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Designer-defect mediated clamping of ferroelectric domain walls for more stable nanoelectronics

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A UNSW study published today in Nature Communications presents an exciting step towards domain-wall nanoelectronics: a novel form of future electronics based on nano-scale conduction paths, and which could allow for extremely dense memory storage.

Jan 20, 2020

Addressing global warming with new nanoparticles and sunshine

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Artificial photosynthesis:visible-light-driven photocatalysts convert CO2 into oxygen and pure CO under water.

Jan 20, 2020

Taming ultrafast electrons with light

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists have exploited light to control the motion of electrons in a metallic nanocircuit. This could have major implications for the future of data processing and computing.

Jan 20, 2020

Light Powers World’s Fastest-Spinning Object to 300 Billion Revolutions per Minute

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticle levitated by light rotates at 300 billion rpm A dumbbell-shaped nanoparticle powered just by the force and torque of light has become the world’s... The post Light Powers World’s Fastest-Spinning Object to 300 Billion Revolutions per ...

Jan 18, 2020

Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water

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Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in... The post Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water appear...

Jan 18, 2020

LLNL discovers new method to create nanocarbons

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Nanocarbons have emerged as major nanomaterials due to their many practical applications, including their potential use in energy

Jan 18, 2020

New achievement with 3D-printing could have applications in pharmaceutical industry

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University of Seville researchers, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham, have managed to create the first image of nanoparticles of stabilized gold with biodegradable and biocompatible systems that have been obtained with 3D-printng ...

Jan 17, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: The first highway trials show that nanotube-reinforced asphalt concrete prevents cracks and ruts

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Trials of the worlds first experimental section of road pavement with graphene nanotubes have demonstrated a 67% increase in resistance to rutting and cracking. The next step in the industrial applic...

Jan 17, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Researchers gain control over internal structure of self-assembled composite materials

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Composites made from self-assembling inorganic materials are valued for their unique strength and thermal, optical and magnetic properties. However, because self-assembly can be difficult to control,...

Jan 17, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Pretty with a twist: Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building block

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Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in an orderly manner using self-assembly protocols. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have functionalize...

Jan 17, 2020

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