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Quantum information gets a boost from thin-film breakthrough

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Efforts to create reliable light-based quantum computing, quantum key distribution for cybersecurity, and other technologies got a boost from a new study demonstrating an innovative method for creating thin films to control the emission of single ...

May 29, 2019

Russian scientists investigate new materials for Li-ion batteries of miniature sensors

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Researchers of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) are developing new materials for solid-state thin-film Li-ion batteries for micro and nanodevices. The project is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RScF). Part...

May 29, 2019

Texas A&M chemists develop nanoscale bioabsorbable wound dressing

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Scientists at Texas A&M University are harnessing the combined power of organic nanomaterials-based chemistry and a natural product found in crustacean exoskeletons to help bring emergency medicine one step closer to a viable solution for ...

May 29, 2019

Pantry ingredients can help grow carbon nanotubes

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Study finds baking soda, detergent, and table salt — all rich in sodium — are effective catalysts.

May 28, 2019

Taking the guesswork out of electrospinning

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Researchers have built a database that correlates electrospinning machine parameters with nanofiber properties.

May 28, 2019

How small can they get? Polymers may be the key to single-molecule electronic devices

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Scientists demonstrate that polymers could play a key role in the fabrication of single-molecule electronic devices, allowing us to push the boundaries of the nanoelectronics revolution.

May 28, 2019

Researchers discover how a nanocatalyst works at the atomic level

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Researchers have discovered how copper particles at the nanometer scale operate in modifying a carbon-oxygen bond when ketone molecules turn into alcohol molecules.

May 28, 2019

How small can they get? Polymers may be the key to single-molecule electronic devices

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba demonstrate that polymers could play a key role in the fabrication of single-molecule electronic devices, allowing us to push the boundaries of the nanoelectronics revolution.

May 28, 2019

'Submarines' small enough to deliver medicine inside human body

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UNSW engineers have shown that micro-submarines powered by nano-motors could navigate the human body to provide targeted drug delivery to diseased organs without the need for external stimulus.

May 28, 2019

Precision nanomedicine: towards skin-based delivery vaccination

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Epidermal immune cells pick up liposomes covered with a sugar-like molecule and pave the way towards transdermal vaccinations.

May 28, 2019

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