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The Development of a New Anti-COVID-19 Nanocoating

Researchers are developing a new nanoparticle coating which could severely limit the transmission of COVID-19 from various surfaces whilst simultaneously reducing the need for harmful chemicals.

13 May 2020

A New Approach to Transform Nanofiber Membranes into 3D Scaffolds

In the movie "Transformers," cars morph into robots, jets or a variety of machinery.

13 May 2020

Nanosized Silver Cubes can Make Diagnostic Tests Easier to Read

Engineers at Duke University have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter.

13 May 2020

Study Demonstrates Strong Binding Properties of Nanocelluloses

Tiny fibrils derived from plants have gained considerable attention. Such nanomaterials have exhibited great potential in outshining plastics, and even substituting them.

12 May 2020

Study Unravels Versatility of Cohesion Led by Nanocelluloses

Cohesion, the ability to keep things together, from the scale of nanoparticles to building sites is inherent to these nanofibrils, which can act as mortar to a nearly infinite type of particles as described in the study.

12 May 2020

Study Shows Triangular Graphene Flake Acts as Small, Pure Carbon Paramagnet

Graphene is a diamagnetic material, this is, unable of becoming magnetic. However, a triangular piece of graphene is predicted to be magnetic.

12 May 2020

TiO2 Infused with Gold Nanoparticles has Improved Photocatalytic Properties

Oxides of different metals often serve as photocatalysts in various systems such as air purification, reactions of water decomposition and even in the production of self-cleaning surfaces for glass and mirrors.

11 May 2020

Picosun and A*STAR’s IME to Create Novel, High Performance Memories

Picosun Group, provider of the leading AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for global industries, and A*STAR’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Singapore, strengthen their collaboration in next generation memory technologies.

From Picosun Oy 11 May 2020

Piezoelectric Properties Found in Lab-Grown, 2D Molybdenum Dioxide

Rice University researchers have found evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.

8 May 2020

Low-Power 2D Semiconductor Nanolasers Could Change the Future of Supercomputing

In his latest line of research, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, and his peers explored the intricate balance of physics that governs how electrons, holes, excitons and trions coexist and mutually convert into each other to produce optical gain.

7 May 2020