Today's computers are faster and smaller than ever before. The latest generation of transistors will have structural features with dimensions of only 10 nanometers. If computers are to become even faster and at the same time ...
Nanophysics
May 18, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney warn that the broad-spectrum antimicrobial effectiveness of silver is being put at risk by the widespread and inappropriate expansion of nanosilver use in medical and consumer ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2017
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By suspending tiny metal nanoparticles in liquids, Duke University scientists are brewing up conductive ink-jet printer "inks" to print inexpensive, customizable circuit patterns on just about any surface.
Nanophysics
Jan 4, 2017
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Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, are the first to develop a plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies and uses so-called dark lattice modes.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 3, 2017
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Structural chemist and chemical crystallographer Dr Alison Edwards has contributed to the characterisation of two large, complex silver nanoclusters of 136 and 374 atoms as part of an international collaboration led by researchers ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2016
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Changing Australian soil conditions are exposing crops to silver nanoparticles, which are widely used in household products, a study led by The University of Queensland has found.
Environment
Jul 8, 2016
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A team of scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have demonstrated how any research-grade optical microscope could be used to record spectrally resolved optical images. Their initial demonstration focused ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 9, 2016
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More than 2,000 consumer products today contain nanoparticles—particles so small that they are measured in billionths of a meter.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 8, 2015
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Human consumption of bacterially contaminated water causes millions of deaths each year throughout the world—primarily among children. While studying the material properties of paper as a graduate student, Theresa Dankovich, ...
Materials Science
Aug 16, 2015
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North Carolina State University researchers have developed an effective and environmentally benign method to combat bacteria by engineering nanoscale particles that add the antimicrobial potency of silver to a core of lignin, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 13, 2015
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