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Graphene transfer using an off-the-shelf office laminator

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a simple method for transferring A4-size sheets of CVD graphene from copper foils onto a target substrate using a commercially available polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer foil as a carrier substr...

Mar 25, 2019

Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University report that a newly engineered catalyst made of gold nanoparticles supported on a metal oxide framework shows breakdown of ammonia impurities in air, with excellent selectivity for conversion to nitro...

Mar 25, 2019

Wyatt Technology Launches All New Multi-Angle Light Scattering Instruments

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Wyatt Technology, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization, announces the launch of its next-generation multi-angle light scattering (MALS),...

Mar 25, 2019

Golden Ball in a Golden Cage

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have synthesized a tiny structure from 32 gold atoms. This nanocluster has a core of 12 gold atoms surrounded by a shell of 20 additional gold atoms. As the scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the unusual stability of ...

Mar 25, 2019

Extremely accurate measurements of atom states for quantum computing

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A new method allows the quantum state of atomic 'qubits'--the basic unit of information in quantum computers -- to be measured with twenty times less error than was previously possible, without losing any atoms.

Mar 25, 2019

SUTD researchers develop a hydrogel for enhanced cell encapsulation and delivery

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Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) hydrogel has great potential as a cell-encapsulation delivery carrier for sustained release of paracrine factors and for tissue regeneration, with unique versatility for injection, scaffolding, and 3D bioprinting.

Mar 25, 2019

Machine learning reveals rapid material classification

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Scientists at the University of Tokyo introduced a novel machine learning algorithm for the rapid prediction of a materials properties and structures based on spectral scans. The program may be extremely useful for researchers when prototyping nov...

Mar 25, 2019

UBC researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients

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Researchers at UBC have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed to reduce or eliminate complications related to heart transplants. By using a newly developed technique, the researchers were able to build a more durab...

Mar 25, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Chemicals induce dipoles to damp plasmons: Rice University-led study finds molecules alter gold nanoparticles' electronic properties

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The light scattered by plasmonic nanoparticles is useful, but some of it gets lost at the surface and scientists are now starting to figure out why.

Mar 23, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Discovery may lead to precision-based strategy for triple negative breast cancer: Indiana University researcher develops promising nanotechnology approach for treatment of aggressive form of disease

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Unlike the three most common forms of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer has no currently approved targeted therapies for treatment. That was one of the reasons it was chosen as a disease ar...

Mar 23, 2019

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