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Two-layer Graphene Capable of Stopping Bullets

Researchers at The City University of New York (CUNY) have developed a unique graphene-based material that becomes as hard as a diamond when it is impacted, according to a new paper published in Nature Nanotechnology.

By Brett Smith 19 Dec 2017

First Ever Subwavelength Dielectric Resonators for Light Trapping at Nanoscale

Scientists have designed the very first subwavelength dielectric resonators for light trapping at nanoscale that seems to be the simple silicon cylinder which is considered to be a hundred times thinner than a strand of human hair.

19 Dec 2017

New Process can Change Two-Layer Graphene into Diamond-Hard Material on Impact

Visualize a material as lightweight and flexible as foil that turns hard and stiff enough to stop a bullet on impact. In a recently published paper in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers across The City University of New York (CUNY) report a process for making diamene: flexible, layered sheets of graphene that become harder than diamond and impenetrable upon impact on a temporary basis.

19 Dec 2017

New Technology for Inserting Nanotubes into Brain to Study Neuronal Actions

A research team from Rice University has developed an innovative device that adopts fast-moving fluids to introduce conductive, flexible carbon nanotube fibers into the brain that can assist in recording the neurons’ actions.

19 Dec 2017

Customized Anti-Viral Nanoparticles Look Effective in Destroying Various Viruses

Each year, globally, millions of people die due to viral infections. However, antiviral drugs available at present are restricted because they largely function against one or a very few related viruses.

19 Dec 2017

Research Shows that Semiconductor Nanocrystals Undergo Thermally Activated Delayed Photoluminescence

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the transfer of triplet excitons from nanomaterials to molecules also creates a feedback mechanism that returns some energy to the nanocrystal, causing it to photoluminesce on long time scales.

19 Dec 2017

Scientists Find Mathematical Method to Calculate Superconducting Transition Temperature of Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists from Ural Federal University (UrFU) together with their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University found out the mathematical method to calculate the temperature at which single walled carbon nanotubes became superconductors and developed a way to increase it thus opening new prospects for superconductive materials application.

19 Dec 2017

Researchers Detect Graphene’s Out-Of-Plane Heat Transfer in Layered Material Heterostructures

Graphene Flagship scientists, led by researchers at ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, have detected graphene’s out-of-plane heat transfer in van der Waals heterostructures.

19 Dec 2017

Pittcon Release eBook Featuring the Latest Scientific Advances

Ahead of the 2018 conference and expo, Pittcon has released an eBook that highlights the latest advances in a range of scientific disciplines.

From Pittcon 19 Dec 2017

3D Nano Imaging Techniques Applicable for Modern Applications

Imaging at the nanoscale is considered to play a vital role in a plethora of contemporary applications in physics, medicine, biology, materials science and other fields. Limitations of existing techniques are, for example, their imaging speed, resolution or the lack of potential to look behind opaque objects with arbitrary shapes.

18 Dec 2017

Investigations on the Use of Graphene in Space-Related Applications

As part of a successful partnership between the Graphene Flagship and the European Space Agency, studies investigating graphene for two disparate space-related uses have demonstrated exceptionally propitious outcomes. Depending upon these outcomes, the Flagship are constantly striving to create graphene devices for application in space.

18 Dec 2017

New Nanoparticle Measuring Devices Developed by Atomic Blasting Technique

Similar to sandblasting at the nanometer scale, focused beams of ions ablate hard materials in order to develop intricate three-dimensional patterns.

15 Dec 2017

Researchers Use Single-Stranded DNA, RNA to Create Self-Assembling Nanostructures

Nanotechnologists are making use of DNA, the genetic material that is present in living organisms, as well as its multifunctional counterpart RNA, as the raw material in attempts to design miniscule devices that could potentially function as drug delivery vehicles, miniature nanofactories for the production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, or extremely sensitive elements of optical and electric technologies.

15 Dec 2017

Plants Infused with Luminescence of Fireflies Could Help Reduce Dependence on Artificial Lighting

The 2009 film “Avatar” produced a lush imaginary world, illuminated by glowing, magical plants. Now scientists are working to bring this fascinating vision to life in order to help reduce the dependence on artificial lighting. In ACS’ journal Nano Letters, they report a technique to infuse plants with the luminescence of fireflies.

14 Dec 2017

New Technology for Shaping Thin Crystal Ferromagnetic Films

Thin crystal ferromagnetic films were synthesized by a team of scientists from Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center (Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences) and Siberian Federal University in order to develop a technology for their shaping. Processed films can be employed in spintronic and electronic chips.

13 Dec 2017

Nanotechnology News

Two-layer Graphene Capable of Stopping Bullets

First Ever Subwavelength Dielectric Resonators for Light Trapping at Nanoscale

New Process can Change Two-Layer Graphene into Diamond-Hard Material on Impact

New Technology for Inserting Nanotubes into Brain to Study Neuronal Actions

Customized Anti-Viral Nanoparticles Look Effective in Destroying Various Viruses

Research Shows that Semiconductor Nanocrystals Undergo Thermally Activated Delayed Photoluminescence

Scientists Find Mathematical Method to Calculate Superconducting Transition Temperature of Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers Detect Graphene’s Out-Of-Plane Heat Transfer in Layered Material Heterostructures

Pittcon Release eBook Featuring the Latest Scientific Advances

3D Nano Imaging Techniques Applicable for Modern Applications

Investigations on the Use of Graphene in Space-Related Applications

New Nanoparticle Measuring Devices Developed by Atomic Blasting Technique

Researchers Use Single-Stranded DNA, RNA to Create Self-Assembling Nanostructures

Plants Infused with Luminescence of Fireflies Could Help Reduce Dependence on Artificial Lighting

New Technology for Shaping Thin Crystal Ferromagnetic Films

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