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Waste plastic yields carbon quantum dots with emissions tunable from UV to yellow-green
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are fluorescent carbon nanomaterials with potential applications in sensing, optoelectronics, displays, anticounterfeiting and environmental technologies. Their optical properties can be adjusted ...
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Heat-induced nanoscale structures unlock electromechanical properties in ceramics
Scientists have developed a new way to make ceramic materials that can better withstand extreme heat and continue performing reliably in sensors and actuators. The approach creates tiny structures throughout the material ...
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Manganese-doped carbon nanodots could rival existing MRI contrast agents
Contrast agents are compounds routinely used in clinical analysis to enhance differentiation between tissues or to increase the visibility of structures or fluids within the body, thus facilitating medical diagnosis. A study ...
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Mirror-image crystals reverse the direction of light-driven currents
The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE), a phenomenon that generates helicity-dependent photocurrents in noncentrosymmetric materials, can originate purely from a crystal's internal structure without a contribution from ...
Nanophysics
Oct 2, 2026
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Smart silicone coatings can change their friction and stickiness as surroundings reshape nanoscale layers
Research led by a group from the University of Newcastle has found a new way to make silicone surfaces—and control how slippery they are. The work was published in the journal Chemistry of Materials.
Nanomaterials
Oct 2, 2026
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Bending nanoribbons tunes diamond's light emission without doping
In a new Physical Review Letters study, researchers have demonstrated that bending diamond nanostructures can tune the light they emit without doping.
Engineered nanostructured surfaces could offer a new way to limit marine biofouling
Researchers at Sultan Qaboos University have developed engineered surfaces that combine microscopic patterns with zinc oxide nanorods to reduce the attachment of bacteria and microalgae—a process that contributes to biofouling ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 30, 2026
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Wearable nanotech could combat nerve agents
Nanoparticles could someday provide a new way to help soldiers fight back against deadly nerve agents on the front lines. In a new study, Northwestern University scientists developed a nanoparticle-based compound that, when ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 29, 2026
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Dopamine-based nanotubes combine heat, electrical stimulation and antioxidant release for first time
The research group at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Pontedera (Pisa), led by Gianni Ciofani, has developed new organic nanoparticles that combine multiple therapeutic functions in a single material for the first ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 28, 2026
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Plasma treatment helps reveal how molecular coatings dope silicon
Controlling dopant concentration near the silicon surface is increasingly important for ultrashallow junctions and nanoscale devices. Mixed monolayer doping (MMLD) offers a surface-chemistry-based approach in which dopant-containing ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2026
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Light and electricity offer new way to control ion separation in membranes
Lithium, magnesium, potassium and many other ions usually occur together in natural and industrial solutions. Separating them from one another is a challenge, for example, in the extraction and processing of raw materials.
Nanophysics
Sep 28, 2026
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Sparse layers of 10-nanometer silver particles boost CO production from CO₂
Electrolysis can reduce CO2 to CO, a raw material for chemical products such as fuels. Within the GreenQUEST project, an international team led by HZB chemist Prashanth Menezes has systematically investigated catalyst layers ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 26, 2026
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Freezing threatens mRNA delivery, but Tris buffer helps nanoparticles retain their potency
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have teamed up with pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company to uncover how storage conditions affect mRNA lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 25, 2026
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Short peptides assemble into honeycomb fibers that hold water in tiny parallel channels
Honeycomb-shaped structures are familiar from beehives. Researchers have now designed molecules that self-assemble into a similar pattern on a scale far too small to see with the naked eye. These molecules are peptides: short ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2026
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Fluorescence timing identifies eight proteins in one cell with a single staining step
An international collaboration led by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany, has developed a labeling method that distinguishes fluorescent labels not by color but by how long it takes a dye to emit fluorescence. ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 23, 2026
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Spin waves inside a nano-oscillator imaged for the first time
For the first time, researchers have directly imaged the magnetization dynamics inside a spin Hall nano-oscillator—a nanoscale device that converts direct current into tunable microwave signals and is a promising building ...
Nanophysics
Sep 23, 2026
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Tiny quantum nanostructures could make AI less of an energy hog
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have designed a new type of quantum nanostructure that could enable optical neural networks. This emerging technology has the potential to make artificial intelligence systems, ...
Nanophysics
Sep 22, 2026
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Carbon nanotube foams reveal a new kind of mechanical memory
In their earliest years of development, computers used mechanical gears and levers to store information. Today, researchers are exploring whether a material itself can hold onto information, storing memory in how it bends ...
From spider webs to mosaics: How nanosheets of graphene oxide control the patterns left by a drying droplet
A drop of coffee on a tabletop often leaves a dark ring behind. This everyday mark is a reminder that a drying droplet is not passive: As water evaporates, it can transport the particles suspended inside it toward the edge. ...
Amino acids and a bone mineral may help control magnesium implant breakdown, three student papers suggest
Seeing a bachelor's thesis published in a scientific journal is relatively uncommon. For three theses linked to the same research group to result in scientific publications within just three months is downright rare. Yet ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2026
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