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Chemists achieve breakthrough in the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

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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

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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

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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

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

Jun 25, 2020

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

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Researchers 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 resulting materials, known as Janus structures after the two-faced Rom...

Jun 25, 2020

Scientists find out how nanoparticles kill cancer cells

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Scientists from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU) and National University of Science and Technology "MISiS" have studied how magnet nanoparticles affect cancer cells in the human liver. In the authors' opinion, thi...

Jun 25, 2020

Physicists obtain molecular 'fingerprints' using plasmons

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Scientists from the Center for Photonics and 2-D 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 ...

Jun 25, 2020

Dynamics of DNA replication revealed at the nanoscale

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DNA replication is a process of critical importance to the cell, and must be coordinated precisely to ensure that genomic information is duplicated once and only once during each cell cycle. Using super-resolution technology a University of Techno...

Jun 25, 2020

Researchers develop gold nanoparticles to reduce neuronal cell death

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Gold nanoparticles have been developed in the laboratory in order to reduce the cell death of neurons exposed to overexcitement.

Jun 25, 2020

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