Tuning in to magnetic ink
A new ink containing iron-oxide nanoparticles can be turned into fully printed and versatile components for cellular networks.
Nanomaterials
Apr 4, 2018
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News tagged with substrate
Mechanical engineer's method to control growth of carbonate-based crystals featured in PNAS
Growing crystals just got a little easier thanks to work by an international team from Virginia Tech, Harvard University, and AMOLF, operated by the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter Institute AMOLF) in Netherlands.
Condensed Matter
Apr 4, 2018
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High-speed and on-silicon-chip graphene blackbody emitters
High-speed light emitters integrated on silicon chips can enable novel architectures for silicon-based optoelectronics. However, compound-semiconductor-based light emitters face major challenges for their integration with ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 4, 2018
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The fine-tuning of two-dimensional materials
A new understanding of why synthetic 2-D materials often perform orders of magnitude worse than predicted was reached by teams of researchers led by Penn State. They searched for ways to improve these materials' performance ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 28, 2018
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Scalable two-dimensional materials advance future-gen electronics
Since the discovery of the remarkable properties of graphene, scientists have increasingly focused research on the many other two-dimensional materials possible, both those found in nature and concocted in the lab. However, ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 13, 2018
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Building miniature optical antennas using DNA as a guide
An international research collaborative has reported a new, highly parallel technique to fabricate precise metallic nanostructures with designed plasmonic properties by means of self-assembled DNA origami shapes. The so-called ...
Nanophysics
Feb 2, 2018
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Pearly material for bendable heating elements
The iridescent shimmer of a string of pearls may one day be more than pretty adornment. Scientists now report in ACS Applied Nano Materials a hybrid material consisting of imitation pearl combined with silver nanowires that ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 24, 2018
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Biochemists investigate the transport of large proteins through bacterial cell membranes
Every cell is surrounded by a membrane, which ensures the internal biochemical milieu and regulates the exchange of substances with its surroundings. In every cell membrane, there are a large number of transporters that allow ...
Biochemistry
Jan 23, 2018
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Enzymes and bacteria move directionally, but bacteria towards food, enzymes away
Although putting together the words "random" and "biased" can seem like a clash, these are the attributes that describe how bacteria navigate and fetch their food. They follow a random path, but biased toward the direction ...
Biochemistry
Dec 21, 2017
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Bioluminescent succinate detection monitors dioxygenases and JMJC demethylases
A new (and freely available) original research article published ahead-of-print at SLAS Discovery Online describes a new methodology that enables the investigation of a large number of structurally conserved enzymes belonging ...
Biochemistry
Dec 14, 2017
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