A majority of cancer tumors contain regions of low oxygen concentration where cancer treatments based on the action of reactive oxygen species are unproductive. Recently, American researchers have created a hybrid nanomaterial that discharges a free-radical-generating prodrug within tumor cells upon thermal activation.
A team of international researchers have created a new technique to synthesize single-layer graphene from a simple precursor, namely, ethene. Ethene is also called ethylene and is the smallest alkene molecule with only two atoms of carbon.
When a material is thinned down to a single-atom thickness, it can greatly alter that material's physical properties. For instance, graphene, the popular 2D material, has unmatched electrical conductivity and strength, unlike its bulk form, graphite.
Unlimited possibilities are almost available for the new field of two-dimensional, one-atomic-layer-thick materials, including but not limited to graphene.
New two-dimensional materials, with breakthrough magnetic and electrical attributes capable of making them building blocks of future quantum computers and several other improved electronics, have been fabricated by physicists at the University of California, Irvine.
Plasmonic nanoparticles reveal properties based on their geometries and relative positions. Now, researchers have developed a simple way to control the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures that strongly rely on their spatial arrangement.
Rust is a sign of neglect. Rust undermines the tools and structures that are used on a daily basis, from cars to buildings and bridges. However, if carefully controlled, the same process that causes rust – metal oxidation – could provide researchers ways to progress advanced drug delivery technologies or battery technologies.
At the end of a detailed study, researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Chemistry have established experimental proof related to melting of two-dimensional materials. The outcomes of the research can be used to assist in technological advancement of thin-film materials such as graphene.
Nanoparticles behave in an extremely complex manner in the environment. In a large overview study, ETH environmental scientists have proved that currently there is a lack of systematic experimental data that could help in understanding the nanoparticles in a comprehensive way.
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have used pressure instead of chemicals to fabricate nanoparticles into nanowire-array structures just like those that underlie the surfaces of touch-screens for TVs, phones, computers and sensors.
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