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Closing the gap: On the road to terahertz electronics: Asymmetric plasmonic antennas deliver femtosecond pulses for fast optoelectronics

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have succeeded for the first time in generating ultrashort electric pulses on a chip using metal antennas only a few nanometers in size, then running the signals a few millimeters above the surface and reading them in again a controlled...

Jun 26, 2018

Graphene assembled film shows higher thermal conductivity than graphite film

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a graphene assembled film that has over 60 percent higher thermal conductivity than graphite film – despite the fact that graphite simply consists of many layers of graphene...

Jun 26, 2018

Shining a light on gene regulation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This promising method involves coating nanoparticles with gene-regulatory agents and then exposing them to a dose of laser light to unleash that material.

Jun 26, 2018

Research on cancer-frying nanoparticles heats up

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Need to kill tumors? Just add heat.

Jun 26, 2018

Electron paramagnetic resonance in modern carbon-based nanomaterials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance in Modern Carbon-Based Nanomaterials, is a new book which attempts to fill the abovementioned void by compiling key contributions for researchers interested in the electron paramagnetic resonance study of the carbon...

Jun 26, 2018

Research on cancer-frying nanoparticles heats up

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have improved the performance of magnetic nanoparticles designed to roast and destroy tumors.

Jun 26, 2018

Superresolution Microscopy Enhances DNA Nanostructures

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A method of superresolution microscopy, called DNA-PAINT, allows all of the strands within DNA-based nanostructures to be visualized individually, with a high degree of spatial resolution. Using DNA-PAINT, researchers can directly visualize all co...

Jun 26, 2018

Novel theranostic agent designed for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A novel, intelligent theranostic agent for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy has been developed that remains as small molecules while circulating in the bloodstream, can then self-assemble into larger nanostructures in the tumor, and be activate...

Jun 26, 2018

Faster, more precise lab-on-a-chip holds promise of early cancer diagnosis

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An award-winning Vanderbilt University researcher used plasmonics to develop a new kind of nanotweezers that can rapidly trap and detect molecules, viruses and DNA – a device transformative for medicine that also has color printing applications.

Jun 26, 2018

Nanotweezer lab-on-a-chip holds promise of early cancer diagnosis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers used plasmonics to develop a new kind of nanotweezers that can rapidly trap and detect molecules, viruses and DNA - a device transformative for medicine that also has color printing applications.

Jun 26, 2018

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