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New Friction Mechanism Discovered in Behavior of Nanosystems

Friction is an omnipresent but often annoying physical phänomenon: It causes wear and energy loss in machines as well as in our joints. In search of low-friction components for ever smaller components, a team of physicists led by the professors Thorsten Hugel and Alexander Holleitner now discovered a previously unknown type of friction that they call “desorption stick.”

16 May 2013

Cornstarch-Derived Supramolecular Nanowires Enable Green Extraction of Gold

Northwestern University scientists have struck gold in the laboratory. They have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally benign method that uses simple cornstarch -- instead of cyanide -- to isolate gold from raw materials in a selective manner.

15 May 2013

Precisely Placed Atoms Used to Create World's Smallest Movie

Scientists from IBM today unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS -verified movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of stop-motion action.

2 May 2013

Anasys AFM-IR Technology Used by University of Illinois for Nanoscale Chemical Identification

Anasys Instruments reports on the recent publication from the University of Illinois which describes the development of a novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale based on AFM-IR. The work is described in a paper published in the Review of Scientific Instruments 84.

30 Apr 2013

Bruker Brings PeakForce Tapping Mode to the Dimension Edge AFM System

Bruker’s Nano Surfaces division announced today the expansion of its proprietary PeakForce Tapping™ technology to the Dimension Edge™ AFM platform.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 29 Apr 2013

Atomic Force Microscopy and Ballistic Intracellular Nano-Rheology Provide New View of Cancer Cells

A team of student researchers and their professors from 20 laboratories around the country have gotten a new view of cancer cells. The work could shed light on the transforming physical properties of these cells as they metastasize, said Jack R. Staunton, a Ph.D. candidate at Arizona State University in the lab of Prof. Robert Ros, and the lead author of a paper reporting on the topic.

From Arizona State University 29 Apr 2013

Atomic Force Microscope Infrared Spectroscopy Helps Measure Nanometer-Scale Infrared Absorption in Semiconductor Plasmonic Microparticles

Recent progress in the engineering of plasmonic structures has enabled new kinds of nanometer-scale optoelectronic devices as well as high-resolution optical sensing. But until now, there has been a lack of tools for measuring nanometer-scale behavior in plasmonic structures which are needed to understand device performance and to confirm theoretical models.

23 Apr 2013

Researchers Employ Atomic Force Microscopy to Look at Cells from Articular Cartilage

A researcher at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has discovered additional mechanical properties of articular cartilage, a protective cartilage on the ends of bones that wears down over time, resulting in the development of osteoarthritis. The findings are published in the April issue of PLOS ONE.

20 Apr 2013

Nanoscale Cages Can Help Deliver Bioactive Molecules to Cells

Scientists have developed a new type of nanoparticle with potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. The findings, published in Science and led by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Bristol, could potentially be used to deliver bioactive molecules, such as drugs, to cells and eventually diseased tissues in the body.

16 Apr 2013

Genova Nanophysics Researchers Couple AFM with STED Microscopy with JPK Instruments Tools

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research studies of the nanophysics group to couple the chemical information of STED microscopy with the high resolution spatial and force measurements provided by AFM to study biological samples in liquid.

From Bruker BioAFM 16 Apr 2013

Atomic Force Microscopes News

New Friction Mechanism Discovered in Behavior of Nanosystems

Cornstarch-Derived Supramolecular Nanowires Enable Green Extraction of Gold

Precisely Placed Atoms Used to Create World's Smallest Movie

Anasys AFM-IR Technology Used by University of Illinois for Nanoscale Chemical Identification

Bruker Brings PeakForce Tapping Mode to the Dimension Edge AFM System

Atomic Force Microscopy and Ballistic Intracellular Nano-Rheology Provide New View of Cancer Cells

Atomic Force Microscope Infrared Spectroscopy Helps Measure Nanometer-Scale Infrared Absorption in Semiconductor Plasmonic Microparticles

Researchers Employ Atomic Force Microscopy to Look at Cells from Articular Cartilage

Nanoscale Cages Can Help Deliver Bioactive Molecules to Cells

Genova Nanophysics Researchers Couple AFM with STED Microscopy with JPK Instruments Tools

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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