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Using Nanoscale Defects to Enhance the Properties of Ultrathin, 2D Materials

According to a famous saying, nothing in this world is perfect, and this is not bad always. As part of a research at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), researchers found out how the properties of ultrathin, 2D material can be improved by nanoscale defects.

11 Mar 2019

Researchers Use 2, 6-Diphenylanthracene to Develop Novel Thin-Film Organic Phototransistor Arrays

Several future applications, such as optical communication, imaging, and biomedical sensing, are crucially dependent on the conversion of light into electrical signals.

9 Jan 2019

Better Imagery with New Low-Cost Nanosatellite System

Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University have created a new satellite imaging system that could transform the economics and imagery available from space-based cameras as well as from Earth-based telescopes.

7 Jan 2019

Hollow, Porous Nanocubes Show Promise for Catalysis, Biomedical, and Optical Sensing Applications

Researchers at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)—a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory—have swathed a different kind of box this holiday season.

4 Jan 2019

World’s Smallest Infrared Hyperspectral Camera for Tracking and Managing Climate Change

A groundbreaking Finnish nanosatellite has recently been launched into space fitted with the world’s smallest infrared hyperspectral camera.

21 Dec 2018

Researchers Develop Low-Energy and Omnidirectional Nanoscale Laser

Scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have created a new kind of low-energy, nanoscale laser that is capable of shining in all directions.

18 Dec 2018

Meta-Surface Rectifies Chromatic Abnormalities in All Kinds of Lenses

Since the mid-1700s, present-day optical systems—from smartphone cameras to advanced microscopes—use technology that hasn’t changed much.

21 Nov 2018

Researchers Produce 3D Chemical Maps of Single Bacteria Using Ultrabright X-Rays

Ultrabright X-rays have been used by researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory—to image single bacteria with higher spatial resolution than ever before.

19 Nov 2018

First Measurement of Folding of Proteins in Water at Nanoscale

For the first time, researchers have measured the attributive patterns of folds that give proteins their 3D shape in water at the nanoscale.

27 Jul 2018

Using Glass Bubbles to Detect Presence of Nanoparticles

Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed technology that is in fact throwing light on certain smallest particles to detect their presence—and it is developed from tiny glass bubbles.

12 Jul 2018

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Using Nanoscale Defects to Enhance the Properties of Ultrathin, 2D Materials

Researchers Use 2, 6-Diphenylanthracene to Develop Novel Thin-Film Organic Phototransistor Arrays

Better Imagery with New Low-Cost Nanosatellite System

Hollow, Porous Nanocubes Show Promise for Catalysis, Biomedical, and Optical Sensing Applications

World’s Smallest Infrared Hyperspectral Camera for Tracking and Managing Climate Change

Researchers Develop Low-Energy and Omnidirectional Nanoscale Laser

Meta-Surface Rectifies Chromatic Abnormalities in All Kinds of Lenses

Researchers Produce 3D Chemical Maps of Single Bacteria Using Ultrabright X-Rays

First Measurement of Folding of Proteins in Water at Nanoscale

Using Glass Bubbles to Detect Presence of Nanoparticles

An Introduction to Quantum Microwaves for Communication and Sensing

Making the TEM more Relevant for Catalysis Research

Performing In Situ EDS in the TEM

PDL-1000 Hall Effect Measurement System — AC/DC Field

Polymer Imprinting Plates for Holoprint® Applications

A Breakthrough in Process Analytical Technology for Production of Nanoparticles

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Reconstructing Laser-Structured Surfaces in 3D with SEM Imaging

Real-Time Multi-Angle Light Scattering for PAT of Liposome Production

Exploring the Deposition Rate of Organophosphate Thin Films Using Octiv VI Probe

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2 World’s Largest Graphene Nanotube Manufacturer OCSiAl Achieves Production Capacity of 75 Tonnes Per Year

3 Study Shows Graphene-Cu2O Hybrid Structure Slows Down Oxidation of Copper

4 Atomic Chains Encased in Boron Nitride Nanotubes Could Revolutionize Electronics

5 Scientists Image Atomic Bonding Using Advanced Microscopy Techniques

6 Sublimation, Not Melting: Graphene Surprises Researchers Again

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