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Graphene Nanoparticles can Revert Anxiety-Related Behaviors in Vertebrates

Specific, effective, with a non-harmful and reversible action: the identikit of the ultimate biomaterial appears to match with graphene flakes.

11 Mar 2021

Size Matters: Bimodal Imaging Receives Nanoparticle Enhancement

Scientists have found a way to control the size of special nanoparticles to optimize their use for both magnetic resonance and near-infrared imaging. Their approach could help surgeons use the same nanoparticles to visualize tumours just before and then during surgery using the two different imaging techniques. Their findings were published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

11 Mar 2021

New Combined Method for Nanoscale Imaging of Magnetic Structures

Obtaining a precise understanding of magnetic structures is one of the main objectives of solid-state physics. Significant research is currently being undertaken in this field, the aim being to develop future data processing applications that use tiny magnetic structures as information carriers.

10 Mar 2021

Research Strategy Opens the Door to Creation of "Intelligent" Nanostructures

Researchers at the UAB have designed minimalist biostructures that imitate natural enzymes, capable of carrying out two differentiated and reversibly regulated activities thanks to a unique combination of structural and functional properties. The strategy used opens the door to the creation of "intelligent" nanomaterials with tailor-made combinations of catalytic functions.

9 Mar 2021

Cheap Carbon Nanodots can be Purified to Replace Toxic Metal Quantum Dots

Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a variety of health and electronic technologies but are made of toxic, expensive metals. Nontoxic and economic carbon-based dots are easy to produce, but they emit less light.

9 Mar 2021

Ag Nanowires Could be Dispersed into Subnanometer Clusters Under Oxygen Atmosphere

Oxidative dispersion has been widely used in the regeneration of sintered metal catalysts as well as the fabrication of single-atom catalysts.

5 Mar 2021

Researchers Succeed in Injecting Nanodiamonds Directly to the Cell Interior

Several researchers have strangely tried to place very small diamonds within living cells. This is because nanodiamonds are constantly bright and can offer a better understanding of the inner life of cells over a long period.

4 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

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