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Study Demonstrates Strong Binding Properties of Nanocelluloses

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Tiny fibrils derived from plants have gained considerable attention. Such nanomaterials have exhibited great potential in outshining plastics, and even substituting them. A scanning electron...

May 12, 2020

Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read

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Engineers at Duke University have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter. Combined with an emerging point-of-care diagnostic platform already...

May 12, 2020

Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read

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Researchers use plasmonics to enhance fluorescent markers in lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices.

May 12, 2020

Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read: Researchers use plasmonics to enhance fluorescent markers in lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices

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Engineers have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter. Combined with an emerging point-of-care diagnostic platform already shown to be able t...

May 12, 2020

Graphene joins the fight against COVID-19 – Physics World

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Surgical masks coated with the carbon nanomaterial could be made self-cleaning and easily sterilizable The post Graphene joins the fight against COVID-19 appeared first on Physics World.

May 12, 2020

Transforming Nanofiber Membranes Into Complex 3D Shapes for Biomedical Applications

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Researchers develop a new way to create 3D scaffolds for biomedical applications. In the movie “Transformers,” cars morph into robots, jets or a variety of... The post Transforming Nanofiber Membranes Into Complex 3D Shapes for Biomedical Applicat...

May 12, 2020

Hollow-core fiber raises prospects for next-generation scientific instruments

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Hollow-core fiber technology developed in the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics exhibits up to 1,000 times better polarization purity than state-of-the-art solid core fibers.

May 12, 2020

Nanofiber membranes transformed into 3D scaffolds: Researchers develop a new way to create 3D scaffolds for biomedical applications

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Researchers combined gas foaming and 3D molding technologies to quickly transform electrospun membranes into complex 3D shapes for biomedical applications. The new approach demonstrates significant improvements in speed and quality compared with o...

May 12, 2020

Breakthrough in Understanding the Physics of High-Temperature Superconductivity

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A new measuring method helps understand the physics of high-temperature superconductivity From sustainable energy to quantum computers: high-temperature superconductors have the potential to revolutionize today’s... The post Breakthrough in Unders...

May 12, 2020

Transistor sets a new standard for energy efficiency

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Smartphones, laptops and smartwatches consume vast quantities of energy, yet only around half of this energy is actually used to power important functions. And with billions of these devices in use worldwide, a significant amount of energy goes to...

May 12, 2020

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