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New method for analysing nanoporous materials

Nanowerk.com - 21 марта, 2024 - 11:24
Using only a single electron microscope image, researchers can determine the type and exact position of so-called guest atoms in high-tech materials. They also come closer to solving the mystery of the blue color of aquamarine.
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Understanding corrosion to enable next-generation metals

Nanowerk.com - 21 марта, 2024 - 09:41
Scientists have developed a new technique to get a high-resolution look at how - and why - corrosion happens.
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An endless domino effect (w/video)

Nanowerk.com - 21 марта, 2024 - 09:27
Researchers demonstrate the atypical behaviour of topological solitons in a robotic metamaterial, something which in the future may be used to control how robots move, sense their surroundings and communicate.
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iWood technology - integrating tactile sensing with natural wood for smart, responsive environments

Nanowerk.com - 20 марта, 2024 - 16:47
Researchers develop an intelligent iontronic wood device that seamlessly integrates tactile sensing into woodwork, enabling novel human-wood interactions.
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Safer quantum dots in medicine and water purification

Nanowerk.com - 20 марта, 2024 - 11:28
Researchers explorie the use of non-toxic quantum dots in medicine and environmental applications, focusing on carbon and sulfur for safer inks and water purification.
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X-Ray activated nanoparticles halt Alzheimer's in study

Nanowerk.com - 20 марта, 2024 - 11:05
A collaborative effort has led to the development of a new treatment strategy targeting the early-stage aggregation of A-beta before the formation of toxic oligomers.
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Advanced hologram protection to combat counterfeiting

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 20:22
Researchers invented a new method to produce holographic security labels.
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High-quality microwave signals generated from tiny photonic chip

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 17:03
Researchers create a compact, all-optical device with the lowest microwave noise ever achieved for an integrated chip.
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Molecular orientation is key: shining new light on electron behavior using 2-photon photoemission spectroscopy

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 13:45
Understanding electron behavior and surface structure of triphenylene thin film molecules deposited on graphite substrates under light irradiation.
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Researchers develop brain-inspired wireless system to gather data from salt-sized sensors

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 13:37
The novel approach helps advance wireless sensor technology and paves the way for one day using large populations of inconspicuous sensors in implantable and wearable biomedical microdevices.
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Gold nanocatalysts cross blood-brain barrier aided by unique protein corona composition

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 11:51
CNM-Au8 gold nanocatalysts exhibit a unique protein corona composition that enables them to cross the blood-brain barrier, paving the way for new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
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Higher intensity x-ray beams don't always give stronger diffraction patterns

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 11:43
Using ultrahigh-intensity x-ray beams can cause the intensity of diffraction patterns from samples to drop.
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A simple, scalable method using light to 3D print helical nanostructures

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 11:35
New process can accelerate the production of complex materials needed to advance photonics technologies.
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Heat used to transform antiskyrmions to skyrmions and back

Nanowerk.com - 19 марта, 2024 - 11:20
Experiment shows heat and magnetic fields transform spin textures in devices, achieving low-energy skyrmion shifts at room temperature.
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Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

ScienceDaily.com: Nanotechnology News - 18 марта, 2024 - 23:45
Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study. In a first, the team precisely replicated the complex geometry of these particles, called brochosomes, and elucidated a better understanding of how they absorb both visible and ultraviolet light.
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Researchers achieve >99% photoluminescence quantum yield in metal nanoclusters

Nanowerk.com - 18 марта, 2024 - 21:59
Breakthrough in photoluminescence: Achieving >99% PLQY in gold-copper nanoclusters at room temperature, enabling advances in biomedical imaging.
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Buckyball-shaped nanostructures on backyard insect inspire invisibility devices

Nanowerk.com - 18 марта, 2024 - 21:37
Leafhoppers| buckyball-shaped brochosomes with through-holes reduce light reflection, showcasing unique antireflection properties in nature.
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Alkali metal insertion in graphene observed at atomic level

Nanowerk.com - 18 марта, 2024 - 17:56
This finding is expected to increase capacity of rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and telecommunications equipment with two to few-layer graphene electrodes.
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Recycling carbon nanotube sheets with full property retention

Nanowerk.com - 18 марта, 2024 - 16:49
Researchers have published groundbreaking work demonstrating, for the first time, the ability to recycle high-performance carbon nanotube sheets while preserving their shape, structural alignment, mechanical and electrical properties, and intrinsic flexibility.
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Synthesis of bulk van der Waals materials at low energy cost

Nanowerk.com - 18 марта, 2024 - 16:37
Scientists have synthesized bulk van der Waals materials at near-room temperature (ranging from room temperature to 60 C), significantly reducing the energy consumption required for their fabrication by at least one order of magnitude.
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