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Hot holes are key in a plasmon-induced reaction of oxygen molecules on silver surfaces

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Chemists at RIKEN have discovered why shining light on silver nanoparticles causes oxygen molecules attached to their surfaces to break off. This insight will help researchers design new catalysts that harness light energy.

Jun 12, 2020

Vapor-sensitive materials with self-assembling twisted microstructure

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate a unique polysaccharide fiber in a twisted structure forming under drying process which showed spring-like behavior.

Jun 12, 2020

Unlocking PNA's superpowers for self-assembling nanostructures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to impact nanomanufacturing and future biomedical technologies like targeted d...

Jun 12, 2020

Minimizing thermal conductivity of crystalline material with optimal nanostructure: Towards application of materials informatics to development of thermal functional materials

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Researchers have minimized thermal conductivity by designing, fabricating, and evaluating the optimal nanostructure-multilayer materials through materials informatics (MI), which combines machine learning and molecular simulation.

Jun 12, 2020

Twisted microfiber's network responses to water vapor

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Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) graduate student Kulisara Budpud, Assoc. Prof. Kosuke Okeyoshi, Dr. Maiko Okajima and, Prof. Tatsuo Kaneko reveal a unique polysaccharide fiber in a twisted structure formin...

Jun 12, 2020

Quantum effect observed in 'large' metal

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In the world of materials science, sometimes main discoveries can be found in unexpected places. While working on the resistivity of a type of delafossite—PdCoO2—researchers at EPFL's Laboratory of Quantum Materials discovered that the electr...

Jun 12, 2020

Minimizing thermal conductivity of crystalline material with optimal nanostructure

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Professor Junichiro Shiomi et al. from the University of Tokyo aimed to reduce the thermal conductivity of semiconductor materials by reducing the internal nanostructure. The researchers successfully minimized thermal conductivity by designing, fa...

Jun 12, 2020

Unlocking peptide nucleic acids' superpowers for self-assembling nanostructures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to impact nanomanufacturing as well as future biomedical technologies like targ...

Jun 12, 2020

Breast cancer vaccine research delivers promising results

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

With a surprisingly simple approach in which cancer cells are first grown, ruptured and converted into nanoparticles, and

Jun 12, 2020

Minimizing thermal conductivity of crystalline material with optimal nanostructure

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers successfully minimized thermal conductivity by designing, fabricating, and evaluating the optimal nanostructure-multilayer materials through materials informatics, which combines machine learning and molecular simulation.

Jun 12, 2020

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