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A Magnetic-Sensitive Nanocatalyst can Remotely Control Bioreactions in Living Cells

The enzymes responsible for catalytic reactions in our body's biological reactions are difficult to use for diagnosis or treatment as they react only to certain molecules or have low stability.

11 Aug 2020

Study Shows How to Improve Delivery of Cancer-Fighting Nanoparticles to Tumors

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have discovered a dose threshold that greatly increases the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumour.

11 Aug 2020

Making Gold from Nanocellulose

When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties.

11 Aug 2020

Nanoparticle Layer Added to LED Could Help Produce More Light

While designing light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the addition of a layer of nanoparticles could enable them to generate more light for the same energy, and also enhance their lifetime.

10 Aug 2020

Filter Paper Made of TiO2 Nanowires Traps and Destroys Pathogens

Paper masks are being made highly compulsory as part of the measures to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic. Although there is no doubt about their relative effectiveness, their extensive use has several disadvantages.

10 Aug 2020

Kavli Lectures: The Art of Building Small and Innovating for Industrial Impact

The art of molecular nanoscience and innovation in polymeric materials for industrial use will be the topics of a pair of Kavli Lectures at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo. The meeting will take place Aug. 17-20 with the theme of “Moving Chemistry From Bench to Market.”

10 Aug 2020

New Nanoparticle Technology Reveals Common Marker of Heart Disease

A new technique developed by scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) integrates high-precision protein measurement with sticky nanoparticles to capture and study a common marker associated with heart disease, revealing details that were not accessible before.

7 Aug 2020

Solvay and Strem Sign Phosphorus Specialties Distribution Agreement

Solvay signed a global distribution agreement with Strem Chemicals, Inc., a manufacturer of high-purity specialty products, to fulfill commercial sampling and research requests for its specialty phosphorus products.

From Strem Chemicals 4 Aug 2020

New Nano-Structuring Technique to Process Surfaces on Atomic Scale

Researchers (TU Wien) (Vienna) have developed a nano-structuring method that can be employed to perforate specific layers of a material in a highly precise way, while others are left completely unaltered, although the projectile penetrates all layers.

4 Aug 2020

Compact, Low-Cost Optical Power Meters for Photonics Alignment Provide High Bandwidth

The F-712.IRP1 and its two channel sibling, the F-712.IRP2, convert optical signals in the 600 nm to 1700 nm range with optical power from 230 picowatts to 1.3 milliwatts into an analog output voltage of 0.1 V - 1.6 V. In order to be useful for fast optical alignment systems, the output signal conversion is logarithmic and optical power changes can be detected and converted with a bandwidth of 6 kHz.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 4 Aug 2020

New Method to Synthesize Manganese Dioxide with Specific Crystalline Structure

A team of researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has investigated an innovative yet simple technique to produce manganese dioxide that has a particular crystalline structure known as ß-MnO2.

3 Aug 2020

New Method Improves Performance, Efficiency of Ultrafine Bimetallic Nanoparticles

Supported bimetallic catalysts are an important class of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis.

3 Aug 2020

New Technique to Synthesize 3D Nanocarbons

A team of scientists led by Kenichiro Itami, Professor and Director of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, has developed a new method for the synthesis of three-dimensional nanocarbons with the potential to advance materials science.

3 Aug 2020

New Technique to Assemble Nanomaterials Enables High Light Field Amplification

Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals or in the field of renewable energies, nanoparticles - smallest portions of bulk material - form the basis for a whole range of new technological developments.

31 Jul 2020

New Method can Improve Optical, Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Transparent Conductors

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Aalto University have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic liquid can significantly enhance the optical and electrical properties of transparent conductors made of single-walled carbon nanotube films.

30 Jul 2020