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Software lets researchers create tiny rounded objects out of DNA. Here's why that's cool

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Marvel at the tiny nanoscale structures emerging from research labs at Duke University and Arizona State University, and it's easy to imagine you're browsing a catalog of the world's smallest pottery.

Dec 23, 2022

Upconverting near‐infrared light detection in lead halide perovskite with core–shell lanthanide nanoparticles

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Under the JST Strategic Basic Research Program PRESTO, Associate Professor Ayumi Ishii of Teikyo University of Science with her team members has developed a new near-infrared light sensor by using a material that converts weak near-infrared light ...

Dec 23, 2022

Nanoimprinting technique for humidity-responsive holographic images

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A research team has developed a display which projects holographic images that change color and brightness in response to humidity. A single imprint is enough, and holographic images can be replicated infinitely.

Dec 23, 2022

Microfluidic device erosion reduced with cavitation bubbles

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Researchers embarked on a multidisciplinary project to determine how cavitation bubbles within micro- or nano-structures could mitigate surface erosion and enhance the efficiency in microfluidic mixing devices, often used to quickly and effectivel...

Dec 23, 2022

Researchers create the world's smallest Christmas record

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Measuring only 40 micrometers in diameter, researchers at DTU Physics have made the smallest record ever cut. Featuring the first 25 seconds of the Christmas classic "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree," the single is cut using a new nano...

Dec 23, 2022

Nanoimprinting technique for humidity-responsive holographic images

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A display that projects holographic images that change when in contact with water has been developed. This new technology increases the possibility of commercialization as it can infinitely imprint holographic images.

Dec 23, 2022

Novel near-infrared light detection method using upconversion nanomaterials

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Researchers have developed a new near-infrared light sensor by using a material that converts weak near-infrared light to visible light.

Dec 23, 2022

New X-ray imaging technique to study the transient phases of quantum materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An international team of researchers has recently demonstrated for the first time the use of a new lensless ultrafast X-Ray method to image phase transitions. This new method described in Nature Physics enables the direct observation of the dynami...

Dec 22, 2022

Shrinking hydrogels enlarge nanofabrication options

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a strategy for creating ultrahigh-resolution, complex 3D nanostructures out of various materials.

Dec 22, 2022

Researchers show a new way to induce useful defects using invisible material properties

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Much of modern electronic and computing technology is based on one idea: add chemical impurities, or defects, to semiconductors to change their ability to conduct electricity. These altered materials are then combined in different ways to produce ...

Dec 22, 2022

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