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Photonics.com

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Covalent Metrology Services Inc. is partnering with EDAX Inc., a business unit of AMETEK Inc., on the use of energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) for the quantified characterization of materials. Covalent selected the EDAX 70-mm Octane Elect Sup...

Oct 23, 2018

Green Electronic Polymer-Based Films Produced Using Protein Nanowires

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a new group of electronic materials that may pave the way to a “green,” more sustainable future in...

Oct 23, 2018

Highly efficient cooling using a new nanoporous solid

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Heat recovery (solar energy, heat pump, air conditioning, cooling) is a key research focus toward reducing power consumption and encouraging sustainable development. Even if water recovery and release using nanoporous materials is a reliable strat...

Oct 23, 2018

Researchers observe organic chemical reaction with electron microscope

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Scientists from Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow imaged an organic chemical reaction with an electron microscope and recorded the transformation in real time. The team from the laboratory of Prof. An...

Oct 23, 2018

SPIE journal publishes first known English translation of 1918 Schottky paper

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

SPIE Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3) today publishes an open-access English translation of Walter H. Schottky's key 1918 Annalen der Physik article 'Über spontane Stromschwankungen in verschiedenen Elektrizitätsle...

Oct 23, 2018

Houston Methodist scientists create device to deliver immunotherapy without side effects

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Houston Methodist scientists have developed a nanodevice to deliver immunotherapy without side effects to treat triple-negative breast cancer. Inserted straight into a tumor, this device makes it possible to deliver a one-time, sustained-release d...

Oct 23, 2018

Where deep learning meets metamaterials

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A new Tel Aviv University study uses 'deep-learning' computer networks inspired by the layered and hierarchical architecture of the human brain to design basic nanophotonic, metamaterial elements for energy harvesting and medical diagnos...

Oct 23, 2018

'Mushrooms' and 'brushes' help cancer-fighting nanoparticles survive in the body

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

For a number of innovative and life-saving medical treatments, from organ replacements and skin grafts to cancer therapy and surgery, success often depends on slipping past or fending off the body's immune system. In a recent development, aim...

Oct 23, 2018

Mussel-inspired defect engineering enhances the mechanical strength of graphene fibers

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Researchers demonstrated the mussel-inspired reinforcement of graphene fibers for the improvement of different material properties. A KAIST research group applied polydopamine as an effective infiltrate binder to achieve high mechanical and electr...

Oct 23, 2018

No assembly required: Self-assembling silicone-based polymers

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, RIKEN and Tohoku University have developed a silicone polymer chain that can self-assemble into a 3D periodic structure. They achieved this by using their recently reported self-assembling triptycene mo...

Oct 23, 2018

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