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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

Innovative Technology for Encoding Multiple Holographic Images in a Single Surface

Researchers from Caltech have developed an innovative technique for encoding multiple holographic images in a single surface with no dip in resolution. This achievement has changed a long-standing notion that only a single image can be projected from a single surface, irrespective of the illumination angle.

12 Dec 2017

Experts call for nanosafety standards body

Academics at the University of Sydney will today called for the establishment of a national standards body to monitor the safety of nanomaterials commonly found in food, house paint, supplements and cosmetics sold in Aus...

12 Dec 2017

New Nanomaterial Could Enable New Types of Chemical Processes in Pharma, Materials and Chemical Industries

Scientists at King’s College London have engineered a new nanoscale device which creates a controlled stream of ‘hot electrons’ - high energy electrons which allow unusual chemical reactions to take pla...

11 Dec 2017

Fraunhofer Project Center Focuses on Large-Scale Production of Photonics Chips

Photonic circuits are chips that function with light, and are obviously on the rise, for instant in medical and telecom applications. They are still frequently considered to be 'high-end' applications in small series.

11 Dec 2017

New Measurement Method Developed for Active Nanoscale Components

Regardless of their size, the functioning of computers or mobile phones depends on the interaction among a wide range of materials. Hence, researchers and engineers ought to have an in-depth understanding of precisely the manner in which particular chemical elements in a transistor diode or a computer chip function, and also the consequences of bonding between these elements.

11 Dec 2017

Etching Nanoscale Pores on Graphene Layers to Decipher Ion Transport

Minute pores at the opening to a cell can function as tiny bouncers that let in certain electrically charged atoms, that is, ions, but obstruct others. These “ion channels” function as acutely sensitive filters and have a significant role in biological functions such as firing of brain cells and muscle contraction.

11 Dec 2017

Scientists Develop Novel Lenses that Enable X-ray Microscopy with Record Nanometer Resolution

DESY researchers have designed innovative lenses with the potential to perform X-ray microscopy with nanometer-scale resolution. The team headed by Saša Bajt, DESY scientist from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), used innovative materials to perfect the design of exclusive X-ray optics and accomplished a focus spot size that had a diameter of less than 10 nm, where 1 nm is one-millionths of 1 mm and is smaller than the size of majority of the viruses.

8 Dec 2017

Nanometrics Announces Expansion of IMPULSE+ Integrated Metrology into 3D-NAND Interconnect Process Control

Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control systems, today announced that its IMPULSE®+ integrated metrology platform has been adopted into key interconnect process control ...

8 Dec 2017

Caltech Team Manages to “Paint” Smallest Mona Lisa Using DNA

Caltech's Paul Rothemund (BS '94)—currently research professor of bioengineering, computing and mathematical sciences, and computation and neural systems—developed a technique to fold a long strand of DNA into a prescribed shape way back in 2006.

7 Dec 2017

Innovative Strategy for Isolating Ring-Shaped Molecules from Linear Ones

The distinction between rings formed of the same material and linear chains is that although the molecular building blocks are similar, from a mathematical point of view, topologies of the two structures, that is, linear chain and ring, are distinct.

7 Dec 2017

Study Finds Purified Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Water Promoted Plant Growth

Researchers from the Rice University have discovered that when purified carbon nanotubes were introduced, it had an advantageous impact on early growth of wheatgrass. However, the same nanotubes were found to pose considerable harm when contaminants were present.

7 Dec 2017

Nanotechnology News

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

Improvements on the Development of Triboelectric Nanogenerators

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

Innovative RNA Nanotech to Manipulate Exosomes for Successful Cancer Therapy

Innovative Technology for Encoding Multiple Holographic Images in a Single Surface

Experts call for nanosafety standards body

New Nanomaterial Could Enable New Types of Chemical Processes in Pharma, Materials and Chemical Industries

Fraunhofer Project Center Focuses on Large-Scale Production of Photonics Chips

New Measurement Method Developed for Active Nanoscale Components

Etching Nanoscale Pores on Graphene Layers to Decipher Ion Transport

Scientists Develop Novel Lenses that Enable X-ray Microscopy with Record Nanometer Resolution

Nanometrics Announces Expansion of IMPULSE+ Integrated Metrology into 3D-NAND Interconnect Process Control

Caltech Team Manages to “Paint” Smallest Mona Lisa Using DNA

Innovative Strategy for Isolating Ring-Shaped Molecules from Linear Ones

Study Finds Purified Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Water Promoted Plant Growth

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