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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
