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Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. Carbon nanotubes are sheets of one atom-thick layer of graphene rolled up seamlessly into different sizes and shapes. To be able to use them in ...

Nov 19, 2019

Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors with superior semiconducting properties.

Nov 19, 2019

Graphene-based Nanosensor Can Detect Microscopic Water Contaminants

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Image Credit: Rost9/Shutterstock.com Graphene as a material possesses amazing potential due to its unique properties, it has the ability to revolutionize entire industries. Ranging from...

Nov 19, 2019

Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors with superior semiconducting properties.

Nov 19, 2019

Nanooptical traps: A promising building block for quantum technologies

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Nanooptical traps are a promising building block for quantum technologies. Austrian and German scientists have now removed an important obstacle to their practical use. They were able to show that a special form of mechanical vibration heats trapp...

Nov 19, 2019

Stabilizing ligands make nanoclusters brighter

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Metal nanoclusters that bear tunable surface ligands could help develop next-generation imaging and photocatalytic approaches, suggests work by KAUST researchers.

Nov 19, 2019

New nanoscale technology shown to inhibit development of Alzheimer's disease

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed nanoscale silicon chips for direct insertion of neural growth factor into the brain and its release into the target tissue.

Nov 19, 2019

From origin of life to materials genomics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The origin of early life and the basic building blocks such as DNA and RNA have been hypothesized to have resulted due to accumulation of precursors within hydrothermal vents. The thermal gradients result in the concentration of prebiotic molecule...

Nov 19, 2019

Study Highlights the Adverse Effects of Nanoparticles on Marine Organisms

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

According to a new study, treated wastewater contains titanium and silver nanoparticles that may have adverse impacts on crustaceans, algae, and cells of fish gills, and these impacts appear to be...

Nov 19, 2019

Atoms don't like jumping rope

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanooptical traps are a promising building block for quantum technologies. Scientists have now removed an important obstacle to their practical use. They were able to show that a special form of mechanical vibration heats trapped particles in a ve...

Nov 19, 2019

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