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CARAC: An Event to Learn More about Advanced Techniques of Characterisation

CARAC 2020 will take place as an online meeting over half a day with online talks (English spoken). The conferences will take place in the morning of November 24th between 9 and 12 am. In the context of the COVID-19 p...

From The Platform for Advanced Characterisation Grenoble (PAC-G) 13 Nov 2020

New Method to Create Elusive Crystal with 2D Semiconductors

Similar to children who are restless posing for a family picture, electrons would not stay still for a long time in any kind of settled arrangement.

12 Nov 2020

British Company Launches Product Range that Reduces the Spread of Viruses by Touch

London based Veraco has designed and manufactured a range of Antimicrobial adhesive pads and wraps to be used on frequently touched surfaces, such as door handles, shopping trolleys and handrails.

12 Nov 2020

New Platform can Make 3D Superconducting Nano-Architectures with DNA

Three-dimensional nanostructured materials--those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter--that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices.

11 Nov 2020

Synthetic Protein Nanoparticle Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Cancer-Killing Drugs

'I've worked in this field for more than 10 years and have not seen anything like this.'

11 Nov 2020

Nanocellulose 3D Objects Intricately Designed Using Bacteria

Researchers from Aalto University have used bacteria to create intricately developed three-dimensional objects made of nanocellulose.

11 Nov 2020

A Novel Approach to Predict the Lifetime of Nanolithography Molds

Ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) is a manufacturing technique for producing nanostructures using UV-curable resin. One of its main advantages is its sheer simplicity;

10 Nov 2020

New Pt(II) Nanocrystals may Also be Used to Encapsulate Water-Insoluble Drugs

Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid and the NOVA University of Lisbon have used platinum compounds of a liquid crystalline nature to design nanocrystal structures capable of effectively encapsulating and transporting water-insoluble drugs that are otherwise difficult to administer.

9 Nov 2020

Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticle Metasurfaces can Improve Resolution for Live-Cell Imaging

In the quest to image exceedingly small structures and phenomenon with higher precision, scientists have been pushing the limits of optical microscope resolution, but these advances often come with increased complication and cost.

9 Nov 2020

Scientists Grow Carbon Nanotube Forest Much Longer Than any Other

Novel technique yields a carbon nanotube forest of record length, potentially revolutionizing the future of many industries

8 Nov 2020

Llama Antibodies Could be a Strong Nanoweapon Against COVID-19

Today in Science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe a new method to extract tiny but extremely powerful SARS-CoV-2 antibody fragments from llamas, which could be fashioned into inhalable therapeutics with the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19.

6 Nov 2020

High Performance Nanopositioning Controller for Piezo Stages Provides 270W Peak Power and Nanometer Level Precision

PI offers a high performance version of its E-727 family of multi-axis piezo nanopositioning controllers.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 5 Nov 2020

New Method Helps Develop Carbon Nanotube Forest of Record Length

Currently, a wide range of industries, such as electronics, optics, drug delivery, and water purification, employ nanometer-wide rolls of honeycomb-shaped graphite sheets known as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to achieve innovations at a scale like never before.

5 Nov 2020

Novel Linear Nanomotors can be Moved in Controlled Directions Using Light

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS) have designed novel linear nanomotors that can be moved in controlled directions using light. This work opens the way for new microfluidics, including lab-on-a-chip systems with optically actuated pumps and valves.

5 Nov 2020

University of Freiburg and Park Systems Europe Announce the 4th NanoScientific Forum Europe on September 15-17, 2021

After the successful 3rd virtual edition of the 2020 NSFE, we are excited to invite researchers from all fields of Scanning Probe Microscopy to the fourth edition of the NanoScientific Forum Europe as a live event in the charming city of Freiburg, Germany.

5 Nov 2020