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A new way to mix oil and water

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Condensation-based method developed at MIT could create stable nanoscale emulsions.

Jun 21, 2019

Ice lithography: opportunities and challenges in 3D nanofabrication

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

The history and progress of ice lithography (IL), and its applications in 3D nanofabrication are reviewed. The evolution of IL instruments is discussed and major instrumentation advances are highlighted. Finally, the perspectives of nanoscale 3D p...

Jun 21, 2019

Next-gen solar cells spin in new direction

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A nanomaterial made from phosphorus, known as phosphorene, is shaping up as a key ingredient for more sustainable and efficient next-generation perovskite solar cells. PSCs which are one of the fastest developing new solar technologies and can ach...

Jun 21, 2019

'Nanoemulsion' gels offer new way to deliver drugs through the skin

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to create nanoemulsions, very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another. They also developed a way to easily convert nanoemulsions to a gel when they reach body temperature, which could be u...

Jun 21, 2019

Advanced NMR captures new details in nanoparticle structures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques have revealed surprising details about the structure of a key group of materials in nanotechology, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), and the placement of their active chemical sites.

Jun 20, 2019

Electron-behaving nanoparticles rock current understanding of matter

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have made a strange and startling discovery that nanoparticles engineered with DNA in colloidal crystals -- when extremely small -- behave just like electrons.

Jun 20, 2019

Crystal with a twist: Scientists grow spiraling new material: Helical crystal could yield unexpected properties, like superconductivity

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have created new inorganic crystals made of stacks of atomically thin sheets that unexpectedly spiral like a nanoscale card deck. Their surprising structures may yield unique optical, electronic and thermal properties, including superco...

Jun 20, 2019

Electron-behaving nanoparticles rock current understanding of matter

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Discovery will lead to new methods for materials design.

Jun 20, 2019

Electron-behaving nanoparticles rock current understanding of matter

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

It's not an electron. But it sure does act like one.

Jun 20, 2019

Researchers study super-repellent nanosurfaces for safer fruits, vegetables

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the U.S. awarded a grant to study and develop super-repellent and anti-fouling surfaces for foods.

Jun 20, 2019

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