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Molecular Design to Modulate Helical Nanostructures in Liquid Crystal Phase

A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Yuki Arakawa (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan) has successfully developed sulfur-containing liquid crystal (LC) dimer molecules1) with oppositely directed ester bonds, which exhibit a helical liquid crystal phase, viz.

20 Jan 2021

Quantum Nanowires Provide a Unique Environment for Detecting Majorana Zero Modes

Why is studying spin properties of one-dimensional quantum nanowires important

20 Jan 2021

New Ultra-Efficient, Nano-Thin Material Could Advance Self-Powered Electronics

A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.

20 Jan 2021

Rice Computational Model may Lead to Stronger Nanotube Fibers

Carbon nanotube fibers are not nearly as strong as the nanotubes they contain, but Rice University researchers are working to close the gap.

20 Jan 2021

Ultra-Small Nanomedicines Show Potential for Oligonucleotide Delivery to Intractable Cancers

Ultra-small nanomedicines of approximately 18 nm were fabricated by dynamic ion-pairing between Y-shaped block copolymers and nucleic acid drugs, such as siRNA and antisense drugs.

20 Jan 2021

Air Purification Devices Distributed by UK Company, KSG Health, are Proven to be 99.999% Effective Against COVID

KSG Health, a UK importer and distributor of Genano air purification units, are delighted to share the fact that the systems have been independently proven to be 99.999% effective against viruses, including Coronavirus.

20 Jan 2021

Nano-thin Piezoelectrics Advance Self-powered Electronics

A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.

20 Jan 2021

Flexible Multi-Axis Motion Sub-System for System Integrators and Machine Builders Comes with High-Dynamics Linear Motor Stages and EtherCat-Based Motion Controller

Machine builders and system integrators can move faster and address new, higher precision applications with reduced risk and cost, due to the extensive testing that went into the X-417 pre-configured high-accuracy motion and automation systems, including EtherCat motion controllers and software.

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

Using Nanodiamond Sensors to Measure the Thermal Conductivity Inside Living Cells

A team of scientists from Osaka University, The University of Queensland, and the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Engineering used tiny nanodiamonds coated with a heat-releasing polymer to probe the thermal properties of cells.

18 Jan 2021

New Method to Add Electrical Charge to Atomically Thin Graphene Device

At Washington University in St. Louis, a group of physicists has found ways to add electrical charge locally to an atomically thin graphene device by adding multiple layers of flakes of another thin material called alpha-RuCl3 over it.

15 Jan 2021

Avalanching Nanoparticles may Advance Real-Time Bioimaging of Cells

Since the earliest microscopes, scientists have been on a quest to build instruments with finer and finer resolution to image a cell's proteins - the tiny machines that keep cells, and us, running.

15 Jan 2021

Study Shows Therapeutic Potential of Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivering Therapies Before Birth

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that could be used to deliver mRNA as part of fetal therapy.

15 Jan 2021

Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope Used to Improve Lithium Battery Performance

Lithium-ion batteries (LIB) are extensively used in various day-to-day products, like cell phones, hybrid cars, etc.

15 Jan 2021

STREM Chemicals, Inc. Licenses New Class of Air-Stable Ni(0) Pre-Catalysts from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

STREM Chemicals, Inc. has licensed a technology based on recent developments in the field of Ni(0) (pre)catalysts from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung respectively the associated Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH. The new Ni(0)-olefin pre-catalyst provides a simple, scalable and modular Ni(0) source which is stable to air and room temperature and retains the reactivity demonstrated by Ni(0) catalysts currently used in organic chemistry and industrially relevant transformations.

15 Jan 2021

How Graphene Sensors Could Help Gather Rapid COVID Test Results

Researchers from CalTech have developed a standalone low-cost COVID-19 test that can deliver results in 10 minutes, at home, even for people showing no symptoms.

By Robert Lea 14 Jan 2021

Nanotechnology News

Molecular Design to Modulate Helical Nanostructures in Liquid Crystal Phase

Quantum Nanowires Provide a Unique Environment for Detecting Majorana Zero Modes

New Ultra-Efficient, Nano-Thin Material Could Advance Self-Powered Electronics

Rice Computational Model may Lead to Stronger Nanotube Fibers

Ultra-Small Nanomedicines Show Potential for Oligonucleotide Delivery to Intractable Cancers

Air Purification Devices Distributed by UK Company, KSG Health, are Proven to be 99.999% Effective Against COVID

Nano-thin Piezoelectrics Advance Self-powered Electronics

Flexible Multi-Axis Motion Sub-System for System Integrators and Machine Builders Comes with High-Dynamics Linear Motor Stages and EtherCat-Based Motion Controller

Using Nanodiamond Sensors to Measure the Thermal Conductivity Inside Living Cells

New Method to Add Electrical Charge to Atomically Thin Graphene Device

Avalanching Nanoparticles may Advance Real-Time Bioimaging of Cells

Study Shows Therapeutic Potential of Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivering Therapies Before Birth

Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope Used to Improve Lithium Battery Performance

STREM Chemicals, Inc. Licenses New Class of Air-Stable Ni(0) Pre-Catalysts from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

How Graphene Sensors Could Help Gather Rapid COVID Test Results

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