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Researchers Determine Energy Needed to Bend Multilayer Graphene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a new study, engineers from the University of Illinois combined atomic-scale experimentation with computer modeling to quantify the energy required to bend multilayer graphene. This question has...

Nov 14, 2019

Hexagon and URI Form Collaborative Partnership for Advanced Manufacturing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Sensor and software developer Hexagon has announced a collaboration with the University of Rhode Island (URI) to provide manufacturing technologies that will enable a research environment for undergraduate and graduate programs focused on advanced...

Nov 14, 2019

Novel nanostructures could make smartphones more efficient

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

EU-funded researchers and partners are pushing the boundaries of the laws of physics, developing nanocomposite materials and nanoelectronic circuits to greatly improve energy, thermal and computing performance. This could make smartphones and othe...

Nov 14, 2019

Carbon nanotubes open new horizons for neuroscience: controlling neural cell outgrowth

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Researchers of the Microelectronics Research Unit (MIC) at the University of Oulu, in collaboration with Tampere University, have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes can be used to control the direction of neural cell growth.

Nov 14, 2019

Novel nanostructures could make smartphones more efficient

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are pushing the boundaries of the laws of physics, developing nanocomposite materials and nanoelectronic circuits to greatly improve energy, thermal and computing performance. This could make smartphones and other electronics more effi...

Nov 14, 2019

Carbon nanotubes open new horizons for neuroscience: controlling neural cell outgrowth

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate that carbon nanotubes can be used to control the direction of neural cells growth.

Nov 14, 2019

Quantum microscope for inspection of magnetic materials at the nanoscale

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Qnami announced the closing of a CHF 2.6M (USD 2.6M) seed round led by Venture Capital fund Quantonation and further supported by investiere, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funds will support the market entry of Qnami’s ...

Nov 14, 2019

Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts

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Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles. Their work could help improve chemical processes, and lead to better ca...

Nov 14, 2019

Researchers develop new 3D printing for the direct production of nanostructures

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A team from Graz University of Technology succeeded in using the FEBID method to produce complex 3D-printed nano-components for the first time without additional support structures. In the nanometer range, complex, free-standing 3D architectures ...

Nov 14, 2019

Carbon nanotubes show a love/hate relationship with water

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. Made of graphene sheets rolled into tubes 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, CNTs have an exceptional strength-to-mass ratio and excellent thermal and electrical proper...

Nov 14, 2019

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