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New Single Graphene-Cube Cavity Acts as New Type of Nano-Antenna

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Miniaturization has enabled so many unfathomable dreams. Shrinking down electronic circuits has allowed us to access technology like smartphones, health watches, medical probes, nano-satellites,...

Jun 12, 2020

Two-in-one super molecule for high-density computing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have developed a new type of molecular computing device that acts both as a switch and storage element for nanoelectronic applications.

Jun 12, 2020

Prodigiosin-based solution has selective activity against cancer cells

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Together with colleagues from the University of Palermo, KFU employees offer a nano preparation based on biocompatible halloysite nanotubes and bacterial pigment prodigiosin; the latter is known to selectively disrupt cancer cells without damaging...

Jun 12, 2020

Unlocking PNA's superpowers for self-assembling nanostructures

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University 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 biomedica...

Jun 12, 2020

Minimizing thermal conductivity of crystalline material with optimal nanostructure

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Japanese researchers successfully 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

Smallest cavity for light realized by graphene plasmons

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report on the smallest cavities ever realized for infrared light by using graphene and metallic cubes of nanometer sizes.

Jun 11, 2020

Smallest cavity for light realized by graphene plasmons

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Miniaturization has enabled technology like smartphones, health watches, medical probes and nano-satellites, all unthinkable a couple decades ago. Just imagine that in the course of 60 years, the transistor has shrunk from the size of your palm to...

Jun 11, 2020

Scientists develop guide for nanomaterials safe-by-design process

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

NanoReg2 project publishes 17 questions for designers

Jun 11, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Researchers mimic nature for fast, colorful 3D printing

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Brilliantly colored chameleons, butterflies, opals and now some 3D-printed materials reflect color by using nanoscale structures called photonic crystals.

Jun 11, 2020

Researchers synthesize silicon-based quantum dots

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

NDSU researchers recently developed a new method of creating quantum dots made of silicon. Quantum dots, or nanocrystals, are tiny nanometer-scale pieces of semiconductor that emit light when their electrons are exposed to UV light. The most commo...

Jun 11, 2020

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