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Researchers Manage to Produce Devices with Stable Germanene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Germanene is a 2D material that is obtained from germanium and is associated with graphene. Since it is unstable outside the vacuum chambers where it is developed, no real measurements of its...

Feb 8, 2019

Progress in Self-Assembling Nanomaterials

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Collaboration between material scientists, biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials, called nanoarchitectonics, argues a review in the journal Science and...

Feb 8, 2019

Nanomachines taught to fight cancer

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Scientists from ITMO in collaboration with international colleagues have proposed new DNA-based nanomachines that can be used for gene therapy for cancer. This new invention can greatly contribute to more effective and selective treatment of oncol...

Feb 8, 2019

First transport measurements reveal intriguing properties of germanene

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Germanene is a 2-D material derived from germanium and related to graphene. As it is not stable outside the vacuum chambers in which is it produced, no real measurements of its electronic properties have been made. Scientists led by Prof. Justin Y...

Feb 8, 2019

Understanding Adhesion at Tiny Scales Could Have Important Implications for Nanoscale Engineering

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Scientists from Brown University have found out a unique way things stick together at minuscule levels, which could prove useful in developing micro- and nanoscale devices. In successive papers,...

Feb 8, 2019

Rice U. lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics

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New research from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics describes the first combination of a gas-trapping molecular sieve called a metal-organic framework, or MOF, with catalytic aluminum nanocrystals that can draw their power from s...

Feb 8, 2019

New phenomenon discovered that fixes a common problem in lasers: Wavelength splitting

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A team led by University of Utah physicists has discovered how to fix a major problem that occurs in lasers made from a new type of material called quantum dots. The never-before-seen phenomenon will be important for an emerging field of photonics...

Feb 8, 2019

Life on the edge in the quantum world

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Pulling off high-speed energy transfers in the lab gives researchers insight into quantum computing, high-speed rechargeable batteries, and other future applications of quantum technology.

Feb 8, 2019

Carbon fascination endures in nanoscience – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

From the gargantuan Nanotech 2019 industry exhibition and satellite conferences at Tokyo Big Sight to research labs in and around Tokyo we look at the ever-enduring attraction of carbon at the nanoscale The post Carbon fascination endures in nanos...

Feb 7, 2019

A nanoclay platform for treating osteoarthritis

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Researchers have developed a new way to deliver treatment for cartilage regeneration using 2D mineral nanoparticles.

Feb 7, 2019

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