanoscrews'

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers deposit gold atoms onto gold nanorods in a practically helicoidal structure.

Jun 25, 2020

Chemists achieve breakthrough in the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have succeeded in producing graphene nanoribbons for the first time directly on the surface of semiconductors. Until now, this was only possible on metal surfaces.

Jun 25, 2020

Researchers discover new boron-lanthanide nanostructure

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that has not been observed in chemistry heretofore.

Jun 25, 2020

Simple process for 'two-faced' nanomaterials may aid energy, information tech

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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 with different chemical compositions. The result...

Jun 25, 2020

New 'hybrid engine' for biodegradable nanomotors that transport drugs to diseased tissue

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanomotors are molecular or nanoscale devices that can move through a biological medium by converting chemical energy into motion, and can be used for the delivery of pharmaceutical drugs to specific parts of the body. Typically, nanomotors use bi...

Jun 25, 2020

New 'hybrid engine' for biodegradable nanomotors that transport drugs to diseased tissue

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Inorganic nanoparticles stored in the nanomotors create oxygen nanobubbles for propulsion.

Jun 25, 2020

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