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Researchers use Chemical Vapor Deposition to Create Self-Assembled Nanowires

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition.

24 Dec 2020

Scientists Study the Effect of Nanoparticles on Oil Production Efficiency

A team of scientists from Siberian Federal University together with their colleagues from Novosibirsk studied the effect of nanoparticles on oil production efficiency. When added to the water that displaces oil from a reservoir, nanoparticles improve the separation of oil drops from mine rock and their washing to the surface. The work received a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, and an article about it was published in the Journal of Molecular Liquids.

23 Dec 2020

Rice Scientists Make Hybrid Particles by Coupling Gold Nanoparticles with Soft Polymers

Bigger is not always better, but here's something that starts small and gets better as it gets bigger.

23 Dec 2020

Novel Synthetic Aperture Microscopy with Unprecedented Spatial Resolution and Speed

Microscopy is an essential tool in multiple research fields and industries, such as biology, medicine, materials science, and quality control, to name a few. Although many microscopy techniques exist, each has pros and cons, mostly in terms of spatial resolution, speed (images per second), and applicability.

22 Dec 2020

New Nanomaterial from Silk of Gorse Spider Mite has Biomedical Properties

An international team of researchers has developed a new nanomaterial from the silk produced by the Tetranychus lintearius mite. This nanomaterial has the ability to penetrate human cells without damaging them and, therefore, has "promising biomedical properties".

18 Dec 2020

Researchers Modify the Properties of Graphene for Use in Electronics

An international research team involving Professor Federico Rosei of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated a novel process to modify the structure and properties of graphene, a one atom thick carbon.

17 Dec 2020

Study Helps Understand How Light and Matter Interact at the Nanoscale

A group of researchers has now resolved the longstanding question of how electrons move collectively as a group within cylindrical nanoparticles.

17 Dec 2020

Solutions for Better Biosecurity in World Shipping Channels

Nanoscale changes to industrial coatings can make them stronger, more environmentally friendly and better biosecurity barriers to block marine pest invasions of ports and coastlines.

17 Dec 2020

Graphene-Based Hybrid Material Enables Efficient Light Conversion of Invisible Light

Nonlinear optical conversion – i.e. the process by which an incident light beam of a certain wavelength turns into rays of different wavelengths, due to its interaction with the material it passes through – is relevant to for many current and future technologies, such as imaging, information storage and processing, telecommunication, quantum technologies, and other fields.

16 Dec 2020

Nature's Ubiquitous Weak Force can Indent Rigid Nanosheets

You have to look closely, but the hills are alive with the force of van der Walls.

16 Dec 2020

How Gold Nanoparticles Can Be Used to Kill Bacteria

Researchers have identified the physical mechanism that allows gold nanoparticles to effectively kill bacteria. The finding could lead to wider applications in the medical field.

By Robert Lea 15 Dec 2020

A Color Atlas Created for Unique Varieties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have created a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

15 Dec 2020

Silica Nanoparticles Could Act as Degradable Treatment Against Plant Pathogens

Scientists from the Adolphe Merkle Institute and the Department of Biology of the University of Fribourg have identified how some silica nanoparticles could serve as a degradable, traceless and highly efficient treatment against certain plant pathogens.

15 Dec 2020

Using a Graphene-Based Electrochemical Sensor to Detect COVID-19 in Under Five Minutes

A new graphene-based sensor could speed up the detection of COVID-19, helping limit this global pandemic.

By Robert Lea 14 Dec 2020

Researchers Break New Record in X-Ray Microscopy

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and other institutions in Paris, Hamburg and Basel, have succeeded in setting a new record in X-ray microscopy.

14 Dec 2020