Scientists find strongest natural material
Limpet teeth might be the strongest natural material known to man, a new study has found.
Materials Science
Feb 18, 2015
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News tagged with atomic force microscopy
Researchers create image of weak hydrogen bond using AFM
(Phys.org) —Researchers at China's National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and Renmin University have used Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to create an image of the weak hydrogen bonds present in a molecule. In their ...
Microwave oven cooks up solar cell material
University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more efficient ...
Nanomaterials
May 6, 2013
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Nanostructure of 5,000-year-old mummy skin reveals insight into mummification process
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cutting-edge microscopy techniques, researchers have gained insight into how human mummies can be extremely well-preserved for thousands of years. A team of scientists from Germany and Italy has investigated ...
Is graphene hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
The National Physical Laboratory's (NPL) Quantum Detection Group has just published research investigating the hydrophobicity of epitaxial graphene, which could be used in the future to better tailor graphene coatings to ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 18, 2015
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First observation of an inhomogeneous electron charge distribution on an atom
Until now, observing subatomic structures was beyond the resolution capabilities of direct imaging methods, and this seemed unlikely to change. Czech scientists, however, have presented a method with which they became the ...
General Physics
Nov 11, 2021
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Researchers find antioxidants can dispel static electricity
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at Northwestern University has found that applying antioxidants such as vitamin E to polymers can cause static charge buildup to disperse without an associated shock. In their paper published ...
15 Moore's Years: 3D chip stacking will take Moore's Law past 2020
Some laws are made to be broken, and others are made to be followed. A team of IBM Researchers in collaboration with two Swiss partners are looking to keep one law in particular alive and well for another 15 years: Moore's ...
Nanophysics
Mar 10, 2010
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Atomic force microscope advance leads to new breast cancer research
Researchers who developed a high-speed form of atomic force microscopy have shown how to image the physical properties of live breast cancer cells, for the first time revealing details about how deactivation of a key protein ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 30, 2015
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Supercomputing simulations spot electron orbital signatures
No one will ever be able to see a purely mathematical construct such as a perfect sphere. But now, scientists using supercomputer simulations and atomic resolution microscopes have imaged the signatures of electron orbitals, ...
Nanophysics
May 15, 2023
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