Nanotech breakthrough could create cheaper solar power and medical devices
New research could pave the way for mass production of new forms of nanotech devices for use in the renewables and medical sectors.
New research could pave the way for mass production of new forms of nanotech devices for use in the renewables and medical sectors.
Materials Science
Mar 11, 2016
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Materials scientist Irem Tanyeli from energy research institute DIFFER has discovered how you can grow nanostructures in a controlled manner on a variety of metals, by bombarding the metals with helium particles. Such controlled ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 29, 2015
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Metallic glass, a class of materials that offers both pliability and strength, is poised for a friendly takeover of the chemical landscape.
Condensed Matter
Apr 22, 2015
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Although terahertz spectroscopy has great potential, especially for environmental monitoring and security screening applications, it previously could not be used effectively to study nanocrystals or molecules at extremely ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 28, 2015
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A scheme for greatly increasing the number of colors that can be produced by arrays of tiny aluminum nanodisks has been demonstrated by A*STAR scientists.
Nanophysics
Jan 21, 2015
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Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF and the California Institute of Technology have discovered a new method for the generation of electrical potentials using light. With the help of minutely sculpted metal nanocircuits they ...
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2014
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A researcher at the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) has developed nanostructures that assist in water decontamination. The nanostructures are coated in titanium oxide to which nitrogen has been added. This allows sunlight, ...
Nanomaterials
May 12, 2014
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In a feat that may provide a promising array of applications, from energy efficiency to telecommunications to enhanced imaging, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have created a compound semiconductor of nearly perfect quality ...
Nanophysics
Apr 11, 2014
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Two NJIT researchers have demonstrated that using a continuum-based approach, they can explain the dynamics of liquid metal particles on a substrate of a nanoscale. "Numerical simulation of ejected molten metal nanoparticles ...
Nanophysics
Aug 15, 2013
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New data processing protocol enables feature-based recognition of Surface-enhanced Raman spectra for intracellular molecule probing of biological targets. It relies on locally detecting the most relevant spectra to retrieve ...
Nanophysics
Aug 9, 2013
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