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How safe is graphene?

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A comprehensive review, developed as part of the European graphene flagship project with the participation of Empa researchers, investigated this question.

Feb 7, 2019

Physicists Take Big Step in Nanolaser Design

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanolasers have recently emerged as a new class of light sources that have a size of only a few millionths of a meter and unique properties remarkably different from those of macroscopic lasers....

Feb 7, 2019

New carbon materials for high-voltage supercapacitors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The new material is a sheet made from a continuous three-dimensional framework of graphene mesosponge, a carbon-based material containing nanoscale pores.

Feb 7, 2019

Prior Scientific Introduces the NanoScan NPC-D-6000 Series Multi Channel Controllers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Prior Scientific are pleased to announce the release of our Queensgate NanoScan NPC-D-6000 Series Multi-Channel Closed Loop Controllers. Both the single and multi-channel digital nanopositioning...

Feb 7, 2019

First transport measurements reveal intriguing properties of germanene

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Germanene is a 2D material that derives from germanium and is related to graphene. As it is not stable outside the vacuum chambers in which is it produced, no real measurements of its electronic properties have been made. Scientists at the Univers...

Feb 7, 2019

Research details sticky situations at the nanoscale

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

In a finding that will be useful in nanoscale engineering, Brown University researchers have shown that miniscule differences in the roughness of surfaces can have important effects on how they stick together.

Feb 7, 2019

Nanomachines are taught to fight cancer

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from ITMO University in collaboration with their international colleagues proposed new DNA-based nanomachines that can be used for gene therapy of cancer. This new invention can greatly contribute to making the treatment of oncological ...

Feb 7, 2019

Biochemists make 'elbow room' for nanostructures with new toolkit

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Combining DNA and RNA, researchers cut a path to the forefront of nanotechnology.

Feb 6, 2019

Corning, WaveOptics Enter AR Partnership

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Glass supplier Corning Inc. and diffractive waveguide manufacturer WaveOptics Ltd. have entered into a long-term supply agreement for augmented reality (AR) optics. Corning will provide ultra-flat, high-index glass wafers for WaveOptics’ wavegui...

Feb 6, 2019

Controllable electron flow in quantum wires

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientist have found they can turn on and off the flow of current in a bismuth crystal subjected to a high magnetic field, making a new type of controllable quantum wire.

Feb 6, 2019

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