Hafnium-based thin films, with a thickness of only a few nanometres, show an unconventional form of ferroelectricity.
Analytik Ltd reports how researchers at the Centre for Bionano Interactions, University College Dublin, Ireland have used a DC24000 ultra high-resolution particle size analyzer for accurate physicochemical characterisation of small-sized nanoparticles.
Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it's not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material.
A new superbug-destroying coating developed by scientists could be utilized on implants and wound dressings to inhibit and treat potentially lethal fungal and bacterial infections.
Access to clean drinking water is a major problem for as much as a third of the world's population. Now, a new combination of graphene, aerogels and 3D printing could provide a solution.
By Robert Lea
15 Apr 2021
A new self-assembling nanomaterial designed by biomedical engineers from Duke University stimulates major cells in the immune system that can help reduce damage caused by inflammatory disorders.
Scientists from the Skoltech Space Center (SSC) have developed nanosatellite interaction algorithms for scientific measurements using a tetrahedral orbital formation of CubeSats that exchange data and apply interpolation algorithms to create local maps of physical measurements in real time.
Scientists have developed a novel strategy to produce near-oxygenless carbon nanodots, helping shed light on the role of oxygen in their optical properties.
The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of certain structural "imperfections" or defects. The challenge, however, is to control the number and type of these defects.
An innovative nanofiber production method known as “centrifugal multispinning” has been developed by scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The new method will pave the way for safe and economical mass production of high-performance polymer nanofibers.
Using DNA structures as scaffolds, Tim Liedl, a scientist of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, has shown that precisely positioned gold nanoparticles can serve as efficient energy transmitters.
PI’s air bearing motion product line is expanding. The new A-523 Z-Tip-Tilt low profile nano-positioning and alignment stage is based on a frictionless motion concept with air bearings and ironless 3-phase linear motors.
Most materials go from being solids to liquids when they are heated. One rare counter-example is helium-3, which can solidify upon heating.
Can a mirror turn an orange into a doughnut- The answer is definitely no in the real (macro) world. But at the nanoscale, a mirror can turn an "orange" shaped pattern into a "doughnut" shaped pattern by overlapping the "orange" with its reflected mirror image.
Although DNA sequencing has now turned more common, very few understand how difficult it is to extract even a single molecule of DNA from a biological sample.