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Nanoparticle-mediated microdynamic therapy selectively kills cancer cells – Physics World

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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles stimulated by microwaves can be used to selectively kill cancer cells The post Nanoparticle-mediated microdynamic therapy selectively kills cancer cells appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 8, 2019

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

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The general public knows the chemical compound of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and because of its global-warming effect. However, carbon dioxide can also be a useful raw material for chemical reactions. A working group at K...

Jul 8, 2019

'Digital alchemy' to reverse-engineer new materials

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In work that upends materials design, researchers have demonstrated with computer simulations that they can design a crystal and work backward to the particle shape that will self-assemble to create it.

Jul 8, 2019

'Digital alchemy' to reverse-engineer new materials

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In work that upends materials design, researchers have demonstrated with computer simulations that they can design a crystal and work backward to the particle shape that will self-assemble to create it.

Jul 8, 2019

Online simulation game makes graphene research available to the public

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Researchers use a state-of-the-art electron microscope, the UltraSTEM, to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers actually...

Jul 8, 2019

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide

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Direct conversion of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to multi-layer graphene using copper-palladium alloys.

Jul 8, 2019

Playfully discover atom manipulation

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The team of Toma Susi at the University of Vienna uses an electron microscope to manipulate strongly bound materials with atomic precision. Since the instruments used are fully computerized, it is possible to show in a simulation how researchers a...

Jul 8, 2019

Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts

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A chemical surface treatment boosts the catalytic activity of the wire-looking nanostructures for a key reaction in solar fuel production.

Jul 8, 2019

On the way to nanotheranostics

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Nanotheranostics is a cutting-edge field of medicine that uses nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose and treat diseases. Chemical engineers at EPFL have now developed a novel nanotheranostic system that uses tunable light to activate or image n...

Jul 8, 2019

Heat transport can be blocked more effectively with a more optimized holey nanostructure

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The research group of Nanoscience Center at University of Jyvaskyla confirms its earlier observations that by using the wave nature of heat in holey nanostructures heat conduction can be reduced by over hundredfold. The research was published in t...

Jul 8, 2019

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