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Physicists Test Innovative Technique for Analyzing Colloidal Nanoparticles

An innovative technique for analyzing nanoparticles made of cadmium telluride (CdTe) has been used by researchers from the Siberian Federal University and Kirensky Institute of Physics (Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

21 May 2018

Using 3D Nanoscale Imaging to Unearth the Fractal-Like Nanostructure of Bone

Whether in a heavy elephant or an accelerating cheetah, the performance of bone is equally superior due to its high strength and toughness.

4 May 2018

New Technique for Modeling Interaction of Light with Twisted Molecules

Researchers devised a technique for modeling interaction between twisted molecules & light. The transitional forms provide an in-depth knowledge about the material symmetries, and their unanticipated attributes could lead to the enhanced design of telecommunications components.

4 May 2018

Biolin Scientific announces Nanoscience Instruments as Distribution Partner to Expand the Business in North America

Biolin Scientific AB announces today that it has appointed Nanoscience Instruments, Inc as its distribution partner in North America. The agreement involves the distribution of QSense, Attension (only U.S. market)* and ...

From Biolin Scientific 2 May 2018

Chemical-Free Technique Etches Patterns at Atomic Scale

Researchers from the Penn State and Southwest Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University in China have developed a precise, chemical-free technique for etching nanoscale features on silicon wafers.

1 May 2018

Researchers Optimize Light Absorption Properties of Graphene

Although graphene has various properties—for instance, it is an exceptionally good conductor—it does not have the ability to optimally absorb light. In order to overcome this constraining feature of graphene, which is otherwise an amazing material, physicists chose to embed a graphene sheet within a flat photonic crystal, which efficiently controls the flow of light.

26 Apr 2018

DNA-PAINT - Technique for Visualizing all Strands of DNA Nanostructures

DNA origami is a technique for the design & self-assembly of molecular structures. By utilizing the base-pairing interactions between single-stranded DNA molecules of known sequence, the method generates arbitrarily large numbers of intricate 3D nanostructures with predefined shapes.

25 Apr 2018

New Device Offers Insights into Effects of Electron Irradiation on Biological Samples

A team of engineers and scientists have investigated the mechanisms responsible for degradation of sample quality in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (LC-TEM).

25 Apr 2018

Two-Dimensional Cadmium Telluride Naturally Folds into Nanoscrolls

Researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry and the Faculty of Materials Science, MSU along with foreign colleagues discovered that two-dimensional (2D) sheets of cadmium telluride are capable of naturally folding into nanoscrolls. This effect may be used in photonics and electronics.

25 Apr 2018

Innovative Thin-Film Device for Converting Electronics' Waste Heat into Energy

Each year, in the US, about 70% of the energy produced is wasted as heat. At present, engineers have designed a thin-film system that can be fitted to such sources of waste heat to generate energy at levels never before achieved for this type of technology.

18 Apr 2018