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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Laser-induced graphene gets tough, with help: Rice University lab combines conductive foam with other materials for capable new composites

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Laser-induced graphene (LIG), a flaky foam of the atom-thick carbon, has many interesting properties on its own but gains new powers as part of a composite.

Feb 13, 2019

Engineers develop high-performance quantum dot mode-locked laser on silicon

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This future technology not only can massively increase the data transmission capacity of data centers, telecommunications companies and network hardware products to come, but do so with high stability, low noise and the energy efficiency of silico...

Feb 13, 2019

Customized mix of materials for three-dimensional micro- and nanostructures: New process combines 3D laser lithography with microfluidics -- publication in Science Advances

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Three-dimensional structures on the micrometer and nanometer scales have a great potential for many applications. An efficient and precise process to print such structures from different materials has now been presented: researchers have integrate...

Feb 13, 2019

Piezoelectric nanoparticles promise improved brain tumour treatments – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Piezoelectric nanoparticles that target and electrically stimulate tumour cells upon exposure to ultrasound could enhance the treatment of brain tumours The post Piezoelectric nanoparticles promise improved brain tumour treatments appeared first o...

Feb 13, 2019

Researchers Find New Method for Fabricating Optical Metasurfaces

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A way to produce glass metasurfaces that can be either rigid or flexible, developed by engineers from the EPFL Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices, could be used to fabricate all-dielectric optical metasurfaces quickly, at low tempe...

Feb 13, 2019

Behavior of Droplets Emanating from “Nano-Tap” Differ from Those of a Household Tap

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New theory and insights into how liquid nano-jets disintegrate into droplets Computer simulations of molecules demonstrate how droplets from a “nano-tap” are different from those from a...

Feb 13, 2019

What happens to magnetic nanoparticles in cells?

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Although magnetic nanoparticles are being used more and more in cell imaging and tissue bioengineering, what happens to them within stem cells in the long term remained undocumented. Researchers from CNRS, the Sorbonne Université, and universities...

Feb 13, 2019

Sensitive sensor detects Down syndrome DNA

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Down syndrome is the most common birth defect, occurring once in every 700 births. However, traditional non-invasive prenatal tests for the condition are unreliable or carry risks for th...

Feb 13, 2019

Graphene and 2D materials on track to innovative applications

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A collection of articles on EU-funded research in the field of graphene is now available in free, accessible PDF.

Feb 13, 2019

Superior noise control using graphene

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Noise is a dangerous worldwide environmental pollutant: at normal levels found in cities it can induce annoyance, stress and fluctuations in sleep patterns which in turn increase the risk of type-2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, myocardial infar...

Feb 13, 2019

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