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Advanced Nanoparticles Provide New Weapon to Fight Difficult Cancers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoparticles, or tiny molecules that can deliver a payload of drug treatments and other agents, show great promise for treating cancers. Scientists can build them in various shapes with different materials, often as porous, crystal-like structure...

Oct 28, 2022

New route to multifunctional textiles with graphene nanotubes

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

OCSiAl is holding a free webinar on November 29 on the benefits of graphene nanotubes for the creation of multifunctional textiles.

Oct 28, 2022

Researchers chart future of nucleic acid nanotechnology

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Trapped in a microscopic cage made of strands of DNA, molecules of a life-saving drug course through the bloodstream of a cancer patient. Only when receptors on the strands sense they've arrived at the right location—cancer cells overproducin...

Oct 27, 2022

Improving the efficiency of nanogenerators that harvest static electricity

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

Triboelectric energy is the scientific term for static electricity, or the energy that is created when two surfaces rub against each other. Electrons are exchanged between the two surfaces, charging one of the surfaces after they are separated.

Oct 27, 2022

Maximizing ion accessibility in nanoscale ion-channel MXene electrodes for zinc-ion energy storage

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report the preparation of MXene nanosheets with nanoscale ion-channels by chemical oxidation method, which retains the excellent mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of large-sized MXene nanosheets, and effectively shorten...

Oct 27, 2022

Current and future developments in nanomaterials and carbon nanotubes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

This new book describes the recent advancements in synthesis and applications of nanomaterials in energy harvesting and storage, and also technology in the field of opto-electronics for next generation devices.

Oct 27, 2022

New routes for the construction of strong metal–support interactions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Supported metal nanoparticle (NP) catalysts play an important role in a series of industrially important reactions for fuel production, fine chemical synthesis, pollutant removal, and solar harvesting.

Oct 27, 2022

Maximizing ion accessibility in nanoscale ion-channel MXene electrodes for zinc-ion energy storage

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

With highly hydrophilic surfaces and superior metal conductivity, two-dimensional transition-metal carbides (MXenes) are highly valuable in the field of electrochemical energy storage. However, the easy stacking inclination of interlayers would le...

Oct 27, 2022

New hybrid structures could pave the way to more stable quantum computers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Study shows that merging a topological insulator with a monolayer superconductor could support theorized topological superconductivity.

Oct 27, 2022

Engineering researchers develop breakthrough technology to measure rotational motion of cells

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineering experts have proposed a novel technique to measure the cell traction force field and tackle the research gap. The interdisciplinary research team used single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamonds (NDs) to propose a linear polar...

Oct 27, 2022

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