Month: August 2019

Home > Press > Can't get thinner than this: synthesis of atomically flat boron sheetsAbstract:Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) find a simple method for producing atomically thin layers of oxidized borophene, a promising 2D boron-based nanomaterial that could serve in a variety of fields. Can't get thinner...

Aug 29, 2019 (Nanowerk News) When metals are exposed to hydrogen-containing environments, they can become brittle. Under stress, cracks propagate. The cracks form along internal boundaries between the material’s grains. Scientists devised specialized X-ray mapping techniques. They determined that boundaries associated with regions where atoms are closely packed together most...

Home > Press > Research brief: A novel cellular process to engulf nano-sized materialsCredit: Hongbo Pang.Abstract:Nanometers are one billionth of a meter, a metric typically used to measure molecules and scientific building blocks not visible to the human eye. Materials of tens and/or several hundred nanometers in diameter have unique...

Aug 27, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from RMIT have developed a cost-efficient and scaleable method for rapidly fabricating textiles that are embedded with energy storage devices (Scientific Reports, "Large-scale waterproof and stretchable textile-integrated laser- printed graphene energy storages"). In just three minutes, the method can produce a 10x10cm smart textile...

Home > Press > Probing the Origin of Alzheimer’s . . . with Transistors: Novel high-sensitivity detector could aid in early diagnosisAbstract:A prime suspect in the onset of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is a normally benign enzyme that is essential to proper development of the nervous system. Under certain conditions,...

Aug 14, 2019 (Nanowerk News) The technology behind solar thermal desalination (STD) - ridding salt from water with help from the sun - has been around for centuries. In recent years, though, it has gained a fair amount of attention from researchers aiming to improve its performance as a desalination...

Home > Press > RIT awarded NSF funding to conceptualize Quantum Photonic Institute: RIT will develop plan for open-access Quantum Foundry for quantum photonic circuitsDon Figer, director of RIT’s Future Photon Initiative, led leaders in quantum science and technology on a tour of RIT’s photonics research facilities during the Photonics...

Aug 10, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Here’s a challenge: Put two linked sausages in a skillet and turn on the stove, but get only one of them to cook. It seems impossible, but that is effectively what Rice University chemists have done with an electromagnetically linked pair of nanoparticles. Scientists at...

Home > Press > Rice lab produces simple fluorescent surfactants: Compounds show promise for use in medicine, manufacturingRice University chemists have produced an array of fluorescent surfactants for imaging, biomedical and manufacturing applications. (Credit: Illustration by Ashleigh Smith McWilliams/Rice University)Abstract:Laboratories use surfactants to separate things, and fluorescent dyes to see...