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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Laser-based ultrasound approach provides new direction for nondestructive testing: Patches coated with nanoparticles from candle soot found to generate ultrasonic waves that can be used to monitor the structural integrity of buildings

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Many industrial buildings, including nuclear power plants and chemical plants, rely on ultrasound instruments that continually monitor the structural integrity of their systems without damaging or alt...

Sep 5, 2019

Graphene Forms Basis for World’s Smallest Accelerometer

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

In what could be a breakthrough for body sensor and navigation technologies, a team of scientists in Sweden and Germany has developed the smallest accelerometer ever reported. They exploit the unique mechanical and conducting properties of the ma...

Sep 5, 2019

Graphene layer enables advance in super-resolution microscopy

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Göttingen have developed a new method that takes advantage of the unusual properties of graphene to electromagnetically interact with fluorescing (light-emitting) molecules. This method allows scientists to optica...

Sep 5, 2019

Bruker Launches NanoWizard 4 XP Extreme Performance Bio-AFM System

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

At the 9th AFM BioMed Conference, Bruker Corporation today announced the release of the NanoWizard® 4 XP extreme performance Bio-AFM system. The new system integrates Bruker’s exclusive...

Sep 5, 2019

Scientists develop optical ruler that can measure down to the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Their achievement was accomplished using a 100-nanometre thick gold film with over 10,000 tiny slits cut into it to diffract laser light and to exploit an optical phenomenon known as superoscillation.

Sep 5, 2019

Advanced Material Development Ltd Announces the Appointment of Dr James Johnstone As Chief Operating Officer

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Dr. James Johnstone has over twenty years’ experience in science and innovation in the field of nanotechnology. He has specialised in working with small companies in the advanced materials...

Sep 5, 2019

The University of Manchester Joins the Graphene Council

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The University of Manchester’s Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) becomes the newest member of The Graphene Council. The University of Manchester is home to two world-class,...

Sep 5, 2019

Haydale Graphene awarded ESA funding

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Haydale has been awarded a technology de-risking project by the European Space Agency to develop non-metallic gas tanks for spacecraft propulsion systems....

Sep 5, 2019

Nanotextiles market to reach $14.8 billion

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

The global market for nanotextiles is expected to grow from US$ 5.1 billion in 2019 to US$ 14.8 billion by 2024....

Sep 5, 2019

Future of LEDs gets boost from verification of localization states in InGaN quantum wells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Light-emitting diodes made of indium gallium nitride provide better luminescence efficiency than many of the other materials used to create blue and green LEDs. But a big challenge of working with InGaN is its known dislocation density defects tha...

Sep 4, 2019

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