Will include hybrid materials and 3D printing
May 3, 2019
By sticking hydrogen atoms to graphene a bandgap can be formed. Now researcher have produced an 'atomic scale movie' showing how hydrogen atoms chemically bind to graphene in one of the fastest reactions ever studied.
May 3, 2019
Researchers used extremely high pressure and temperature to dope nanodiamonds. They used this approach to dope nanodiamonds with silicon, causing the diamonds to glow a deep red - a property that would make them useful for cell and tissue imaging.
May 3, 2019
Being able to measure, and monitor, temperatures and temperature changes at miniscule scales—inside a cell or in micro and nano-electronic components—has the potential to impact many areas of research from disease detection to a major challenge of...
May 3, 2019
Scientists are excited about diamonds—not the types that adorn jewelry, but the microscopic variety that are less than the width of a human hair. These so-called "nanodiamonds" are made up almost entirely of carbon. But by introducing ot...
May 3, 2019
Graphene is an extraordinary material consisting of pure carbon just a single atomic layer thick. It is extremely stable, strong and conductive. In electronics, however, graphene has crucial disadvantages. It cannot be used as a semiconductor, sin...
May 3, 2019
Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections. Therefore, researchers are continuously pursuing ways to produce an oral vaccine that is sufficiently effective. No...
May 3, 2019
In order to tailor nanoparticles in such a way that they can catalyze certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticl...
May 3, 2019
Researchers have demonstrated an innovative nanodevice for harvesting solar energy. The article reports that evolutive dipole nanoantennas (EDNs) generate a thermoelectric voltage three times larger than the classic dipole nanoantenna (CDN).
May 3, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as pos...
May 3, 2019
