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A golden age for particle analysis

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Process engineers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a method which allows the size and shape of nanoparticles in dispersions to be determined considerably quicker than ever before. Based on gold nanorods, th...

Nov 28, 2018

Gold nanoparticle microsecond tracking with atomic-level localization precision achieved

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Gold nanoparticles have been used as an optical probe of high-localization precision, high-speed single-molecule tracking of protein molecular motors. With newly developed dark-field microscopy, researchers in Institute for Molecular Science, Japa...

Nov 28, 2018

SpaceX Will Launch 64 Satellites Tomorrow | NextBigFuture.com

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Tomorrow SpaceX will launch 64 satellites at one time which would be a US record. Eight of the satellites will be from companies building a global Internet of Things (IoT) by revolutionizing satellite communications. Most of today’s IoT devices, s...

Nov 27, 2018

Hierarchical nanostructures bolster high-performing alloys - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Insights into the composition of nickel-base superalloys reveal that a complex structure spanning multiple length-scales is responsible for enhanced thermal stability The post Hierarchical nanostructures bolster high-performing alloys appeared fir...

Nov 27, 2018

NanoSphere Develops New Product Eliminating Need to Smoke Cannabis

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoSphere develops safer cannabis product for Canada that provides same effect as smoking, but without having to smoke or vape.

Nov 27, 2018

CVD Develops Advanced Fluid Reactors

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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$cvv #cvdequipment--CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ: CVV), a leading provider of chemical vapor deposition systems has developed a family of advanced Fluid Reactors based on its innovations in nanotechnology...

Nov 27, 2018

Physicists demonstrate a new device for manipulating and moving tiny objects with light

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When you shine a beam of light on your hand, you don't feel much, except for a little bit of heat generated by the beam. When you shine that same light into a world that is measured on the nano- or micro scale, the light becomes a powerful ma...

Nov 27, 2018

Researchers weigh whole virus capsids and extend reach of mass spectrometry with nanomechanical sensors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated a new mass-spectrometry technology based on nanomechanical resonators that measures the mass of particles previously beyond the reach of current commercial technology, and which they used to measure the mass of a whol...

Nov 27, 2018

Graphene Can Be Stretched to Serve as a Tunable Ion Filter

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have conducted simulations advocating that graphene, along with its many other beneficial properties, can be altered with...

Nov 27, 2018

Researchers achieve highest certified efficiency of organic solar cells to date

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Materials scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have achieved a new record in the performance of organic, non-fullerene-based, single-junction solar cells. Using a series of complex optimisations, they achieved cert...

Nov 27, 2018

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