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Nanocubes can Automatically Connect and Disassemble at Various Temperatures

Scientists have engineered two types of nano-sized building blocks that can automatically connect into cubes and scramble back into separate components based on the temperature of their environment. This achievement is one step closer to chemical systems that more convincingly mimic life.

1 Apr 2019

Researchers Propose Breakthrough Solutions for Ultrahigh Resolution Microscopy

High-resolution optical microscopy techniques assure innovations in biology, medicine, and materials science. Now, their potentials essentially reach those of scanning electron microscopy.

1 Apr 2019

Electric Field Component of Terahertz Pulse Plays Key Role in Large Modulation of Ferromagnetic Materials

Ultrahigh-speed spintronics will soon need ultrafast coherent magnetization reversal within a picosecond, one-trillionth of a second.

29 Mar 2019

Researchers Discover a Special Phenomenon of Magnetism in the Nano Range

A team of scientists from ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has identified a unique phenomenon of magnetism in the nanometer range. The phenomenon makes it possible to assemble magnets in extraordinary configurations. This can possibly be used for constructing switches and computer memories to boost the performance of microprocessors. The study results have been recently reported in the journal, Science.

29 Mar 2019

Nanovaccine Could Boost Immunity in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Cornell scientists have developed a new family of biomaterial for an infectious disease. Nanovaccine successfully boosted immunity in mice with metabolic disorders associated with gut bacteria—a population that exhibits resistance to traditional polio and flu vaccines.

29 Mar 2019

Long Travel Linear Motor Stage – 32“ Travel, Nanometer Resolution

PI is offering the new V-417.336025E1 long travel linear motor stage, providing 32 inches of travel (813mm). The direct drive stage achieves high velocities to 79”/sec (2m/sec) based on a direct drive ironless line...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 29 Mar 2019

Long Travel Linear Motor Stage – 32“ Travel, Nanometer Resolution

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 29 Mar 2019

Long Travel Linear Motor Stage – 32“ Travel, Nanometer Resolution

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 29 Mar 2019

Designing Graphene-Substrate Interactions with Surface Charges

The multitude of unprecedented and useful properties of graphene have applications that span across construction, telecommunications, aerospace, energy, sensing, and many other industries.

29 Mar 2019

PolyU Develops Unique Electrostatically Charged Nanofiber with Enhanced Performance in Filtering Airborne Pollutants and Viruses

The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently developed an electrostatically charged nanofiber filter with multiple separator layers, which can capture pollutant particles that are below 100 nm in diameter (covering the most common airborne nano-particles and viruses).

29 Mar 2019

Layered Liquids Arrange Nanoparticles into Useful Configurations

Materials scientists at Duke University have theorized a new “oil-and-vinegar” approach to engineering self-assembling materials of unusual architectures made out of spherical nanoparticles.

29 Mar 2019

Researchers Unravel the Electronic Structures of Neodymium in LiLuF4 Nanocrystals

Recently, trivalent neodymium (Nd3+) ion-doped near-infrared (NIR) luminescent nanocrystals (NCs) have gained significant attention due to their advanced features such as outstanding NIR-to-NIR luminescent nanoprobes for deep-tissue bio-imaging and temperature sensing.

28 Mar 2019