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Fine Steering Mirrors Provide High Speed and Precision Control for Free Space Optical Laser Communications

PI is extending its offering of fast steering mirrors. The new V-931 two-axis fast steering mirror platform (FSM) is based on a frictionless, precision flexure guiding mechanism, with differential voice-coil drives and optical feedback for accurate closed-loop angular position control.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 4 Mar 2021

Researchers Develop Promising New COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Using Nanotechnology

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate that utilizes nanotechnology and has shown strong efficacy in preclinical disease models.

3 Mar 2021

Gold-Phosphorus Nanosheets Catalyze Methane Oxidation Reaction with >99% Selectivity

Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have enabled discovery of large reserves of natural gas which primarily contains methane, which is mainly burned directly and causing global warming potentially. Upgrading methane to greener energy such as methanol through aerobic oxidation is an ideal way to solve the problem and remain 100% atom economy.

3 Mar 2021

On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Molecules and Their Superlattices

NUS scientists have devised a new method for the synthesis of nanographene molecules with a high product yield for the development of next generation quantum devices.

3 Mar 2021

Meet Our 2020 BridgeForward™ Award Winners

To support growth and innovation in the young scientific community, we hold our annual Ereztech BridgeForward™ Award, a financial award program recognizing gifted graduate students and recent post-doctoral graduates pursuing careers in organometallic chemistry and materials science. So far, we’ve awarded over $12,000 to winning applicants!

From Ereztech 2 Mar 2021

The First Graphene-Enhanced Concrete Hits the Market

The first graphene-enhanced concrete is about to hit the American market. April 2021 will see the culmination of a project between the Advanced Materials Division of Thomas Swan¹ and Concrene² — a UK-based nanotech company.

By Robert Lea 2 Mar 2021

Unique Lipid Nanoparticles can Package and Deliver Gene Editing Machinery to the Liver

The genome editing technology CRISPR has emerged as a powerful new tool that can change the way we treat disease. The challenge when altering the genetics of our cells, however, is how to do it safely, effectively, and specifically targeted to the gene, tissue and organ that needs treatment. Scientists at Tufts University and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have developed unique nanoparticles comprised of lipids -- fat molecules -- that can package and deliver gene editing machinery specifically to the liver.

2 Mar 2021

Efficacy of Polymeric Nano-Micelles Depends on c-Myc Expression Level

The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Location: Kawasaki in Japan, Abbreviation: iCONM) reported in ACS Nano (Impact Factor: 14.588 in 2019) together with the group of Prof. Yu Matsumoto of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (Prof. Tatsuya Yamasoba) and the group of Prof. Horacio Cabral of the Department of Bioengineering (Prof. Ryo Miyake) in the University of Tokyo that the efficacy of polymeric nano-micelles with different drug activation profile depends on the expression level of c-Myc, one of the major proto-oncogene, has been developed.

1 Mar 2021

Nanobowls are a Potential Way to Deliver Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers still have a long path to tread before they can treat Alzheimer’s Disease, partially because the protein aggregates that can turn into brain plaques, a characteristic attribute of the disease, are challenging to analyze.

1 Mar 2021

Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one or a few atoms thick, by stacking two layers together and rotating one slightly in relation to the other.

1 Mar 2021

Graphene with Artificial Magnetic Texture Could Enable More Robust Electronic Devices

Graphene is unbelievably strong, conductive, lightweight and the list of its superior properties continues.

26 Feb 2021

Physicists Probe into the Walker Breakdown Phenomenon in 3D Magnetic Nanowires

Physicists from Russia, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and the UK, have studied how the magnetic properties change in 3D nanowires, promising materials for various magnetic applications, depending on the shape of their cross-section.

26 Feb 2021

Real-Time Video Shows Liquid Structures Taking Shape as Nanoparticle Surfactants

Liquid structures - liquid droplets that maintain a specific shape - are useful for a variety of applications, from food processing to cosmetics, medicine, and even petroleum extraction, but researchers have yet to tap into these exciting new materials' full potential because not much is known about how they form.

25 Feb 2021

Biological Nanobodies Attached to CRISPR Could Toggle Specific Genes On and Off

The genetic tool CRISPR has been likened to molecular scissors for its ability to snip out and replace genetic code within DNA.

25 Feb 2021

Study Analyzes Electron Behavior While Graphene Layers Produce Moiré Effect

In a paper published in the Nature journal, the researcher and his group examined the behavior of electrons when two graphene layers superimposed at an angle of 1.1° (named “magic angle”) produce a moiré effect.

24 Feb 2021

Nanotechnology News

Fine Steering Mirrors Provide High Speed and Precision Control for Free Space Optical Laser Communications

Researchers Develop Promising New COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Using Nanotechnology

Gold-Phosphorus Nanosheets Catalyze Methane Oxidation Reaction with >99% Selectivity

On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Molecules and Their Superlattices

Meet Our 2020 BridgeForward™ Award Winners

The First Graphene-Enhanced Concrete Hits the Market

Unique Lipid Nanoparticles can Package and Deliver Gene Editing Machinery to the Liver

Efficacy of Polymeric Nano-Micelles Depends on c-Myc Expression Level

Nanobowls are a Potential Way to Deliver Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease

Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

Graphene with Artificial Magnetic Texture Could Enable More Robust Electronic Devices

Physicists Probe into the Walker Breakdown Phenomenon in 3D Magnetic Nanowires

Real-Time Video Shows Liquid Structures Taking Shape as Nanoparticle Surfactants

Biological Nanobodies Attached to CRISPR Could Toggle Specific Genes On and Off

Study Analyzes Electron Behavior While Graphene Layers Produce Moiré Effect

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Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

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