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Study: copper in wood preservatives may induce liver toxicity

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Concerns that people could ingest nanoparticles

May 23, 2019

Plumbene, graphene's latest cousin, realized on the 'nano water cube'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Two-dimensional materials made of Group 14 elements, graphene's cousins, have attracted enormous interest in recent years because of their unique potential as useful topological insulators.

May 23, 2019

Scientists develop new technology for extracting non-ferrous and noble metals

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Scientists at Russia's Ural Federal University (UrFU) are working on solving the problem of extracting non-ferrous and noble metals which are found in hard-to-process ores. Currently, there are many deposits where it is technically difficult ...

May 23, 2019

Plumbene, graphene's latest cousin, realized on the 'nano water cube'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have created 'plumbene,' a 2D-honeycomb sheet of lead atoms. As a surprising by-product, the research group also observed a nanoscale palladium-lead Weaire-Phelan-like bubble structure in the palladium substrate -- like the &...

May 23, 2019

Geometry of an electron determined for the first time

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Physicists are able to show for the first time how a single electron looks in an artificial atom. A newly developed method enables them to show the probability of an electron being present in a space. This allows improved control of electron spins...

May 23, 2019

New Flatland material: Physicists obtain quasi-2D gold

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Researchers from the MIPT Center for Photonics and 2-D Materials have synthesized a quasi-2-D gold film, revealing how materials not usually classified as two-dimensional can form atomically thin layers. Published in Advanced Materials Interfaces,...

May 23, 2019

Light and nanotechnology prevent bacterial infections on medical implants

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new study reports on a new technique that could prevent bacterial contamination and infection in medical implants by using light combined with gold nanoparticles.

May 23, 2019

Bending the norm on nanowires

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New methods of arranging silver nanowires make them more durable, shows a study by KAUST. These nanowires form flexible, transparent conductive layers that can be used for improved solar cells, strain sensors and next-generation mobile phones.

May 23, 2019

New Study Explains the Mechanism of Ultrafast Electron Photoemission by Metallic Nanostructures

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The mechanism of photoemission of electrons from metallic nanostructures under ultrafast laser excitation has now been explained by the results of the Russian-Japanese experiment. When Metallic...

May 23, 2019

Researchers Discover Molecular Nanomachines with High Efficiency and Low Energy Loss

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In every person, there are trillions of very small molecular nanomachines carrying out various essential tasks to keep the person alive. In an advanced study, a group of researchers, under the...

May 23, 2019

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