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Super-Resolution Imaging Method For Multiple Fluorescence Microscopy Applications

Researchers employed a single particle imaging method for fluorescence excitation with moderate intensity to achieve spatial resolution. Herein, the semiconductor nanocrystals were accessed, whose emission lifetimes depended on excitation intensity.

20 Jun 2022

First Atomic-Level Observation of Phonon Behavior in Nanoengineered Quantum Dots

As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a challenge studying fundamental properties of the materials involved; in many cases, targets are too small to be observed with optical instruments.

9 Jun 2022

Labtech Announces PIE Scientific’s New Tergeo-Pro Large Chamber Plasma Cleaner

PIE Scientific has extended its successful Tergeo range of RF plasma cleaners with the introduction of Tergeo-Pro - a large chamber yet compact bench top RF plasma system designed for plasma etching, ashing, cleaning and surface modification applications.

From Labtech International Ltd 6 Jun 2022

In Situ TEM Shows Why Polymer Nanocapsules Deform

The analysis of buckling and collapse of nanocapsules employs real-time Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) in a recent study.

31 May 2022

Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Analyze Protein–Nanoparticle Structures

A recent study examined the structural characteristics of protein nanoparticle complexes using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM).

25 May 2022

Scientists View Atomistic Reaction of Intermetallic Nanoparticle

Authors fabricated platinum (Pt)-titanium (Ti) intermetallic nanoparticles and observed the atomistic reaction between the nanoparticles and titanium.

12 May 2022

Automation of Microscopy Experiments to Explore Functional Properties of Materials at Nanoscale

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are programming microscopes to stimulate discoveries using an intuitive algorithm, formulated at ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), that could facilitate advances in new materials for sensing, energy technologies, and computing.

10 May 2022

New Insights into Dissolving Mechanism of Nanoparticles

In a paper printed in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, surface plasmon resonance microscopy was used to investigate the dissolving mechanism of nanomaterials at the single-particle level. The double influence of organic substances on the solubility of silver nanoparticles was also investigated.

6 May 2022

Precise Detection of Nanoplastics in Biological Tissues

Researchers focus on overcoming the challenges and limitations of conventional imaging of nanoplastics, particularly low resolution and difficulty in differentiation from dyes.

28 Apr 2022