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Bedimensional closes a second €10 million investment round

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

BeDimensional, a spin-off of the Graphene Flagship Partner Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), has announced its second €10 million Series B investment round, which was led by CDP Venture Capital through the Evoluzione fund, with Novacapital -...

Feb 11, 2023

Elusive transition shows universal quantum signatures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Understanding the physics behind a mysterious phase transition could lead to new complex microscopic circuits, superconductors and exotic insulators that could find use in quantum computing.

Feb 11, 2023

Fighting brain cancer with bioadhesive nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A new nanoparticle-based treatment is aimed at fighting glioblastoma.

Feb 11, 2023

Graphene aerogel particles for efficient water purification

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have produced 3-dimensional particles made of graphene, of many interesting shapes, using a variation of the vortex ring effect. These particles have also been shown to be exceptionally efficient in adsorbing contaminants from water, t...

Feb 10, 2023

Scientists invent 3D printed fiber microprobe for measuring in vivo biomechanical properties of tissues

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Fiber sensing scientists at Shenzhen University have developed a compact fiber optical nanomechanical probe (FONP) for measuring in vivo biomechanical properties of tissue and even single cells.

Feb 10, 2023

Scientists develop graphene aerogel particles for efficient water purification

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Writing in the Journal of Molecular Liquids, a team led by Professor Aravind Vijayaraghavan based in the National Graphene Institute (NGI) have produced three-dimensional particles made of graphene, of many interesting shapes, using a variation of...

Feb 10, 2023

Distinguishing Between NCS-Sensitized and Molecular-Sensitized TTA-UC

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Due to their easy bandgap tunability and low inter-system crossing loss, semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) offer tremendous potential as sensitizers for triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion...

Feb 10, 2023

Finely-tuned quantum dots enhance nonlinear optics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Quantum dots with finely-tuned spherical defects could display advanced nonlinear optical properties, new calculations have suggested. Adjusting the sizes of these defects could enable researchers to tightly control the brightness and frequency of...

Feb 10, 2023

Nanoscale Machines can Evolve New Functionalities by Being Broken Apart

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

"Every act of creation," Picasso famously noted, "is first an act of destruction." Taking this concept literally, researchers in Canada have now discovered that...

Feb 10, 2023

Ultrabright Fluorescent Nanolabels can be Integrated into Lateral Flow Assays for Better Sensitivity

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

When Srikanth Singamaneni and Guy Genin, both professors of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, established a new...

Feb 10, 2023

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