Nanotechnology has a significant role in eliminating toxic chemicals from the soil. At present, over 70 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites are adopting or investigating the use of nanoparticles to degrade or eliminate environmental pollutants.
Thermal noise and friction have a strong impact on transitions—such as folding of a protein or a chemical reaction—that take place in nanoscale systems. Nearly eight decades earlier, Hendrik Kramers, a Dutch physicist, proposed that these transitions take place often at intermediate friction, an impact called Kramers turnover.
A technique that enables mapping of individual responses of nanoparticles in distinctive contexts and situations has been developed by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark.
Developments in the field of nanoelectronics, that is, the application of nanotechnology to electronic components, has been powered up by the ever-expanding requirement to reduce the size of electronic devices in an attempt to develop smaller, smarter, and faster gadgets such as memory storage devices, computers, medical diagnostic tools, and displays.
A new way to launch a powerful form of spectroscopy into the nano-world has been demonstrated by Brown University researchers. This technique has been used for studying an extensive range of materials.
A new way to increase the sensitivity of detecting volatile compounds, especially chlorine, using metallic nanoparticles, has been developed by researchers from the Faculties of Chemistry and of Materials Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The work features in the Talanta journal.
Nanopore technology is generally used for DNA sequencing. It provides a portable, low-cost solution and works both in the jungle and in space. Now, this technology could potentially be used to identify proteins or peptides. Scientists from the University of Groningen have used a patented nanopore technology to detect the fingerprints of peptides and proteins.
Researchers at Rice University have investigated deeply into atom-thick catalysts that create hydrogen to pinpoint precisely where it is coming from. Their findings could speed-up the development of 2D materials for energy applications, such as fuel cells.
Researchers at the Rice University have used individual nanoscale nuggets of aluminum, copper, gold, silver, and similar metals—with the ability to tap energy of light and use it for various applications—and have found an innovative technique for developing multifunctional nanoscale structures.
Graphene is single-atom-thick sheet of carbon that has gained global attention as an innovative material. A team of scientists from Kumamoto University, Japan, has found out that we can generate pressure by simply mounting graphene oxide nanosheets one over the other, where graphene oxide is highly identical to graphene.
Terms
While we only use edited and approved content for Azthena
answers, it may on occasions provide incorrect responses.
Please confirm any data provided with the related suppliers or
authors. We do not provide medical advice, if you search for
medical information you must always consult a medical
professional before acting on any information provided.
Your questions, but not your email details will be shared with
OpenAI and retained for 30 days in accordance with their
privacy principles.
Please do not ask questions that use sensitive or confidential
information.
Read the full Terms & Conditions.