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The quest for perfect quantum dot biomarkers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Tiny nanoparticles can illuminate tissues and cells, but safer, more effective materials are needed before their mainstream application.

Jan 22, 2020

Atomic force microscopy - Mapping the unseen

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Atomic force microscopy techniques enable scientists to map and modify material properties at the nanoscale for broad applications in energy, biology, medicine and beyond.

Jan 22, 2020

Physicists trap light in nanoresonators for record time

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team of Russian, Australian and Korean researchers have experimentally trapped an electromagnetic wave in a gallium arsenide nanoresonator for a record-breaking time, over 200 periods of one wave oscillation. The trap has also bee...

Jan 22, 2020

How to keep boron inside cells during radiotherapy: a novel approach to cancer treatment

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a technique in which p-boronophenylalanine (BPA) is transferred to cancer cells, and the boron in it undergoes nuclear fission reaction upon irradiation of thermal neutrons, releasing high energy particles t...

Jan 22, 2020

Nanoparticles of Fungal Spores Have Been Detected Floating in Our Atmosphere

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Cloudy with a chance of coughing.

Jan 21, 2020

Science Revolution Sparked by Rapid Progress in Nanotechnology

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Dialing Up the Heat on Nanoparticles The ability of metallic nanoparticles to harvest and control light is transforming scientific research, according to physicists from the... The post Science Revolution Sparked by Rapid Progress in Nanotechnolog...

Jan 21, 2020

Researchers Grow First-Ever Single-Crystal Bilayer/Trilayer Graphene Sheets

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, scientists have fabricated and used single-crystal copper-nickel alloy foil substrates...

Jan 21, 2020

Well-designed substrates make large single crystal bi-/tri-layer graphene possible

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have reported the fabrication and use of single crystal copper-nickel alloy foil substrates for the growth of large-area, single crystal bilayer and trilayer graphene films.

Jan 21, 2020

Let the europium shine brighter

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A stacked nanocarbon antenna makes a rare earth element shine 5 times more brightly than previous designs, with applications in molecular light-emitting devices.

Jan 21, 2020

Nanocarbon antenna makes a rare earth element shine 5 times more brightly

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A stacked nanocarbon antenna makes a rare earth element shine 5 times more brightly than previous designs, with applications in molecular light-emitting devices.

Jan 21, 2020

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