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Scientists grow optical chips in a petri dish

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The modern photonics industry is constantly working on making its devices more compact, be it computing systems or sensors and lidars. For this, it is necessary to make lasers, transistors and other elements smaller. A team of scientists led by IT...

Jun 16, 2020

Scientists discover a long-sought-after nitrogen allotrope in black phosphorus structure

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Graphene, or a single layer of graphite, has a set of novel properties that have attracted tremendous attention since its discovery. Nitrogen is the next neighbor to carbon in the periodic table of elements, so it is natural to question whether ni...

Jun 16, 2020

Determining effective magnetic moment of multicore nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research compares the effective magnetic moments of different multicore nanoparticle systems and shows that they are magnetic-field dependent.

Jun 16, 2020

Determining effective magnetic moment of multicore nanoparticles

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Magnetic nanoparticles, a class of nanoparticles that can be manipulated by magnetic fields, have a wide range of technical and biomedical applications, including magnetic hyperthermia, targeted drug delivery, new magnetic storage media and nanoro...

Jun 16, 2020

Researchers light cells using nanosheets for cancer treatment

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists are developing new ways to advance the field of regenerative medicine and cancer treatment with a 2D nanosheet that is 1,000 times smaller than a strand of hair.

Jun 16, 2020

Support drives fate of protected gold nanoclusters as catalysts

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In collaboration with experimentalists from Ghent University, Belgium and Utrecht University, Netherlands, researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, have recently discovered that the choice of a support material f...

Jun 16, 2020

With a 'catch-and-release' process, researchers advance graphene electronics

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In recent years, atomically flat layered materials have gained significant attention due to their prospects for building high-speed and low-power electronics. Best known among those materials is graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms. Among the ...

Jun 16, 2020

A new family of nanocars ready for the next nano 'Grand Prix'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a new family of nanocars ready to compete on a gold surface against the 9 other teams selected for the 2nd Nanocar Race in 2021.

Jun 16, 2020

All of the performance, none of the fuss: nitrile hydrogenation done right

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The need to be mindful consumers is becoming a priority for an ever-growing portion of society. This means that achieving efficient and environmentally sustainable chemical processes is more important than ever before. One way of influencing react...

Jun 16, 2020

New technique for polymer manufacturing with reduced solvents aimed at vehicle, packaging production

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A team of Purdue University innovators hopes its new technology provides a more business-friendly option to utilize sustainable cellulose nanomaterials for use in vehicles, food packaging and other manufactured items.

Jun 16, 2020

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