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Nanomaterials Apr 11, 2024

Nanoscale movies shed light on one barrier to a clean energy future

Left unchecked, corrosion can rust out cars and pipes, take down buildings and bridges, and eat away at our monuments. Corrosion can also damage devices that could be key to a clean energy future. And now, Duke University ...

Nanomaterials Apr 3, 2024

New molecular compound designed with technological applications at the nanoscale

A team led by the Laboratory of Molecular Nanoscience of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Barcelona has designed a new molecular compound based on gadolinium (Gd), a chemical element that can generate a magnetocaloric ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 26, 2024

A nanoscale look at how shells and coral form reveals that biomineralization is more complex than imagined

Exactly how does coral make its skeleton, a sea urchin grow a spine, or an abalone form the mother-of-pearl in its shell? A new study at the Advanced Light Source at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Nanophysics Mar 26, 2024

New method to measure entropy production on the nanoscale

Entropy, the amount of molecular disorder, is produced in several systems but cannot be measured directly. An equation developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, and Heinrich Heine University ...

Nanomaterials Mar 11, 2024

Combined microscopy technique observes nanoscale behavior of light-driven polymers

Expanding our scientific understanding often comes down to getting as close a look as possible at what is happening. Now researchers from Japan have observed the nanoscale behavior of azo-polymer films while triggering them ...

Nanophysics Mar 6, 2024

Selective operation of enhancement and depletion modes of nanoscale field-effect transistors

Nanoscale transistors are in demand for efficient digital circuits, and biasing of each device is critical. These stringent biasing conditions can be relaxed by obtaining precise values of the threshold voltages of the transistor. ...

Nanomaterials Mar 4, 2024

Nanoscale topcoat can turbocharge supported gold nanoparticle catalysts

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to add single nanosheets of mixed metal oxide to gold nanoparticles supported on silica to enhance their catalytic activity.

Nanophysics Mar 2, 2024

Researchers demonstrate 3D nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity

The most popular words of 2023 were recently released, with AI Large Language Model (LLM) unquestionably topping the list. As a front-runner, ChatGPT also emerged as one of the international buzzwords of the year. These disruptive ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 21, 2024

Research team develops nanoscale device for brain chemistry analysis

Longstanding challenges in biomedical research such as monitoring brain chemistry and tracking the spread of drugs through the body require much smaller and more precise sensors. A new nanoscale sensor that can monitor areas ...

Nanophysics Feb 8, 2024

Harnessing light-powered nanoscale electrical currents to propel emerging technologies

Traditional microelectronic architectures, with transistors to control electrical currents along wires, power everything from advanced computers to everyday devices.

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