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Bart Hoogenboom Appointed New Head of R&D, Bringing Expertise in Biophysics and Advanced Scientific Instrument Design

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

We are thrilled to announce that world-renowned AFM expert Bart Hoogenboom will be joining Nanosurf as the new Head of Research and Development, starting in July. With an impressive academic background and significant experience building advanced ...

Jun 1, 2023

Promising research project of Aswin Muralidharan awarded within Open Competition ENW-XS

Delft University of Technology   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The Domain Board Science of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded 28 applications in the Open Competition Domain Science - XS. One of the honoured applications is from Aswin Muralidharan for project ‘Using bacterial defense machinery for se...

Jun 1, 2023

Flat fullerene fragments attractive to electrons, shows study

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have gained new insights into the unique chemical properties of spherical molecules composed entirely of carbon atoms, called fullerenes. They did it by making flat fragments of the molecules, which surpris...

Jun 1, 2023

New Fabrication Design of Triboelectric Nanogenerators Provides Better Performance in Preventing Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Science Times   -   Scientific News Websites

A group of researchers aims to boost the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) in mitigating mosquito-borne diseases through self-powered high-voltage disease prevention system. Find out more about it in this article.

Jun 1, 2023

Tribological Mechanism of Carbon Group Nanofluids on Grinding Interface

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

As the interaction happening between the workpiece, abrasive grain, and nanofluids on the minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) grinding interface is hard to note instantly, there is yet lack of direct proof to disclose the internal mechanism of carb...

Jun 1, 2023

Asus launched ROG Swift PG49WCD monitor with graphene heat management technology

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Asus has unveiled the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD, a gaming monitor that uses graphene for thermal management. 

Jun 1, 2023

A Nanocrystal Shines On and Off Indefinitely

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In 2021, lanthanide-doped nanoparticles made waves—or rather, an avalanche—when Changwan Lee, then a PhD student in Jim Schuck’s lab at Columbia Engineering, set off an extreme light-producing chain reaction from ultrasmall crystals developed at t...

Jun 1, 2023

Researchers find a way to reduce the overheating of semiconductor devices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The research team utilized surface plasmon polaritons (SPP), which are surface waves generated at the metal-dielectric interface, to improve thermal diffusion in nanoscale thin metal films.

Jun 1, 2023

Producing large, clean 2D materials made easy: Just 'KISS'

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Ever since the discovery of the two-dimensional form of graphite (called graphene) almost twenty years ago, interest in 2D materials and their special physical properties has skyrocketed. Famously, graphene was produced by exfoliating bulk graphit...

Jun 1, 2023

Rapid nanoparticle test for sepsis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers developed 'sepsis sensors' with magnetic nanoparticles that detect bacterial pathogens within a short period of time and identify suitable candidates for antibiotic therapies.

Jun 1, 2023

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