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Cheap, nontoxic carbon nanodots poised to be quantum dots of the future
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, ...
Nanophysics
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Nanoenzymes designed with a unique combination of structure and functions
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 ...
Bio & Medicine
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A drop of rubbing alcohol and office laminator provides a manufacturability boost for nanomaterials
Vanderbilt engineers used a drop of rubbing alcohol, an office laminator and creativity to develop scalable processes for manufacturing single atom thin membranes. Their membranes outperformed state-of-the-art commercial ...
Nanomaterials
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Tiny diamonds prove an excellent material for accelerator components
When it comes to producing high-quality electron beams like those found in state-of-the-art scientific equipment like free-electron lasers, ultrafast electron diffraction and imaging and wakefield accelerators, scientists ...
Nanophysics
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Compression or strain—the material always expands
An international research team led by chemist Prof. Thomas Heine of TU Dresden has discovered a new two-dimensional material with unprecedented properties: regardless of whether it is strained or compressed, it always expands. ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 05, 2021
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Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals the origins of stable skyrmion lattices
RIKEN physicists have discovered how interactions between electrons can stabilize a repeating arrangement of swirling magnetic patterns known as skyrmions, which could help to further exploit these structures.
Nanomaterials
Mar 05, 2021
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Improved understanding of plasma source for synthesis of carbon nanotubes
Researchers have developed an insight that could facilitate production of microscopic carbon nanotubes, structures thousands of times thinner than a human hair used in everything from microchips to sporting goods to pharmaceutical ...
Nanophysics
Mar 05, 2021
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Light in concert with force reveals how materials become harder when illuminated
Semiconductor materials play an indispensable role in our modern information-oriented society. For reliable performance of semiconductor devices, these materials need to have superior mechanical properties: they must be strong ...
Nanophysics
Mar 05, 2021
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Nanoprinted high-neuron-density optical linear perceptrons perform near-infrared inference on a CMOS chip
Today, machine learning permeates everyday life, with millions of users every day unlocking their phones through facial recognition or passing through AI-enabled automated security checks at airports and train stations. These ...
Nanophysics
Mar 05, 2021
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High strength through hierarchy: Researchers develop new process for building ultralight materials
As light as possible and as strong as possible at the same time: These are the requirements for modern lightweight materials, such as those used in aircraft construction and the automotive industry. A research team from Helmholtz-Zentrum ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 04, 2021
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New AI tool can revolutionize microscopy
An AI tool developed at the University of Gothenburg offers new opportunities for analyzing images taken with microscopes. A study shows that the tool, which has already received international recognition, can fundamentally ...
Nanophysics
Mar 04, 2021
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A COSMIC approach to nanoscale science
COSMIC, a multipurpose X-ray instrument at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab's) Advanced Light Source (ALS), has made headway in the scientific community since its launch less than 2 years ago, with groundbreaking ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 04, 2021
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Adapting solar energy technology to detect chemical warfare agents and pesticides
In a colorful solution to a dangerous problem, Australian scientists are adapting a component from cutting-edge solar cells to design a rapid, light-based detection system for deadly toxins.
Nanomaterials
Mar 04, 2021
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Advance in 'optical tweezers' to boost biomedical research
Much like the Jedis in Star Wars use the Force to control objects from a distance, scientists can use light or optical force to move very small particles. The inventors of this ground-breaking laser technology, known as "optical ...
Nanophysics
Mar 04, 2021
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Magnetic whirls in confined spaces
In a close collaboration between experimental and theoretical physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the research groups of Professor Mathias Kläui and Dr. Peter Virnau investigated the behavior of magnetic ...
Nanophysics
Mar 04, 2021
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Metallic state of Ag nanoclusters in oxidative dispersion identified in situ
Oxidative dispersion has been widely used in the regeneration of sintered metal catalysts as well as the fabrication of single-atom catalysts.
Nanomaterials
Mar 04, 2021
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Fluorescent nanodiamonds successfully injected into living cells
As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells. Why? Because nanodiamonds are consistently bright and can give us unique knowledge about the inner life of cells over ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 03, 2021
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Color blindness-correcting contact lenses
Imagine seeing the world in muted shades—gray sky, gray grass. Some people with color blindness see everything this way, though most can't see specific colors. Tinted glasses can help, but they can't be used to correct ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 03, 2021
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Teaching a machine how to identify imperfections in 2-D materials
Just as James Cameron's Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between "clothes, boots, and a motorcycle," machine-learning could identify different areas of interest on 2-D materials.
Nanomaterials
Mar 03, 2021
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Filming a 3-D video of a virus with 'instantaneous light' and AI
It is millions of trillions of times brighter than sunlight and a whopping 1,000 trillionth of a second, appropriately called 'instantaneous light'—the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) light that opens a new scientific ...
Nanophysics
Mar 03, 2021
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