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Graphene assembled film shows higher thermal conductivity than graphite film

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers 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 21, 2018

The deformation and mechanics of one-atom thin layer materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

In terms of the attention that graphene has been received in the past decade, no single material is comparable. As the interest and enthusiasm in graphene research continue, it calls for critical examination on the reliability and durability of gr...

Jun 21, 2018

Nanolaser changes color, just like a chameleon

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Chameleons are able to change color via a layer of skin cells known as iridophores, which contain nanocrystals. As the lizards stretch or relax their skin, the spacing between those crystals changes, altering the manner in which they refle...

Jun 20, 2018

NanoLock’s Lightweight, Unbreakable Security and Management Platform Sets New Standard for IoT Security Solutions

Business Wire   -   General News Websites

NEW YORK & NITZANEI OZ, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#IIoT--NanoLock Security today unveiled the industry’s most comprehensive lightweight, unbreakable security and management platform purpose-built for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Connected D...

Jun 20, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: JPK talks with Dr Frank Lafont, Director of the BioImaging Center Lille (BICeL) about the use of the NanoWizard' AFM together with fluorescence microscopy in the study of living cells

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the biomedical studies on living cells at the BioImaging Center...

Jun 20, 2018

Ultra-flexible keyboard can be crumpled like paper

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

While there are already portable keyboards that can be rolled up, we know how it is … sometimes you just want to crumple the thing up and jam it in your pocket. Well, new technology developed by South Korean scientists will allow you to do...

Jun 20, 2018

Discovery of 12-sided silica cages

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists report the discovery of 10-nanometer, individual, self-assembled dodecahedral structures -- 12-sided silica cages that could have applications in mesoscale material assembly, as well as medical diagnosis and therapeutics.

Jun 20, 2018

Game-changing finding pushes 3D-printing to the molecular limit

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

New research proves that advanced materials containing molecules that switch states in response to environmental stimuli such as light can be fabricated using 3D printing. The study findings have the potential to vastly increase the functional cap...

Jun 20, 2018

Tiny chip brings micro-drones closer to reality

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

MIT's ongoing efforts to make flying drones ever smaller has passed a new milestone with the latest version of its Navion navigation chip. Essentially the brains for a drone the size of a honeybee, the chip measures just 20 square millimet...

Jun 20, 2018

Chameleon-inspired nanolaser changes colors: Novel device opens door for advances in flexible displays in smartphones and televisions

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Chameleons change color by controlling the spacing among nanocrystals on their skin. The nanolaser changes color similarly -- by controlling the spacing among metal nanoparticles.

Jun 20, 2018

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