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A Classic 19th-Century Paradox is Revisited for Designing Innovative Nanostructures

When a box filled with Mikado sticks is shaken up, do the sticks within the box spread uniformly? Such a question touches Bertrand’s paradox—a standard in mathematics.

29 Apr 2019

New Method Could Help Estimate the Amount of Negative Pressure Produced by Liquid Crystals in Nanopores

In addition to governing the quantum vacuum or the Universe, negative pressure, despite being of a different nature, also appears in liquid crystals restrained in nanopores.

25 Apr 2019

Scientists Explore the Unknown Behaviour of Gold Nanoparticles with Neutrons

Nanoparticles of less than 100 nanometres in size are used to engineer new materials and nanotechnologies across a variety of sectors.

24 Apr 2019

Nanoparticles Used to Optimize Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Researchers at the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine used nanoparticles for the formulation of new imaging and treatment approaches for peritoneal cancers.

23 Apr 2019

Researchers Engineer Artificial Atoms that Function at Room Temperature

With the help of a recently reported discovery by University of Oregon (UO) physicist Ben Alemán, ultra-secure online communications, totally incomprehensible if intercepted, are a step closer to becoming a reality.

12 Apr 2019

Researchers Exploring Atomically Precise Nanocatalysts Given Major European Supercomputing Grant

PRACE organization has been given 35 million CPU core hours for a collaborative project of Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen and Professor Karoliina Honkala at the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center.

10 Apr 2019

Researchers Solve Mystery Behind Bacterial Nanowire

Deep underground or in the ocean, where oxygen is not present, Geobacter bacteria “breathe” by projecting miniature protein filaments known as “nanowires” into the soil, to dispose of surplus electrons ensuing from the conversion of nutrients to energy.

5 Apr 2019

Researchers Unravel the Electronic Structures of Neodymium in LiLuF4 Nanocrystals

Recently, trivalent neodymium (Nd3+) ion-doped near-infrared (NIR) luminescent nanocrystals (NCs) have gained significant attention due to their advanced features such as outstanding NIR-to-NIR luminescent nanoprobes for deep-tissue bio-imaging and temperature sensing.

28 Mar 2019

Electronics at the Nanoscale: Challenges and Opportunities for Making Metal Nanowires

Silver, gold and copper nanowires are leading contenders for next-generation nanoscale devices, however greater understanding of how they work and improved production methods are needed before they can be widely used, explains a recent review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

27 Mar 2019

Nanoanalysis News

A Classic 19th-Century Paradox is Revisited for Designing Innovative Nanostructures

New Method Could Help Estimate the Amount of Negative Pressure Produced by Liquid Crystals in Nanopores

Scientists Explore the Unknown Behaviour of Gold Nanoparticles with Neutrons

Nanoparticles Used to Optimize Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Researchers Engineer Artificial Atoms that Function at Room Temperature

Researchers Exploring Atomically Precise Nanocatalysts Given Major European Supercomputing Grant

Researchers Solve Mystery Behind Bacterial Nanowire

Researchers Unravel the Electronic Structures of Neodymium in LiLuF4 Nanocrystals

Electronics at the Nanoscale: Challenges and Opportunities for Making Metal Nanowires

Study Shows Collaboration Between Research Institutions and Private Firms is Conducive to Innovation in Nanotechnology

Nanostructured Platinum Boosts Dry Microneedle EEG Performance

A Carbon Layer Just 0.8 Nanometers Thick Could Help Chips Keep Shrinking

How Core-Shell Nanofibers Could Make Flexible Batteries More Heat-Resistant

AI Guides Nanomedicine Design for More Precise Cancer Drug Delivery

A New Quantum Dot Sensor Brings Lead and Arsenic Testing Into the Field

How DNA Nanotechnology Is Transforming Protein and Materials Research

How First Graphene is Turning Potential into a Reality

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