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Metal-Modified Nanocomposites Help Produce “Green” Hydrogen

For many years, sustainable catalysts that can play a key role in global Energiewende—that is, the phase-out of nuclear and fossil fuels—have been a proven research theme at the University of Bayreuth.

24 Mar 2021

Stacking and Twisting of Layered Graphene Forms Moiré Effect

Graphene is made of only a single layer of carbon atoms, and the discovery of this material was the starting point for a worldwide race: Currently, the so-called “2D materials” are made of various types of atoms.

24 Mar 2021

Researchers Develop a Robust Recipe for Finding High-Q Modes in Dielectric Nanocavity

Optical resonators provide the foundation of modern photonics and optics. Thanks to its extreme energy confinement, the high-Q-factor optical resonator optimizes light-matter interaction and photonic device performance by enabling low-threshold laser and enhanced nonlinear harmonic generation.

23 Mar 2021

Crisscross Polymerization Approach for Seeded All-or-Nothing Assembly of Micron-Scale DNA Nanostructures

A team of nanobiotechnologists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) led by Wyss Founding Core Faculty member William Shih, Ph.D., has devised a programmable DNA self-assembly strategy that solves the key challenge of robust nucleation control and paves the way for applications such as ultrasensitive diagnostic biomarker detection and scalable fabrication of micrometer-sized structures with nanometer-sized features.

23 Mar 2021

Study Demonstrates Forging of Graphene upon Exposure to Strong Laser Light

Graphene, a new impressive material, has been described as “the wonder material” due to the remarkable properties it exhibits.

23 Mar 2021

New Technique Helps Create Resilient Synthetic Nanoparticle-Based Materials

In association with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia Engineering scientists have recently reported that they have fabricated nanoparticle-based 3D materials that can tolerate high radiations, high pressures, high temperatures, and vacuum.

22 Mar 2021

HORIBA Launches New Website Resource Centre Dedicated to Supporting Academia

HORIBA UK Limited announces that it has reinforced its provision to Academia by launching a new dedicated resource center on its website.

From HORIBA Scientific UK 22 Mar 2021

Nanosized Robots can Fold Themselves into 3D Configurations

Army-funded researchers created nanosized robots that could enable locomotion, novel metamaterial design and high-fidelity sensors.

22 Mar 2021

Surprising Electron Interaction Found in 'Magic-Angle' Graphene

New research in the journal Science describes a technique that weakens the repulsive force between electrons in "magic-angle" graphene superconductors, providing physicists with exciting new details about this strange state of matter.

19 Mar 2021

Research Shows Metal Nanostructures are Useful in Photonics

Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics - the science and technology of light - with their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, expected to lead to many applications in the field of nanophotonics.

19 Mar 2021

Switching to Long-Term Antimicrobial Nano-Coatings to Meet COVID-19 Secure Regulations

With the UK’s government’s ‘roadmap out of lockdown’, parents look to a return to school and hope lies in the vaccines leading to the easing of restrictions and some semblance of normal life - whilst the inevitable coronavirus spikes are contained.

19 Mar 2021

Physik Instrumente (PI) Acquires P·G·W, Japanese Granite Base Machining Company

Physik Instrumente’s 100% acquisition of P·G·W Precision Granite W Co. Ltd was completed on February 25, 2021 and is a major step forward in the company’s expansion plan of a PI Design Center in Asia. This builds upon last years’ growth when PI opened a production plant in Changzhou, China.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 19 Mar 2021