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Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow: Scientists produce valuable nanowires from short particles without the bulk

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists discover a method to turn stubby gold nanorods into gold nanowires of impressive length. The metal wires could be valuable for sensing, diagnostic, imaging and therapeutic applications.

Feb 19, 2019

Breakthrough in the search for graphene-based electronics

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of researchers from Denmark has solved one of the biggest challenges in making effective nanoelectronics based on graphene.

Feb 19, 2019

Can a flowing liquid-like material maintain its structural order like crystals?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists discovered a chiral compound, which can spontaneously form a molecular assembly with an extremely large single domain structure beyond a size regime incapable of realizing with usual molecular self-assembly.

Feb 19, 2019

Urine Test Detects Organ Transplant Rejection, Could Replace Needle Biopsies | Research Horizons

Georgia Tech   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

New nanoparticle makes urine glow as soon as T cells initiate an attack on transplanted organs Glowing pee may replace the biopsy needle: In detecting organ transplant rejection, a new nanoparticle has proven much faster and mo...

Feb 19, 2019

Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A boost of vitamin C helped Rice University scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires.

Feb 19, 2019

Breakthrough in the search for graphene-based electronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

For 15 years, scientists have tried to exploit the "miracle material" graphene to produce nanoscale electronics. On paper, graphene should be great for just that: it is ultra-thin—only one atom thick and therefore two-dimensional, it is ...

Feb 19, 2019

Nano-droplets are the key to controlling membrane formation

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The creation of membranes is of enormous importance in biology, but also in many chemical applications developed by humans. These membranes are shaped spontaneously when soap-like molecules in water join together. Researchers at Eindhoven Universi...

Feb 19, 2019

Researchers Find Nanoparticles Can Switch Back and Forth Between Phases

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A revolutionary nanoscience discovery has been made by a research team that included Professor Uri Banin, founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Center for Nanoscience and...

Feb 19, 2019

Nanodroplets are the key to controlling membrane formation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The creation of membranes is of enormous importance in biology, but also in many chemical applications developed by humans. These membranes are shaped spontaneously when soap-like molecules in water join together. Researchers now have a clear pict...

Feb 19, 2019

Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A boost of vitamin C helped scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires.

Feb 19, 2019

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