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July 22, 2015

Plantations of nanorods on carpets of graphene capture the Sun's energy
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Jul 16, 2015
The Sun can be a better chemist, thanks to zinc oxide nanorod arrays grown on a graphene substrate and "decorated" with dots of cadmium sulphide. In the presence of solar radiation, this combination of zero and one-dimensional semiconductor structures with two-dimensional graphene is a great catalyst for many chemical reactions. The innovative photocatalytic material has been developed by a group of scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and ... read more

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A most singular nano-imaging technique Just as proteins are one of the basic building blocks of biology, nanoparticles can serve as the basic building blocks for next generation materials. In keeping with this parallel between biology an ... more		Chemotherapeutic coatings enhance tumor-frying nanoparticles In a move akin to adding chemical weapons to a firebomb, researchers at Duke University have devised a method for making a promising nanoscale cancer treatment even more deadly to tumors. The invent ... more		Polymer mold makes perfect silicon nanostructures Using molds to shape things is as old as humanity. In the Bronze Age, the copper-tin alloy was melted and cast into weapons in ceramic molds. Today, injection and extrusion molding shape hot liquids ... more
				Nanoscale light-emitting device has big profile University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created a nanoscale device that can emit light as powerfully as an object 10,000 times its size. It's an advance that could have huge implications for ... more		Nanowires highly 'anelastic' Researchers from Brown University and North Carolina State University have found that nanowires made of zinc oxide are highly anelastic, meaning they return to shape slowly after being bent, rather ... more

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Superslippery islands (but then they get stuck) (Nano)islands that slide freely on a sea of copper, but when they become too large (and too dense) they end up getting stuck: that nicely sums up the system investigated in a study just published in ... more		Ultra-thin, all-inorganic molecular nanowires successfully compounded Nanowires are wired-shaped materials with diameters that are tens of nanometers or less. There are many types of nanowires, including semiconducting composite nanowires, metal oxide composite nanowi ... more		Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use Ancient wallaby ancestor reveals evolutionary leap for kangaroos		New nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction. An innovative method of reu ... more
				Soft core, hard shell -- the latest in nanotechnology Nanoparticles are the smallest particles capable of reaching virtually all parts of the body. Researchers use various approaches to test ways in which nanoparticles could be used in medicine - for i ... more		Ultrafast heat conduction can manipulate nanoscale magnets Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have uncovered physical mechanisms allowing the manipulation of magnetic information with heat. These new phenomena rely on the transpor ... more

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Moving sector walls on the nano scale Most magnetic materials have a structure that is somewhat more complicated than a commercially available domestic magnet: they not only have a north and south pole, but a variety of sectors, often o ... more		Nanostructures under stress make teeth crack resistant Human teeth have to serve for a lifetime, despite being subjected to huge forces. But the high failure resistance of dentin in teeth is not fully understood. An interdisciplinary team led by scienti ... more		New Structures Could Keep Astronauts Fit During Long Missions Solar flares pause Blue Origin-NASA Mars probe launch Should You Laser-Weld Lithium-Ion Batteries?		KAIST team develops the first flexible phase-change random access memory Phase change random access memory (PRAM) is one of the strongest candidates for next-generation nonvolatile memory for flexible and wearable electronics. In order to be used as a core memory for fle ... more
Nanoparticles can be intrinsically left- and right-handed A team of scientists from ITMO University and Trinity College Dublin published first experimental results showing that ordinary nanocrystals possess intrinsic chirality and can be produced under nor ... more		Rice researchers make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements Researchers at Rice University have discovered a new way to make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements at optical frequencies on high-speed nanoscale electronic components. The research at Rice's ... more		Graphene heat-transfer riddle unraveled Researchers have solved the long-standing conundrum of how the boundary between grains of graphene affects heat conductivity in thin films of the miracle substance - bringing developers a step close ... more		A new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale A multi-institutional team of scientists has taken an important step in understanding where atoms are located on the surfaces of rough materials, information that could be very useful in diverse com ... more

	MIPT physicists develop ultrasensitive nanomechanical biosensor Two young researchers working at the MIPT Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics, Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov, have developed an ultracompact highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor for analyz ... more		Researchers design the most precise quantum thermometer to date Researchers from the UAB and the University of Nottingham, in an article published in Physical Review Letters, have fixed the limits of thermometry, i.e., they have established the smallest possible ... more

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Unlocking nanofibers' potential		Exploiting the extraordinary properties of a new semiconductor		Scientists observe photographic exposure live at the nanoscale		Measuring the mass of molecules on the nano-scale		Novel X-ray lens sharpens view into the nano world
Engineering phase changes in nanoparticle arrays		An efficient method of signal transmission from nanocomponents		DNA double helix does double duty assembling nanoparticle arrays		This Slinky lookalike 'hyperlens' helps us see tiny objects		Turn that defect upside down

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Random nanowire configurations boost conductivity

Detection of spin of atoms at room temps theoretically demonstrated

Rice scientists use light to probe acoustic tuning in gold nanodisks

'Microcombing' creates stronger, more conductive carbon nanotube films

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A silver lining

Chemists strike nano-gold with 4 new atomic structures

New technique for exploring structural dynamics of nanoworld

Nanotubes with 2 walls have singular qualities

Advances in molecular electronics: Lights on - molecule on

Happily ever after: Scientists arrange protein-nanoparticle marriage

Fast and accurate 3-D imaging technique to track optically trapped particles

Huge reduction of heat conduction observed in flat silicon channels

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