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Physicists Look for Materials with High Refractive Index for Developing Nanoantennas

Physicists from MIPT and ITMO University have performed a comparative analysis of a wide array of materials to ascertain whether they can be used for dielectric nanophotonics.

24 Jul 2017

Electron Pulses Used to Manipulate Nanomagnets and Store Information

Magnets and magnetic occurrences underpin the huge majority of advanced data storage, and the measurement scales for research dedicated on magnetic behaviors continue to shrink with the rest of digital technology.

24 Jul 2017

Researchers Use Probiotics to Develop Metallic Nanoparticles

Probiotics, being live microbes, wield many advantageous health effects on the host cells. Such probiotics are commercially available as foods, dietary supplements, and pharmaceutical formulations.

24 Jul 2017

Metal Nanoparticles Could Boost Efficiency of LEDs and Creation of Invisibility Cloaks

A team of Researchers from the University of Michigan have come up with a new method that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors. This progress could increase the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 % and even facilitate the creation of invisibility cloaking devices.

20 Jul 2017

New Diagnostic Sensors for Analyzing Human Exhaled Breath to Diagnose Diseases

Breath pattern recognition is considered to be a futuristic diagnostic platform. The disease as well as the physical condition can be diagnosed by simple characterizing target gas concentrations of human exhaled breath.

20 Jul 2017

Researchers Develop NanoVelcro Microchips for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing

Some form of prenatal testing is taken up by many pregnant women before their children are born. The information obtained from these tests by the expectant mothers vary as details range from the baby's gender to its genetic defects.

20 Jul 2017

NanoGraphene Manufactures Its First Graphene in Sustainable Environmentally Friendly Plant

During the first half of July 2017, NanoGraphene Inc. manufactured its first graphene from its innovative plant newly set up at its unique facility located at Industry City in Brooklyn which is being established as an innovation center.

19 Jul 2017

Scientists Develop New Method for Detecting Extremely Small Amounts of DNA

It is now possible to detect traces of biomolecules such as DNA with the help of a new “dynamic” technique based on the observation of association and dissociation events of gold nanoparticles.

19 Jul 2017

Researchers Demonstrate that a New Catalyst Material for Electrolyzers is Reliable

Storage technologies that are efficient are considered to be essential if wind and solar energy is to help meet the increased energy demands. One vital approach refers to storage in the form of hydrogen extracted from water by using solar or wind energy.

18 Jul 2017

New Oxygen-Free Alloys Could Increase Performance of Biosensors, Semiconductors

A team of researchers at the University of Connecticut have discovered that decreasing oxygen in certain nanocrystalline materials may enhance their durability and strength at high temperatures, a potential enhancement that could result in faster jet engines, better biosensors, and greater capacity semiconductors.

18 Jul 2017

Scientists Trap Noble Gas in a 2D Porous Structure at Room Temperature

Recently, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory completed an experiment with a two-dimensional (2D) structure synthesized by them for catalysis research when, to their surprise, they studied that atoms of argon gas were trapped within the structure’s nanosized pores.

18 Jul 2017

New Hypoallergenic Electronic Sensor Lets Skin Breathe During Long-Term Health Monitoring

It is now possible to wear a hypoallergenic electronic sensor on the skin continuously for a week without any discomfort. This sensor is extremely thin and light such that users tend to forget that they even have it on, explains a Japanese group of scientists.

18 Jul 2017

Researchers Convert Common Insulator into Magnetic Semiconductor

Rice University researchers discovered that a little fluorine converts an insulating ceramic known as white graphene into a wide-bandgap semiconductor possessing magnetic properties.

18 Jul 2017

Scientists Succeed in Coupling Extremely Small Quantum Dot with Trumpet-Shaped Nanowire

Scientists from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the University of Basel have carried out successive coupling of an extremely tiny quantum dot with a trumpet-shaped nanowire that is 1,000 times larger.

18 Jul 2017

Introducing the FlexAL-2D the ALD Plasma Processing System for 2D Materials

Oxford Instruments’ ALD and 2D technical specialists have teamed up with Eindhoven University of Technology research teams to develop the innovative FlexAL-2D for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides for nanodevice applications.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 14 Jul 2017

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Physicists Look for Materials with High Refractive Index for Developing Nanoantennas

Electron Pulses Used to Manipulate Nanomagnets and Store Information

Researchers Use Probiotics to Develop Metallic Nanoparticles

Metal Nanoparticles Could Boost Efficiency of LEDs and Creation of Invisibility Cloaks

New Diagnostic Sensors for Analyzing Human Exhaled Breath to Diagnose Diseases

Researchers Develop NanoVelcro Microchips for Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing

NanoGraphene Manufactures Its First Graphene in Sustainable Environmentally Friendly Plant

Scientists Develop New Method for Detecting Extremely Small Amounts of DNA

Researchers Demonstrate that a New Catalyst Material for Electrolyzers is Reliable

New Oxygen-Free Alloys Could Increase Performance of Biosensors, Semiconductors

Scientists Trap Noble Gas in a 2D Porous Structure at Room Temperature

New Hypoallergenic Electronic Sensor Lets Skin Breathe During Long-Term Health Monitoring

Researchers Convert Common Insulator into Magnetic Semiconductor

Scientists Succeed in Coupling Extremely Small Quantum Dot with Trumpet-Shaped Nanowire

Introducing the FlexAL-2D the ALD Plasma Processing System for 2D Materials

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