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Light and nanotechnology combined to prevent biofilms on medical implants

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Invented approximately 50 years ago, surgical medical meshes have become key elements in the recovery procedures of damaged-tissue surgeries, the most common being hernia repair. When implanted within the tissue of the patient, the flexible and co...

May 23, 2019

Scientists create ultraviolet light on a graphene surface

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Ultraviolet light is used to kill bacteria and viruses, but UV lamps contain toxic mercury. A newly developed nanomaterial is changing that.

May 23, 2019

Novel technique that uses nanotechnology and photonics prevents bacterial infections on surgical implants

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Invented approximately 50 years ago, surgical medical meshes have become key elements in the recovery procedures of damaged-tissue surgeries, the most common being hernia repair.

May 23, 2019

Bending the norm on nanowires

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Arranging nanowires in bent configurations may make them less likely to fail inside electronic devices.

May 23, 2019

Light and nanotechnology prevent bacterial infections on medical implants

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have devised a novel technique that uses nanotechnology and photonics to dramatically improve the performance of medical meshes for surgical implants.

May 23, 2019

Light and nanotechnology combined to prevent biofilms on medical implants

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An ICFO and B. Braun Surgical, S.A. study published in Nano Letters and highlighted in Nature Photonics reports on a new technique that could prevent bacterial contamination and infection in medical implants by using light combined with gold nanop...

May 23, 2019

Carnegie Mellon researchers create soft, flexible materials with enhanced properties

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A team of polymer chemists and engineers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new methodology that can be used to create a class of stretchable polymer composites with enhanced electrical and thermal properties. These materials are pro...

May 23, 2019

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

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Nagoya University-led researchers have created 'plumbene,' a 2D-honeycomb sheet of lead atoms. Plumbene has the largest spin-orbit interaction of any Group 14 elemental 2D material, potentially making it a robust 2D topological insulator...

May 23, 2019

Artificial atomic scale materials: Discovering how electrons fatten!

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A single and isolated electron has a clear electrical charge, magnetic moment and mass, and its free movement can be precisely predicted. Spanish scientists fabricated a nanoscale artificial material manipulating atoms one after the other and disc...

May 23, 2019

The geometry of an electron determined for the first time

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Physicists at the University of Basel 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 improve...

May 23, 2019

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