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Method to determine oxidative age could show how aging affects nanomaterial's properties

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Iron oxide nanoparticles are used in sentinel node detection, iron replacement therapy and other biomedical applications. New work looks to understand how these materials age, and how aging may change their functional or safety profiles.

Sep 27, 2018

New method could show how aging affects nanomaterials' properties

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A combination of gamma ray spectroscopy and 'center of gravity' allows researchers to assess the quality of iron oxide samples, potentially providing a way to understand their effects on patient safety.

Sep 27, 2018

New method could show how aging affects nanomaterials' properties

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A combination of gamma ray spectroscopy and 'center of gravity' allows researchers to assess the quality of iron oxide samples, potentially providing a way to understand their effects on patient safety.

Sep 27, 2018

Superconducting metamaterial traps quantum light

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Conventional computers store information in a bit, a fundamental unit of logic that can take a value of 0 or 1. Quantum computers rely on quantum bits, also known as a "qubits," as their fundamental building blocks. Bits in traditional c...

Sep 27, 2018

Nanotechnology-enabled devices could soon tap their owners as a battery source

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists came up with an innovative solution for powering the next generation of electronic devices by using Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs). Along with human movements, TENGs can capture energy from common energy sources such as wind, wave...

Sep 27, 2018

Nanotechnology-enabled devices could soon tap their owners as a battery source

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists came up with an innovative solution for powering the next generation of electronic devices by using Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs). Along with human movements, TENGs can capture energy from common energy sources such as wind, wave...

Sep 27, 2018

New NIST Instrument Will Give Scientists a Window on Change at the Nanoscale

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Introducing the new Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (VSANS) instrument, which will help scientists at the NIST Center

Sep 27, 2018

Minicells play key function in self-preservation of bacteria, finds study

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Scientists have known for decades that certain bacteria produce small spherical versions of themselves. Although they lack basic materials to reproduce or function like normal cells, recent interest in such "minicells" has spiked due to ...

Sep 27, 2018

How swarms of nanomachines could improve the efficiency of any machine

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The research team of Prof. Massimiliano Esposito of the University of Luxembourg studies the thermodynamics of small nanomachines only consisting of a few atoms. In a paper published in the prestigious scientific journal Physical Review X, they ou...

Sep 27, 2018

Method to determine oxidative age could show how aging affects nanomaterial's properties

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New work looks to understand how iron oxide nanoparticles age, and how aging may change their functional or safety profiles. By combining lab-based Mössbauer spectroscopy with 'center of gravity' analysis, researchers can quantify the di...

Sep 27, 2018

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