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Why are alloy metal nanoparticles better than monometallic ones for carbon nanotubes growth?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Revealing a long-term mystery of why certain nanoparticles are more efficient in incorporating carbon atoms and achieving a faster carbon nanotube growth.

Dec 20, 2019

From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and the University of Tokyo have developed a technique for the reversible conversion of 3D lipid vesicles into 2D ultra-thin nanosheets. Both the stable nanosheets and the reversible 2D-...

Dec 20, 2019

Researchers Aim to Build Light-Controlled Tissue Scaffolds for Cell Regeneration

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Aarhus University are exploring a method of regenerating brain and heart cells using light. Their technique uses water-based nanofibers coated with organic photovoltaic nanomaterials to create light-controlled neural-stimulating sca...

Dec 19, 2019

Improved 3D nanoprinting technique to build nanoskyscrapers: Simply adding 'table salt' helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have improved the 3D nanoprinting process that enables to build precise, self-stacked, tall-and-narrow nanostructures. The team also used this technique to produce transparent nanoelectrodes with high optical transmission and controllab...

Dec 19, 2019

Novel 3-D microscopy technique reveals new phenomena in living cells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Combining image analysis with a three-dimensional microscopy technique allows researchers to quantify new or little-understood cell biology phenomena, according to a new study publishing December 19 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Mathi...

Dec 19, 2019

Taiwanese study finds no adverse health effects for nanomaterial workers

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

But unexplained increase in antioxidant enzymes observed

Dec 19, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanopores can identify the amino acids in proteins, the first step to sequencing

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining whats going on in a cell or a persons body, it only tells part of the story. Protein sequencing could soon give researchers a wider window into...

Dec 19, 2019

Artificial 'inclusion bodies' created for controlled drug release

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new study describes the development of a new biomaterial with sustained drug release. The results describe the creation of artificial inclusion bodies for uses in precision biotechnology and nanomedicine. The structures contain functional protei...

Dec 19, 2019

Photonics Leaders Join Together for Global, Online Academic Conference

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The Online Photonics Meetup (POM) is a free, online conference taking place Jan. 13, 2020, with a focus on nanoscale quantum optics, integrated optics, and optical materials. The conference will be organized by professor Andrea Armani from the U...

Dec 19, 2019

Tweaks Behind the Rebirth of Nearly Discarded Organic Solar Technologies | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

A minuscule chemical tweak is advancing an organic solar technology that was believed unviable. Electronics and Nanotechnology Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Materials

Dec 19, 2019

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