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Surface of ultra-smooth nanomaterial steeper than Austrian Alps

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have measured an ultrananocrystalline diamond coating, prized for its hard yet smooth properties, and showed that it is far rougher than previously believed.

Nov 30, 2018

Probing structural changes in electroactive self-assembled monolayers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A powerful method is demonstrated for analyzing the electrochemically induced electronic-state and structural changes that occur in an iron-tipped self-assembled monolayer.

Nov 30, 2018

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles. The discovery may become useful in the development of next-generation, ultrasmall optical componen...

Nov 30, 2018

Light triggers gold nanoparticles in unexpected way

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles.

Nov 29, 2018

Scientists find a way to enhance the performance of quantum computers: The method has the potential to solve some of society's biggest challenges

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have demonstrated a theoretical method to enhance the performance of quantum computers works, an important step to scale the transformative technology.

Nov 29, 2018

Scientists find a way to enhance the performance of quantum computers

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

USC scientists have demonstrated a theoretical method to enhance the performance of quantum computers, an important step to scale a technology with potential to solve some of society's biggest challenges.

Nov 29, 2018

With these nanoparticles, a simple urine test could diagnose bacterial pneumonia: The results could also indicate whether antibiotics have successfully treated the infection

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have now developed a nanoparticle-based technology that could be used distinguish between bacterial and viral forms of pneumonia. The technology could also be used to monitor whether antibiotic therapy has successfully treated the infe...

Nov 29, 2018

Bandage with wearable nanogenerator promotes powerful healing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new, low-cost wound dressing could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way. The method leverages energy generated from a patient's own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury.

Nov 29, 2018

Artificial magnetic field produces exotic behavior in graphene sheets

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new shows that the application of an electrical field to a bilayer graphene system produces an effect identical to that of an extremely intense magnetic field applied to two aligned graphene sheets.

Nov 29, 2018

Artificial magnetic field produces exotic behavior in graphene sheets

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Theoretical physics discovery paves the way for future technological applications.

Nov 29, 2018

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