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Nanodiamonds Doped with Silicon Could be Useful for Cell and Tissue Imaging

Researchers are very enthusiastic about diamonds—not the kinds that decorate jewelry, but the microscopic type that is below the thickness of a strand of human hair. These so-called “nanodiamonds” are nearly completely formed of carbon.

6 May 2019

Scientists Create a Novel Technique for Imaging 2D Borophene Crystals

It is possible to obtain graphene from graphite. However, what about borophene? There does not exist anything called borite.

12 Apr 2019

Scientists Develop New Method for Efficient Mass Production of All-Dielectric Optical Nanoantennas

Researchers at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) together with collaborators from Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), ITMO University, and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) have devised a technique for efficient mass production of silicon-germanium fully alloyed nanoantennas.

2 Apr 2019

Nanocubes can Automatically Connect and Disassemble at Various Temperatures

Scientists have engineered two types of nano-sized building blocks that can automatically connect into cubes and scramble back into separate components based on the temperature of their environment. This achievement is one step closer to chemical systems that more convincingly mimic life.

1 Apr 2019

New Nanowire-Based LEDs Produce Five Times Higher Light Intensity than Normal LEDs

Nanowire experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a unique type of shell that generates five times higher light intensity when compared to similar LEDs based on a simpler shell design.

22 Mar 2019

New Method Enables Creation of p-n Junctions in Single-Crystalline Nanowires

A p-n junction configuration is created by doping a semiconductor crystal with p-type dopants in one region and with n-type dopants in another region. p-n junctions are the basic building blocks of solar cells, light emitting diodes, and other semiconductor transistors.

21 Mar 2019

Fish-Inspired Material Changes Color When Orientation of its Nanocolumns are Changed

Scientists inspired by the neon tetra fish’s flashing colors have developed a method for changing the color of a material by controlling the orientation of nanostructured columns in the material.

21 Mar 2019

Producing Xylitol and Cellulose Nanofibers from Paper Paste to Realize a Sustainable Society

The ecological bio-production of cellulose nanofibers and xylitol using altered yeast cells, from material produced by the paper sector has been realized by a team of Japanese researchers.

20 Mar 2019

Researchers Invent Thermal Lithography Process for Better Quality and Lower Cost

An innovation in fabricating atom-thin processors has been reported by an international team of scientists. This discovery could have extensive influence on nanoscale chip manufacture and in labs worldwide where researchers are studying 2D materials for ever-smaller and -faster semiconductors.

25 Jan 2019

Engineers Develop Smallest Ever 3D Nanoprinted Microfluidic Diode for Implantable Devices

The smallest ever 3D-printed fluid circuit element, or microfluidic diode, has been developed by engineers from the University of Maryland (UMD). The diode is so tiny that 10 of it could be placed along the width of a strand of human hair.

24 Jan 2019

Nanofabrication News

Nanodiamonds Doped with Silicon Could be Useful for Cell and Tissue Imaging

Scientists Create a Novel Technique for Imaging 2D Borophene Crystals

Scientists Develop New Method for Efficient Mass Production of All-Dielectric Optical Nanoantennas

Nanocubes can Automatically Connect and Disassemble at Various Temperatures

New Nanowire-Based LEDs Produce Five Times Higher Light Intensity than Normal LEDs

New Method Enables Creation of p-n Junctions in Single-Crystalline Nanowires

Fish-Inspired Material Changes Color When Orientation of its Nanocolumns are Changed

Producing Xylitol and Cellulose Nanofibers from Paper Paste to Realize a Sustainable Society

Researchers Invent Thermal Lithography Process for Better Quality and Lower Cost

Engineers Develop Smallest Ever 3D Nanoprinted Microfluidic Diode for Implantable Devices

New Battery Offers Unbeatable Performance and Safety

The Evolution of Graphene-Semiconductor Hybrid Photodetectors

Nano-Water Droplets on Silica Glass: Microscopic Insights

Nanostrings Open the Door to Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena

The Strategic Roadmap for Industrializing 2D Materials

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

Applying AI-Driven Solutions to Semiconductor Digital Design

Redux AFM: Expanding Access to Automated Nanoscale Imaging

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