Dec 17, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Qijun Zhang, a graduate student studying at the University of Tennessee Center for Renewable Carbon, which is part of the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, has developed a new nanocellulose-based material that has outstanding air filtration performance. Co-advised by Professors Siqun Wang and Timothy...
Proof of a decades-old theory hides in the thinnest of materials
Dec 18, 2019 (Nanowerk News) By layering two-dimensional (2D) materials, scientists as The University of Manchester and Cornell University have confirmed electrochemical phenomena based on theory established in the 1950s. The Marcus-Hush theory of electron transfer is one of the pillars of modern chemistry. However, some of the predictions, such...
Distant Milky Way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Dec 17, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes and shine bright in radio light. But what makes this image special are the numerous faint dots...
Free short story collection to entangle readers in the quantum world
Dec 18, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Are you ready to get entangled in the science of the very small? Thats the thread running through a new anthology, Quantum Shorts: Collected Flash Fiction Inspired by Quantum Physics. Available to download as a free e-book now, the anthology presents 37 stories shortlisted in...
Biocompatible hydrogel printing for soft robotic systems made easy
Dec 18, 2019 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Hydrogel materials possess intrinsic softness and they also exhibit other favorable properties that make them a perfect fabrication material for biomimetic soft robots: stretchability, biocompatibility, permeability, and stimuli-adaptability. Currently, the pervasive application of hydrogels for soft robotic constructs is still hampered by two challenges. For...
Storing data in everyday objects
Dec 18, 2019 (Nanowerk News) A research team with members from ETH Zurich has discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, water bottles or even the lenses of glasses, and then...
Nanotechnology Now – News Story: These small caps are tapping a graphene market that has more than doubled in a year
Home > News > These small caps are tapping a graphene market that has more than doubled in a year December 1st, 2018 These small caps are tapping a graphene market that has more than doubled in a year Abstract:First Graphene (ASX:FGR) has identified several market opportunities for its PureGRAPH...
Chemists glimpse the fleeting ‘transition state’ of a reaction
Dec 18, 2019 (Nanowerk News) During a chemical reaction, the molecules involved in the reaction gain energy until they reach a point of no return known as a transition state. Until now, no one has glimpsed this state, as it lasts for only a few femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second)....
Nanotechnology Now – News Story: Boffins manage to keep graphene qubits ‘quantum coherent’ for all of 55… nanoseconds: Doesn’t sound very long, but it could have big implications for quantum computing
Home > News > Boffins manage to keep graphene qubits 'quantum coherent' for all of 55... nanoseconds: Doesn't sound very long, but it could have big implications for quantum computing January 3rd, 2019 Boffins manage to keep graphene qubits 'quantum coherent' for all of 55... nanoseconds: Doesn't sound very long,...
Turning light energy into heat to fight disease
Dec 18, 2019 (Nanowerk News) An emerging technology involving nanoparticles that absorb light and turn it into localized heat sources shows great promise in several fields, including medicine. For example, photothermal therapy, a new type of cancer treatment, involves aiming infrared laser light onto nanoparticles near the treatment site. Localized...