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Chemists Develop New Protocol to Enhance 2D Material with Carbon Chains

Although hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN) is known to be tough, researchers at Rice University are making this material easier to get along with.

13 Aug 2019

New Tunable 2D Material Holds Promise for Optoelectronics

Researchers at a Rice University lab are working towards making products look sharp, even at the nanoscale. The lab’s newest creation is spot on.

13 Aug 2019

New Electron Spectroscopy Method Pushes Limits of Nanospectroscopy

To better understand advanced materials such as graphene nanostructures and enhance them for devices in opto-, nano-, and quantum-technology, it is important to comprehend how phonons—the vibration of atoms in solids—impact the materials’ properties.

13 Aug 2019

Near-Infrared Laser Used to Heat Objects to Different Temperatures at Nanoscale

At the human level, regulating temperature is a simple concept. Turtles expose themselves to the sun to keep warm. In order to cool a pie fresh from the oven, it is placed on a countertop at room temperature.

12 Aug 2019

Gold Nanoparticles as Promising Drug-Delivery System to Target Cancer Biomarkers

Targeted drug-delivery systems are a promising candidate for the effective treatment of cancer by leaving the healthy surrounding tissues unaffected. However, they can work only when the drug hits its target.

12 Aug 2019

Neural-Network-Based Method for Producing Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers from Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Skoltech, have come up with a neural-network-based technique for tracking the development of carbon nanotube, leading to a new generation of advanced electronic devices. The findings have been reported in Carbon.

12 Aug 2019

Administration of Antimalarial Drugs Could be Improved by Nanovectors

According to a new study, when two drugs with different properties are encapsulated into nanovesicles enclosed by antibodies, their delivery and efficacy can be considerably improved.

12 Aug 2019

New Approach to Construct Gold-Bonded Nanocages

The age-old fact that gold can be utilized to do things was something that philosophers had never dreamed of.

8 Aug 2019

Why Coupling Spin-Torque Oscillators Cannot Generate Reliable Microwave Fields

Spin-torque oscillators (STOs) are nanoscale devices that use variations in magnetic field direction to produce microwaves. However, the microwaves generated by any individual device are extremely weak for practical applications.

8 Aug 2019

Edwards Joins MIT.nano as Founding Member

Edwards, a leading manufacturer of vacuum and abatement solutions, is joining MIT’s MIT.nano consortium as a founding member with an investment that includes equipment and personnel, as part of a broader initiative to be an essential participant in new technology developments at the nanometer scale.

From Edwards Vacuum 8 Aug 2019

Leeds’ Scientists Develop the Thinnest Unsupported Gold in the World

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a new type of gold which has a thickness of just two atoms—the thinnest unsupported gold ever produced.

7 Aug 2019

New Nano-Vaccine Proven Effective in Melanoma Treatment in Mouse Models

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have created a new nano-vaccine for melanoma, which is the most aggressive skin cancer type.

6 Aug 2019

Quantum Dots and Smartphone can be Used to Detect Deadly Bacteria

A combination of standard quantum dot nanotechnology and a smartphone camera may soon enable doctors to recognize antibiotic-resistant bacteria within 40 minutes, possibly saving the lives of many patients.

6 Aug 2019

Imperfections in Nanopore Membranes Could Improve Biomolecule Transport

Researchers at the University of Illinois speculated how microscopic, step-like defects produced at the time of fabrication could be utilized to enhance molecule transport.

6 Aug 2019

A Modified Device Fabrication Process Achieves Enhanced Spin Transport in Graphene

Researchers from the ICN2 Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices Group have proposed a modified graphene-based nanodevice fabrication technique that has increased up to three times the spin lifetime and relaxation length compared to previous work of the same kind.

6 Aug 2019