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New High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy for Visualizing Biological Processes

High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is defined as an imaging method that can be employed for imaging biological processes, for instance, the activity of proteins. Current standard HS-AFM frame rates are as high as 12 frames per second (fps).

30 Mar 2021

New Method Uses Lasers to Control Movement of Nanodiamonds with Fluorescent Centers

For a long time, researchers have been working on enhancing their potential to make use of lasers to move small objects without really touching them.

29 Mar 2021

New Technique Helps Create Highly Organized Palladium Nanowires

Nanowires are, undoubtedly, crucial components for next-generation sensors, nanoelectronics, and nanomedicine.

29 Mar 2021

Study Shows How Nanocrystals Self-Organize into Stable State

Generally, when crystals are grown, atoms will initially combine together into tiny clusters. This process is referred to as nucleation.

26 Mar 2021

New Nanotransistors can Reduce the Amount of Heat Dissipation in High-Power Systems

Power converters are the little-known systems that make electricity so magical. They are what allow us to plug in our computers, lamps and televisions and turn them on in a snap. Converters transform the alternating current (AC) that comes out of wall sockets into the exact level of direct current (DC) that our electronics need. But they also tend to lose, in average, up to 20% of their energy in the process.

26 Mar 2021

Researchers Map the Properties of Nanostructured Materials for the First Time in 3D

On the nanometric scale (one billionth of a metre), materials can feature new properties. A French team together with an Austrian one recently took an important step forward by mapping one of these properties for the first time in 3D.

26 Mar 2021

Novel Automatic Process Enables More Accurate Assessment of Nanofiber Fabrication

Nanofibers, which are imbued with unique mechanical, electric, and other physical properties because of their small size, are regarded as the cutting-edge technology in water quality control, clean energy, and biomedical engineering, among others.

25 Mar 2021

An Efficient Metallic Nanowire Foam for Particulate Filtration

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have grown accustomed to wearing facemasks, but many coverings are fragile and not easily disinfected. Metal foams are durable, and their small pores and large surface areas suggest they could effectively filter out microbes. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have transformed copper nanowires into metal foams that could be used in facemasks and air filtration systems. The foams filter efficiently, decontaminate easily for reuse and are recyclable.

25 Mar 2021

Wafer-Thin Stiff Nanopaper Becomes Soft at the Push of a Button

Materials science likes to take nature and the special properties of living beings that could potentially be transferred to materials as a model. A research team led by chemist Professor Andreas Walther of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has succeeded in endowing materials with a bioinspired property: Wafer-thin stiff nanopaper instantly becomes soft and elastic at the push of a button.

25 Mar 2021

New Experimental Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Spurs Broad Immunity in Animal Trials

Experimental flu shots newly developed by researchers safeguard animals from an extensive range of pandemic and seasonal influenza strains. At present, the vaccine product is being developed further toward clinical testing.

25 Mar 2021

Researchers Use Nanobiomaterial to Boost Neuronal Growth in Mice with Spinal Cord Injuries

Researchers from the Department of Orthopedics of Tongji Hospital at Tongji University in Shanghai have successfully used a nanobiomaterial called layered double hydroxide (LDH) to inhibit the inflammatory environment surrounding spinal cord injuries in mice, accelerating regeneration of neurons and reconstruction of the neural circuit in the spine.

24 Mar 2021

Metal-Modified Nanocomposites Help Produce “Green” Hydrogen

For many years, sustainable catalysts that can play a key role in global Energiewende—that is, the phase-out of nuclear and fossil fuels—have been a proven research theme at the University of Bayreuth.

24 Mar 2021

Stacking and Twisting of Layered Graphene Forms Moiré Effect

Graphene is made of only a single layer of carbon atoms, and the discovery of this material was the starting point for a worldwide race: Currently, the so-called “2D materials” are made of various types of atoms.

24 Mar 2021

Researchers Develop a Robust Recipe for Finding High-Q Modes in Dielectric Nanocavity

Optical resonators provide the foundation of modern photonics and optics. Thanks to its extreme energy confinement, the high-Q-factor optical resonator optimizes light-matter interaction and photonic device performance by enabling low-threshold laser and enhanced nonlinear harmonic generation.

23 Mar 2021

Crisscross Polymerization Approach for Seeded All-or-Nothing Assembly of Micron-Scale DNA Nanostructures

A team of nanobiotechnologists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) led by Wyss Founding Core Faculty member William Shih, Ph.D., has devised a programmable DNA self-assembly strategy that solves the key challenge of robust nucleation control and paves the way for applications such as ultrasensitive diagnostic biomarker detection and scalable fabrication of micrometer-sized structures with nanometer-sized features.

23 Mar 2021

Nanotechnology News

New High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy for Visualizing Biological Processes

New Method Uses Lasers to Control Movement of Nanodiamonds with Fluorescent Centers

New Technique Helps Create Highly Organized Palladium Nanowires

Study Shows How Nanocrystals Self-Organize into Stable State

New Nanotransistors can Reduce the Amount of Heat Dissipation in High-Power Systems

Researchers Map the Properties of Nanostructured Materials for the First Time in 3D

Novel Automatic Process Enables More Accurate Assessment of Nanofiber Fabrication

An Efficient Metallic Nanowire Foam for Particulate Filtration

Wafer-Thin Stiff Nanopaper Becomes Soft at the Push of a Button

New Experimental Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Spurs Broad Immunity in Animal Trials

Researchers Use Nanobiomaterial to Boost Neuronal Growth in Mice with Spinal Cord Injuries

Metal-Modified Nanocomposites Help Produce “Green” Hydrogen

Stacking and Twisting of Layered Graphene Forms Moiré Effect

Researchers Develop a Robust Recipe for Finding High-Q Modes in Dielectric Nanocavity

Crisscross Polymerization Approach for Seeded All-or-Nothing Assembly of Micron-Scale DNA Nanostructures

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