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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

Chemists Develop New Technology for Creating Nano-Hydroxyapatite

Presently, the decline of human health is one of the most unrelenting issues that advanced medicine is facing. Primarily, it concerns the extensive degradation of hard tissues – teeth and bones.

13 Dec 2017

Artificial Graphene Created in Nanofabricated Semiconductor Structure

Researchers at Columbia Engineering, who are experts at controlling matter at the nanoscale, have made a vital discovery in physics and materials science.

13 Dec 2017

Wet Plasma for Use in High-Yield Synthesis of Nanomaterials

Silicon microelectronics and biomedical domains could gain from a safe and economical way to synthesize nanoparticles.

12 Dec 2017

Giant Spin Anisotropy in Graphene Could Pave the Way for New Spintronic Logic Devices

A group of researchers from the Graphene Flagship has predicted and demonstrated a giant spin anisotropy in graphene – the single-atom-thick allotrope of carbon – and associated materials (GRMs) such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). This latest development paves the way for new spintronic logic devices.

12 Dec 2017

Improvements on the Development of Triboelectric Nanogenerators

An engineer team from the University of Alberta has created a new way for producing electrical power capable of charging handheld devices or sensors that have the potential to monitor anything from medical implants to pipelines.

12 Dec 2017

Simple Method to Deposit Magnetite Nanoparticles onto Silica-Coated Gold Nanorods

Researchers from MIT and North Carolina State University have discovered a more simple method to deposit magnetic iron oxide, or magnetite, nanoparticles onto silica-coated gold nanorods, making multifunctional nanoparticles with useful optical and magnetic properties.

12 Dec 2017

Innovative RNA Nanotech to Manipulate Exosomes for Successful Cancer Therapy

A recent study reveals that attaching antibody-like RNA nanoparticles to microvesicles can provide effective RNA therapeutics such as small interfering RNA (siRNA) precisely to cancer cells.

12 Dec 2017