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Removing bacteria from drinking water with silver sulfide quantum dots

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A simple new method of disinfection is based on quantum dots made of silver sulfide with caps made of a silver-binding peptide.

Mar 10, 2023

Developing a New Material from Numerous Interconnected Microscale Knots

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Caltech engineers have created a new material made of highly interconnected microscale knots in the latest advancement in nano- and micro-architected materials. The tensile strength of a material...

Mar 10, 2023

Fluid mixing enables scalable manufacturing of soft polymer structures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed and demonstrated an efficient and scalable technique that allows them to manufacture soft polymer materials in a dozen different structures, or "morphologies," from ribbons and nanoscale sheets to rods and bran...

Mar 10, 2023

Some stirring required: Fluid mixing enables scalable manufacturing of soft polymer structures

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed and demonstrated an efficient and scalable technique that allows them to manufacture soft polymer materials in a dozen different structures, or 'morphologies,' from ribbons and nanoscale sheets to rods and bran...

Mar 10, 2023

Electrocatalysis Under the Atomic Force Microscope

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A further development in atomic force microscopy now makes it possible to simultaneously image the height profile of nanometre-fine structures as well as the electric current and the frictional force...

Mar 10, 2023

Shape Memory for Nano-sized Objects

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Alloys that can return to their original structure after being deformed have a so-called shape memory. This phenomenon and the resulting forces are used in many mechanical actuating systems, for...

Mar 10, 2023

Nanogenerators aid wound healing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are working to overcome challenges in order to bring wearable, electric, wound-healing devices to clinical practice.

Mar 10, 2023

Pour water and shake for electricity

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Shaking the compact, lightweight nanogenerator device generates enough electricity to power 100 LEDs.

Mar 10, 2023

Knots smaller than human hair make materials unusually tough

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In the latest advance in nano- and micro-architected materials, engineers have developed a new material made from numerous interconnected microscale knots.

Mar 10, 2023

Bio-inspired "plasmonic paint" could make regular paint a thing of the past

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Traditional paint gets it color from synthetic pigments, which fade over time and aren't very eco-friendly. There may soon be a better alternative, though, in the form of a paint which incorporates color-producing nanostructures.Continue Read...

Mar 9, 2023

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