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Nanowire technology poised to lower cost and expand applications for transparent LED screens

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

For the first time, transparent conductive circuits made of silver nanowires used to make rigid and flexible transparent displays.

Nov 4, 2019

Nanoparticle drug delivery provides pain relief and more effective opioid alternative in animal study

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international team of researchers has used nanoparticles to deliver a drug—one that previously failed in clinical trials for pain—into specific compartments of nerve cells, dramatically increasing its ability to treat pain in mice and rats. The...

Nov 4, 2019

Dietary fiber effectively purifies carbon nanotubes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new, cheaper method easily and effectively separates two types of carbon nanotubes. The process, developed by Nagoya University researchers in Japan, could be upscaled for manufacturing purified batches of single-wall carbon nanotubes that can b...

Nov 4, 2019

Nanoparticle drug delivery provides pain relief and more effective opioid alternative in animal study

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of researchers has used nanoparticles to deliver a drug - one that previously failed in clinical trials for pain - into specific compartments of nerve cells, dramatically increasing its ability to treat pain in mice and rats.

Nov 4, 2019

'Hot' electrons in metallic nanostructures - non-thermal carriers or heating?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

These two pictures, heating vs 'hot electrons', are typically presented as orthogonal, and theories either treat one or the other. In a recent work, these two pictures were merged into a single theoretical framework, which enabled them t...

Nov 4, 2019

How do you know it's perfect graphene?

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Producing structurally perfect graphene and other 2D materials is the secret to tapping into their potential novel electronic and spintronic properties. But how do we know when graphene, the most widely studied 2D material, is perfect-- a defect-...

Nov 4, 2019

A memory effect at single-atom level

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international research group has observed new quantum properties on an artificial giant atom. The quantum system under investigation apparently has a memory - a new finding that could be used to build a quantum computer.

Nov 4, 2019

New graphene-enhanced prepreg for lightning strike protection

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The material has been developed in collaboration with Airbus UK, BAE Systems, GE Aviation and Element Materials Technology Warwick....

Nov 4, 2019

Dietary fiber effectively purifies carbon nanotubes

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A dietary fiber can help separate out semiconducting carbon nanotubes used for making transistors for flexible electronics.

Nov 3, 2019

Research could address lingering quandaries about how life began

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A research team at The University of Tokyo has reproducibly synthesized staircase-like supramolecules of a single handedness, or chirality, using standard laboratory equipment.

Nov 2, 2019

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