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CAREER Award Recipient to Explore Potential of Promising New Material in Optoelectronic Applications

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Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), is the recipient of the CAREER grant award. The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) gra...

Jan 14, 2020

Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner

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Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to function as lasers. These novel, dual-function ...

Jan 14, 2020

A tool to democratize 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. The potential applications of these nanopores are so diverse—from medicine to information technology (IT)—t...

Jan 14, 2020

Evonetix and imec partner to increase production of chip-based technology for desktop DNA platform

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EVONETIX LTD, the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, today announced it has partnered with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub active in the fields of nanoele...

Jan 14, 2020

Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner

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Scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to function as lasers. These novel, dual-function devices cle...

Jan 14, 2020

A tool to democratize nanopore research

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A team of researchers is democratizing entry into the field of nanopore research by offering up a unique tool to accelerate the development of new applications and discoveries.

Jan 14, 2020

Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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 as an optically pumped laser.

Jan 14, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A new approach to making airplane parts, minus the massive infrastructure: Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves.

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A modern airplanes fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many layers in a phyllo-dough pastry. Once these layers are stacked and molded into the shape of a f...

Jan 14, 2020

New Method to Verify That Quantum Chips Accurately Performed Complex Computations

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A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle. In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from... The post New Method to Verify That Quantum Chips Accurate...

Jan 14, 2020

Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes

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Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors. The results from studies on mice demonstrate the potential to reduce the ...

Jan 14, 2020

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