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Cool down fast to advance quantum nanotechnology

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Rapidly cooling magnon particles proves a surprisingly effective way to create an elusive quantum state of matter, called a Bose-Einstein condensate. The discovery can help advance quantum physics research and is a step towards the long-term goal ...

Apr 21, 2020

Penn Engineers' 'nanocardboard' flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes

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Penn Engineers are suggesting a new way to explore the sky: tiny aircraft that weigh about as much as a fruit fly and have no moving parts.These flyers are plates of 'nanocardboard,' which levitate when bright light is shone on them. As ...

Apr 21, 2020

High-quality boron nitride grown at atmospheric pressure

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Graphene Flagship researchers reported a significant step forward in growing monoisotopic hexagonal boron nitride at atmospheric pressure for the production of large and very high-quality crystals.

Apr 21, 2020

Scientists shed new light on viral protein shell assembly

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New insight on the conditions that control self-assembly in the protective shell of viruses has been published today in eLife.

Apr 21, 2020

New hybrid material improves the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries

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Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new hybrid material of mesoporous silicon microparticles and carbon nanotubes that can improve the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries.

Apr 21, 2020

Cool down fast to advance quantum nanotechnology

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An international team of scientists have found an easy way to trigger an unusual state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate. The new method, recently described in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is expected to help advance the research a...

Apr 21, 2020

Terahertz science discloses the ultrafast photocarrier dynamics in carbon nanotubes

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A team of researchers at the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, in collaboration with TU Wien, Nanyang Technological University, Rice University, University of Alberta and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, comes closer to unr...

Apr 21, 2020

New Self-Assembled Monolayer Is Resistant to Air – Buckyballs Can Pave the Way for Molecular Electronics

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Organic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have been around for over forty years. The most widely used form is based on thiols, bound to a metal surface.... The post New Self-Assembled Monolayer Is Resistant to Air – Buckyballs Can Pave the Way for...

Apr 20, 2020

New mask material can remove virus-size nanoparticles

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists around the world are scrambling to adapt their research to find solutions to the many problems raised

Apr 20, 2020

Nanoparticles to Achieve Targeted Elimination of Malignant Tumors

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At LMU, scientists have developed nanoparticles that can be triggered, through a change in pH, to discharge a lethal dose of ionized iron within cells. This mechanism could pave the way for new...

Apr 20, 2020

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