As technology shrinks, the need to characterize the properties of very small materials-measured in nanometers (1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter)-has become increasingly important. Nanomaterials...
Jun 25, 2020
With their experiments, scientists confirmed certain energy transitions in quantum dots that had previously only been predicted theoretically: the so-called radiative Auger process.
Jun 25, 2020
Phase transitions play an important role in materials. However, in two-dimensional materials, the most famous of which is graphene, phase transitions can be very difficult... The post Magnetic and Electronic Phase Transitions in 2D-Materials Prob...
Jun 25, 2020
A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that "has not been observed in chemistry heretofore," the researchers say.
Jun 25, 2020
Because of their unique properties, magnetic nanoparticles can be used for therapeutic diagnostics and personalized treatment of cancer diseases, as well as be an effective contrast agent for MRI examination and imaging of tumors.
Jun 25, 2020
Scientists from the Center for Photonics and 2D Materials of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the University of Oviedo, Donostia International Physics Center, and CIC nanoGUNE have proposed a new way to study the properties o...
Jun 25, 2020
Using super-resolution technology a University of Technology Sydney led team has directly visualised the process of DNA replication in single human cells.
Jun 25, 2020
Gold atoms are deposited by means of chemical reduction onto previously formed gold nanorods to produce a quiral structure. These "nanoscrews" interact with circularly polarized light much more efficiently than what is achieved with any ...
Jun 25, 2020
Researchers from Basel, Bochum and Copenhagen have gained new insights into the energy states of quantum dots. They are semiconductor nanostructures and promising building blocks for quantum communication. With their experiments, the scientists co...
Jun 25, 2020
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method for the production of wavy surfaces with nanometre precision. In the future this method could be used, for instance, to make optical components for data transmission on the internet even more effic...
Jun 25, 2020
