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A versatile method to pattern functionalized nanowires
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
There has been considerable interest worldwide in the patterning of functionalized nanowires--which excel both in semiconductivity and as catalyzers--due to the...
Location matters in the self-assembly of nanoclusters
Sep 12, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at Iowa State University have developed a new formulation that helps to explain the self-assembly of atoms into nanoclusters and to advance the scien...
Rice University-led team morphs nanotubes into tougher carbon for spacecraft, satellites
Sep 12, 2016 (SPX)
Superman can famously make a diamond by crushing a chunk of coal in his hand, but Rice University scientists are employing a different tactic. Rice materials sc...
'Helix-to-Tube,' a simple strategy to synthesize covalent organic nanotubes
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
Kaho Maeda, Dr. Hideto Ito, Professor Kenichiro Itami of the JST-ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITb...
Diamonds and quantum information processing on the nano scale
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
A City College of New York led-team headed by physicist Dr. Carlos Meriles has successfully demonstrated charge transport between Nitrogen-Vacancy color centers...
Lehigh engineer discovers a high-speed nano-avalanche
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
Charles McLaren, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering at Lehigh University, arrived last fall for his semester of research at the University ...
Silicon nanoparticles trained to juggle light
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
A team of physicists from ITMO University (Saint Petersburg) and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has demonstrated the potential of silicon nan...
Researchers resolve problem that has been holding back a tech revolution
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
Imagine an electronic newspaper that you could roll up and spill your coffee on, even as it updated itself before your eyes. It's an example of the technologica...
Nanoribbons in solutions mimic nature
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) bend and twist easily in solution, making them adaptable for biological uses like DNA analysis, drug delivery and biomimetic applica...
Visible light superlens made from nanobeads
Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)
Nanobeads are all around us- and are, some might argue, used too frequently in everything from sun-screen to white paint, but a new ground-breaking application ...
Quantum dots with impermeable shell: A powerful tool for nanoengineering
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
Unique optical features of quantum dots make them an attractive tool for many applications, from cutting-edge displays to medical imaging. Physical, chemical or...
Tailored probes for atomic force microscopes
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
Atomic force microscopes make the nanostructure of surfaces visible. Their probes scan the investigation material with finest measurement needles. KIT has now s...
Smarter self-assembly opens new pathways for nanotechnology
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
To continue advancing, next-generation electronic devices must fully exploit the nanoscale, where materials span just billionths of a meter. But balancing compl...
New silicon structures could make better biointerfaces
Aug 05, 2016 (SPX)
A team of researchers from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) A...
Beating the heat a challenge at the nanoscale
Jul 29, 2016 (SPX)
Rice University scientists who analyze the properties of materials as small as a single molecule have encountered a challenge that appears at very low temperatu...
Electron spin control: Levitated nanodiamond is research gem
Jul 26, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have demonstrated how to control the "electron spin" of a nanodiamond while it is levitated with lasers in a vacuum, an advance that could find appl...
Biggest Little Self-Assembling Protein Nanostructures Created
Jul 26, 2016 (SPX)
A research team at the University of Washington has harnessed complex computational methods to design customized proteins that can self-assemble into 120-subuni...
Borrowing from pastry chefs, engineers create nanolayered composites
Jul 26, 2016 (SPX)
Adapting an old trick used for centuries by both metalsmiths and pastry makers, a team of researchers at MIT has found a way to efficiently create composite mat...
New reaction for the synthesis of nanostructures
Jul 26, 2016 (SPX)
The collaboration between the research groups of professors Pau Ballester and Jose R. Galan-Mascaros at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), ...
New nanoscale technologies could revolutionize microscopes, study of disease
Jul 26, 2016 (SPX)
Research completed through a collaboration with University of Missouri engineers, biologists, and chemists could transform how scientists study molecules and ce...
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