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Improving nanotube biosensors for implantable sensing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed new nanotube biosensors using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids, such as blood and urine.

Jul 24, 2018

Relax, just break it

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

The properties of a solid depend on the arrangement of its atoms, which form a periodic crystal structure. At the nanoscale, arrangements that break this periodic structure can drastically alter the behavior of the material, but this is difficult...

Jul 24, 2018

A new 'periodic table' for nanomaterials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new approach could help materials scientists identify the appropriate molecules to use in order to synthesize target nanomaterials. The method was developed by Daniel Packwood of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences...

Jul 24, 2018

Graphene Jacket drapes you in everyone's favourite wonder material

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

High-tech outdoor clothing company Vollebak likes going mad with gadgetry and advanced materials, and its latest jacket takes highly desirable geek unobtanium to dangerous levels. It's called the Graphene Jacket, and it's a jacket …...

Jul 24, 2018

Nanocrystals Emit Light by Efficiently ‘Tunneling’ Electrons

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Using advanced fabrication techniques, engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a nanosized device out

Jul 24, 2018

Imec Beats Silicon PV with 27.1 Percent Perovskite-Silicon Tandem

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technology, within the partnership of EnergyVille, today announced a record result for its 4-terminal...

Jul 24, 2018

Real-time imaging of chemical processes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists observe the real-time formation of hollow structures in the galvanic replacement reaction between silver and gold with nanometre resolution, gaining insights on the mechanisms behind the structural transformations.

Jul 24, 2018

Physicists design a nano-resonator with strong nonlinear response

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team has found a way to make light frequency conversion at the nanoscale a hundred

Jul 23, 2018

Nanocrystals emit light by efficiently 'tunneling' electrons

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Using advanced fabrication techniques, engineers have built a nanosized device out of silver crystals that can generate light by efficiently 'tunneling' electrons through a tiny barrier. The work brings plasmonics research a step closer to realizi...

Jul 23, 2018

Engineers model a graphene-based artificial synapse after the human brain

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers have developed an 'artificial synapse' that does not process information like a digital computer but rather mimics the analog way the human brain completes tasks.

Jul 23, 2018

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