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

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What happens to a piece of metal when you shine light on it? This question, which has been one of the driving forces of modern physics, gained renewed interest in recent years, with the advances in fabrication of small metallic nano-particles. Whe...

Nov 4, 2019

Sensing magnetism in atomic resolution with just a scanning tunneling microscope: Researchers use single molecule on microscope tip as a sensor to detect magnetic moments with unprecedented spatial resolution

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Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures. They succeeded in making the magnetic moments visible with a resolution down to the atomic level using a scanning tunneling microscope, a device tha...

Nov 4, 2019

Sensing magnetism in atomic resolution with just a scanning tunneling microscope

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Scientists from the University of Strasbourg, France, in close collaboration with colleagues from research centers in San Sebastián, Spain, and Jülich, Germany, have achieved a breakthrough in detecting the magnetic moments of nanoscale structures...

Nov 4, 2019

Magic-angle graphene reveals a host of new states – Physics World

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Latest work on twisted carbon sheet could allow researchers to investigate strongly correlated physics in a simple platform The post Magic-angle graphene reveals a host of new states appeared first on Physics World.

Nov 4, 2019

Nanoparticle drug delivery provides pain relief and more effective opioid alternative in animal study: Research uses nanoparticles to infuse a non-opioid drug into nerves to provide enhanced pain relief

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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

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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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