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EV Group Expands Headquarters

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

The EV Group, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the microelectromechanical, nanotechnology, and semiconductor markets, has begun construction work for the next expansion phase of its corporate headquarters. The new, state...

May 30, 2018

Turning hair into a biomedical nanomaterial

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have discovered that the hierarchical micro- and nanostructures of human hair can be turned into hierarchical micro- and nanoparticles with a simple top-down procedure and be used as a novel type of biomaterial for medical applications....

May 30, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano droplets

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has discovered a novel method for the synthesis of ultrathin semiconductors. This is a unique growth mechanism, which yielded nanoscopic sem...

May 29, 2018

Ultrastable Glass Layers Improve OLED Performance

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Researchers demonstrated that it is possible to use ultrastable film formation to improve the performance of OLEDs. Emission layers of OLEDs were grown as ultrastable glasses, a growth condition that allowed for the most thermodynamically stable m...

May 29, 2018

Ultrastable Glass Layers Improve OLED Performance

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers demonstrated that it is possible to use ultrastable film formation to improve the performance of OLEDs. Emission layers of OLEDs were grown as ultrastable glasses, a growth condition that allowed for the most thermodynamically stable m...

May 29, 2018

UH biomedical engineer wins NSF Career Award to improve nanoparticle drug delivery

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Houston biomedical engineer Sheereen Majd the Career Award and $500,000 to improve nanoparticle drug delivery.

May 29, 2018

Combination pack battles cancer: Nanoparticles with multifunctional drug precursor for synergistic tumor therapy

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

For efficient cancer therapy with few side effects, the active drug should selectively attain high concentration in the tumor. Scientists have introduced a new approach, in which two synergistic drug components are combined into a dimer. This dime...

May 29, 2018

A new analysis system is able to identify pollutants from cosmetics in seawater

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have used carbon-coated titanium dioxide nanotubes to analyze samples affected by parabens from lotions and shampoos.

May 29, 2018

Shine bright like a nanoaggregate

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Chinese scientists have turned copper–iodine cluster molecules into aggregated, highly luminescent nanostructures for use in light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The solid-state assemblies made of complexes of the copper–iodine cluster with phosphor–orga...

May 29, 2018

Graphene Biointerface Optically Controls Heart Cells

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Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells, on command, by shining a light on the cells and varying the light intensity. The novel optical stimulation platform does not require genetic modifi...

May 29, 2018

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