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Researchers Achieve Single-Atom Manipulation Using Advanced Electron Microscope

Researchers Achieve Single-Atom Manipulation Using Advanced Electron Microscope

Atoms are the constituents of all matter and are too small to be observed without powerful advanced instruments such as electron microscopes. The same electrons forming images of atomic structures can even be used to move atoms in materials.

10 Jul 2018

Nanokirigami Devices Could Help Manipulate Light for Various Applications

Nanokirigami Devices Could Help Manipulate Light for Various Applications

In the recent times, nanokirigami has started to emerge as an area of research; the technology is based on the ancient arts of origami, which involves making three-dimensional (3D) shapes by folding paper, and kirigami, which enables cutting and also folding, but used on flat nanoscale materials, measuring billionths of a meter.

9 Jul 2018

Springer Nature and Tsinghua University Press present the fifth Nano Research Award

Springer Nature and Tsinghua University Press present the fifth Nano Research Award

The annual Nano Research Award, which is sponsored by Tsinghua University Press (TUP) and Springer Nature, was presented to two outstanding scientists on 1 July 2018 in Chengdu, China. Lei Jiang is professor at the Techn...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 6 Jul 2018

Analysis of Nanoparticles in Commercial Sunscreens

Analysis of Nanoparticles in Commercial Sunscreens

Postnova Analytics has published a new application note that describes a new approach for analysis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in commercial sunscreens. The technique, which combines Inverse Supercritical Fl...

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 5 Jul 2018

New Method Proposed for Obtaining Complex Nanocomposites

New Method Proposed for Obtaining Complex Nanocomposites

A new method allows the isolation of metallic silver from the semiconductor forming silver nanoparticles on the surface of a semiconductor.

27 Jun 2018

Squeezing Graphene Stacks Results in Unique Electrical Properties

Squeezing Graphene Stacks Results in Unique Electrical Properties

Scientists have found that when laterally compressed, graphene can have interesting electrical properties.

27 Jun 2018

Physicists Generate First-Ever Ultrashort Terahertz Signals

Physicists Generate First-Ever Ultrashort Terahertz Signals

For the first time, physicists have been successful in producing ultrashort electric pulses on a chip, with the help of metal antennas.

27 Jun 2018

Researchers Create Effective and Economical Sound-Absorbing Nanofoam

Researchers Create Effective and Economical Sound-Absorbing Nanofoam

A new breakthrough material capable of reducing the noise level by 100% has been developed by a young scientist from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) along with others. The new foam material is more efficient compared to standard analogs, minimizing the level of noise transmission by 20-22 dB.

26 Jun 2018

Comparing Methods to Detect, Size and Quantify Silver Nanoparticles

Comparing Methods to Detect, Size and Quantify Silver Nanoparticles

Postnova Analytics report on how researchers from the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (Ispra, Italy) and the University of Ferrara have used AF2000 Asym...

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 26 Jun 2018

Researchers Use X-ray Holography to Probe Insulator-Metal Transition at the Nanoscale

Researchers Use X-ray Holography to Probe Insulator-Metal Transition at the Nanoscale

X-ray hologram of VO2 during the phase transition. Image Credit: MBI.

25 Jun 2018

Researchers Develop Lightweight, High Nitrogen-Doping Current Collector

Researchers Develop Lightweight, High Nitrogen-Doping Current Collector

A current collector, lightweight with a high nitrogen-doping level carbon nanofiber framework, has been developed for lithium metal anodes.

21 Jun 2018

Chameleon-Inspired Nanolaser Holds Promise for Advances in Flexible Displays in Smartphones

Chameleon-Inspired Nanolaser Holds Promise for Advances in Flexible Displays in Smartphones

Researchers have built a nature-inspired unique nanolaser that changes colors by applying the same mechanism as chameleons.

21 Jun 2018

World’s First-Ever Graphene-Enhanced Sports Shoes

World’s First-Ever Graphene-Enhanced Sports Shoes

The University of Manchester and British brand inov-8 unveil the world’s first-ever sports shoes made using graphene.

21 Jun 2018

New Nanofabrication Technique Can Speed Up DNA Sequencing

New Nanofabrication Technique Can Speed Up DNA Sequencing

The laborious process of sequencing DNA molecules could become much faster & cheaper thanks to a new nanofabrication technique.

21 Jun 2018

Puzzling Phenomenon of Particle-Antiparticle Annihilation in Graphene Explained

Puzzling Phenomenon of Particle-Antiparticle Annihilation in Graphene Explained

Researchers have interpreted the obscure phenomenon of particle-antiparticle annihilation in graphene (Auger recombination).

21 Jun 2018

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