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A Twist in Graphene Could Make for Tunable Electronic Devices

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A single material could be "twisted" into various components of a circuit with distinct electronic properties

Aug 16, 2018

Novel sensors could enable smarter textiles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of engineers at the University of Delaware is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide range of fibers, including cotton, nylon and wool. Their discovery is reported in the ...

Aug 16, 2018

Twisted electronics open the door to tunable 2-D materials: Researchers use boron-nitride-encapsulated graphene to demonstrate a new class of electronic materials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers report an advance that may revolutionize the field of 2-D materials such as graphene: a 'twistronic' device whose characteristics can be varied by simply varying the angle between two different 2-D layers placed on top of one another. ...

Aug 16, 2018

Taking a closer look at unevenly charged biomolecules: Using Debye lengths, researchers improve sensor response to better analyze biomolecules

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Clinicians most often monitor antibodies because these small proteins attach to antigens, or foreign substances, we face every day. Most biomolecules, however, have complicated charge characteristics, and the sensor response from conventional carb...

Aug 16, 2018

Novel nanotechnology sensors could enable smarter textiles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of engineers is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide range of fibers, including cotton, nylon and wool.

Aug 16, 2018

Twisted electronics open the door to tunable 2-D materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Two-dimensional (2-D) materials such as graphene have unique electronic, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties that promise to drive innovation in areas from electronics to energy to materials to medicine. Columbia University researchers re...

Aug 16, 2018

Twisted electronics open the door to tunable 2D materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers use boron-nitride-encapsulated graphene to demonstrate a new class of electronic materials.

Aug 16, 2018

Nanoplasmonics Enables Label-Free Measurement of Bacteria Formation

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Using nanochip technology and a targeted beam of light, scientists have devised a real-time, label-free way to monitor biofilms, an important component in the search for alternatives to bacteria-resistant antibiotics. The team from the Okinawa I...

Aug 16, 2018

Physicists suggest reversible adjustment of nanoparticles emission colour

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have found a method of reversibly adjusting the radiation color of nanosized light sources. Previously, radiation color could be specified only during nanoparticle synthesis, but now it can be changed after synthesis. Stability and ele...

Aug 16, 2018

CTI Materials Drives Nano Commercialization with it's Patented Surfactant Free Nanoparticle Dispersions

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The patented technology has applications in many felds: sensors, biomedical, energy, smart textiles, fexible electronics, advanced materials, conductive and transparent conductive inks, flms,...

Aug 16, 2018

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