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Nano-engineering technique could aid exploration, scalability of next-gen electronics

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Just add sulfur.

Jan 15, 2020

Imprinted structural color patterns

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Azopolymer material allows light-assisted imprinting of nanostructures for structurally colored surfaces.

Jan 15, 2020

Nanoengineering technique could aid exploration, scalability of next-gen electronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have shown that sulfur can spice up a nanomaterial sandwich by putting a literal twist on the multi-layered classic.

Jan 15, 2020

Generation and manipulation of spin currents for advanced electronic devices

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Graphene-based van der Waals heterostructures could be used to design ultra-compact and low-energy electronic devices and magnetic memory devices, according to a study led by ICREA Prof. Sergio O. Valenzuela, head of the ICN2 Physics and Engineeri...

Jan 15, 2020

LEDs Engineered With Colloidal Quantum Dots Can Function As Lasers

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Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum dot LED that also operates... The post LEDs Engineered With Colloidal Quantum Dots Can Function As Lasers ap...

Jan 15, 2020

Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial and sunlight

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Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in North America. Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have developed a new method to degrade it that combines a new nanostructured material and sunlight.

Jan 15, 2020

Spinning quantum dots

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A new paper in EPJ B presents a theoretical analysis of electron spins in moving semiconductor quantum dots, showing how these can be controlled by electric fields in a way that suggests they may be usable as information storage and processing com...

Jan 15, 2020

Imprinted color patterns

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Structural colors appear because the imprinted pattern on a surface changes the wavelengths of light. Chinese scientists have introduced an azopolymer that allows the imprinting of nanopatterns in a novel room-temperature lithographic process. A k...

Jan 15, 2020

New nanoparticle therapy offers potential new treatment for aggressive breast cancer

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Researchers developed a new nanoparticle drug formulation that targets a specific receptor on cancer cells, and appears to be more effective than a standard nanoparticle therapy currently on the market to treat metastatic breast cancer. The study...

Jan 15, 2020

Unique tool to democratize entry into the field of nanopore research

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A nanopore is a tiny hole in a thin membrane with a diameter of around a billionth of a meter, or about the width of a single DNA molecule.

Jan 14, 2020

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