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DNA-Like Twisted Crystal Structure Created with Germanium Sulfide Nanowire

Crystals can be seen in many everyday objects: ice cubes, snowflakes, gemstones, table salt, are a few examples.

11 Jul 2019

New Nanomaterial Tape can Function over a Wide Temperature Range

Regular tapes lose their stickiness and leave behind a disturbing residue in very cold or hot environments.

11 Jul 2019

Nanomaterials Can Help Develop New Computer Technologies and Medical Equipment

Scientists are turning to nanomaterials to develop new and more efficient medical devices, computers, and other sophisticated technologies.

11 Jul 2019

Researchers Confirm Theory of Powerful Magneto-Optical Resonance in Graphene

The ability to manipulate terahertz and infrared waves using electric or magnetic fields is one of the big challenges in physics that could transform telecommunications, opto-electronics, and medical diagnostics.

10 Jul 2019

Optimizing the Growth of Coatings on Nanowire Catalysts

Solar energy harvested by semiconductors—materials whose electrical resistance is in between that of regular metals and insulators—can trigger surface electrochemical reactions to generate clean and sustainable fuels such as hydrogen. Highly stable and active catalysts are needed to accelerate these reactions, especially to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen.

10 Jul 2019

New Method to Improve Mechanical Properties of Recyclable Nanocomposite

László Szabó and Kenji Takahashi and colleagues at Kanazawa University and Kanazawa Institute of Technology demonstrated that irradiating short carbon fiber thermoplastics with an electron beam can improve their mechanical properties.

9 Jul 2019

Direct After-Fabrication Tailoring of MoS2-FET transistors

Transition metal dichalcogenides are discrete 2D atomically thin layers bound together by Van der Waals forces.

9 Jul 2019

Tiny Nanocrystals Create ‘Brighter’ Future for TV Viewers, Study Finds

Curtin University researchers have discovered tiny ‘greener’ nanocrystals that can be manipulated to produce high-quality pictures and lighting in electronic devices such as televisions.

9 Jul 2019

Use of Black (Nano) Gold Could Help Fight Climate Change

Global warming poses a serious hazard to Earth and living beings. The rise in the atmospheric CO2 level is one of the key reasons for global warming.

4 Jul 2019

Newly Developed Nanowires can Record Intracellular Signals

Machines are quite comfortable with human cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; neuron-like devices could even boost faster regrowth after being implanted in the brain; and electrodes spark heart cells to beat or brain cells to fire.

2 Jul 2019