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Fabricating Curved Nanotubes to Diversify Nanofluidic Devices

Using an electron-beam-induced self-assembly approach, thin curved nanotubes for the implementation of nanofluidic sensors have been created.

24 Jan 2022

Nanoparticles Enhance Performance of Aerospace Nanofluid Fuel

Nanoparticles introduced to nanofluid fuels changed the fuel's conductive and physical properties, enhancing it for use in aerospace applications.

21 Jan 2022

Research Uncovers Influence of Graphite Nanoplatelets on Nanofluid Fuel

Different physical and heat-transfer properties and evaporation characteristics of graphite/n-decane nanofluid fuels were discussed, giving insight into aviation kerosene alternatives.

19 Jan 2022

Single-Dose SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Possible with Nanotechnology

With the many different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 infection and the mutations which have decreased the efficacy of vaccines, novel research has been undertaken to target epitopes.

17 Jan 2022

Nanowire Microfluidics Advance Biomolecule Analysis Technologies

With the introduction of synthetic nanomaterials, groundbreaking research in nanotechnology has led to tremendous improvement in biomolecular analysis during the last decade.

2 Dec 2021

New Nanoscale Self-Assembling Salt-Crystal Origami Method Spontaneously Envelops Liquid Droplets

Scientists have formulated a method using which they can freely encapsulate microscopic droplets of water and oil emulsion in a minute sphere made of salt crystals — similar to a tiny, self-constructing origami soccer ball packed with liquid.

5 Nov 2021

ITMO Scientists Create Water-Resistant Perovskite Nanocrystals for Studying Living Cells

ITMO scientists created perovskite nanocrystals that preserve their unique optical properties in water and biological fluids. This material offers new opportunities for the optical visualization of biological objects. It is an important achievement for the investigation of internal organs in living organisms and monitoring of the course of diseases.

20 Sep 2021

Researchers Discover New Type of Flow Behavior in Functionalized Nanochannels

Nanochannels have important applications in biomedicine, sensing, and many other fields. Though engineers working in the field of nanotechnology have been fabricating these tiny, tube-like structures for years, much remains unknown about their properties and behavior.

20 Apr 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

Novel Linear Nanomotors can be Moved in Controlled Directions Using Light

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS) have designed novel linear nanomotors that can be moved in controlled directions using light. This work opens the way for new microfluidics, including lab-on-a-chip systems with optically actuated pumps and valves.

5 Nov 2020

Nanofluidics News

Fabricating Curved Nanotubes to Diversify Nanofluidic Devices

Nanoparticles Enhance Performance of Aerospace Nanofluid Fuel

Research Uncovers Influence of Graphite Nanoplatelets on Nanofluid Fuel

Single-Dose SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Possible with Nanotechnology

Nanowire Microfluidics Advance Biomolecule Analysis Technologies

New Nanoscale Self-Assembling Salt-Crystal Origami Method Spontaneously Envelops Liquid Droplets

ITMO Scientists Create Water-Resistant Perovskite Nanocrystals for Studying Living Cells

Researchers Discover New Type of Flow Behavior in Functionalized Nanochannels

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

Novel Linear Nanomotors can be Moved in Controlled Directions Using Light

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

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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