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Study shows the potential of carbon nanotubes to cool electronic circuits

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The use of solid-state refrigerators to cool appliances and electronic devices is a possible technological application for a theoretical study conducted at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil.

Apr 25, 2019

Cooling with light

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ETH researchers have cooled a nanoparticle to a record low temperature, thanks to a sophisticated experimental set-up that uses scattered laser light for cooling. Until now, no one has ever cooled a nanoparticle to such low temperatures in a phot...

Apr 25, 2019

Researchers Use Simple Light Irradiation to Switch New Micelle-Type Nano-Container Between Assembled and Disassembled States

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Scientists at Tokyo Tech’s Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science have produced a micelle-type nano-container that can be toggled between assembled and disassembled states through simple...

Apr 25, 2019

Nanosized container with photoswitches releases cargo upon irradiation

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Researchers at Tokyo Tech have developed a nanosized container bearing photoswitches that takes up hydrophobic compounds of various size and shape in water and subsequently releases them quantitatively by non-invasive light stimulus. The installed...

Apr 25, 2019

New nanomaterial to replace mercury

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The nano research team led by professors Helge Weman and Bjørn-Ove Fimland at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) Department of Electronic Systems has succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from a nanoma...

Apr 25, 2019

DNA as you've never seen it before, thanks to a new nanotechnology imaging method

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Nanochannel technology allows scientists to conduct an experiment never attempted before: map all the locations where DNA replication begins simultaneously on millions of single DNA fibers.

Apr 25, 2019

Tellurium@Selenium nanotube heterojunctions as promising material for photodetectors

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Researchers demonstrate, for the first time, a tellurium@selenium (Te@Se) heterostructure used as a working material in a photoelectrochemical-type photodetector. Specifically, Te@Se nanotube heterojunctions synthesized by epitaxial growth of sele...

Apr 25, 2019

New Method Could Help Estimate the Amount of Negative Pressure Produced by Liquid Crystals in Nanopores

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In addition to governing the quantum vacuum or the Universe, negative pressure, despite being of a different nature, also appears in liquid crystals restrained in nanopores. Now, a technique has...

Apr 25, 2019

Study Reveals Potential of Carbon Nanotubes to Cool Electronic Appliances

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The use of solid-state refrigerators to cool appliances and electronic devices is a potential technological application for a theoretical research carried out at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP)...

Apr 25, 2019

Nanostructures from hair to aid biomedical engineering

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Researchers have explored the hierarchical micro-/nanostructures from human hair and isolated these structures as a new kind of biomaterial.

Apr 25, 2019

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