Month: September 2020

Sep 30, 2020 (Nanowerk Spotlight) In the background material to his Nobel Prize talk in 2010, Prof. Geim illustrated the strength of graphene with his now famous cat hammock example (taken from: Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 – Graphene): The unit hexagonal cell of graphene contains...

Home > Press > Tandon Researchers develop method to create colloidal diamonds: The long-awaited photonic technique could change the way optical technologies are developed and used over the next decadeAbstract:The colloidal diamond has been a dream of researchers since the 1990s. These structures -- stable, self-assembled formations of miniscule materials...

Sep 28, 2020 (Nanowerk News) A new study conducted by SISSA and the University of Trieste shows the efficacy of carbon nanotube implants to restore motor functions and paves the way for a new therapeutic approach for spinal cord injuries. Re-establishing motor skills and neuronal connectivity thanks to the implantation...

Home > Press > New design principles for spin-based quantum materials: Criteria for designing targeted quantum materials could support Internet of Things devices and other resource-intensive technologiesA crystal structure (left) and a visual model of the spin helix (right).Abstract:As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology -- whether supporting communication...

Sep 22, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in a new paper (ACS Nano, "Electron and X-Ray Focused Beam Induced Crosslinking in Liquids: Toward Rapid Continuous 3D Nanoprinting and Interfacing...

Home > Press > Gentle probes could enable massive brain data collection: National Institutes of Health backing Rice’s Chong Xie to refine flexible nanoelectronics threadThe National Institutes of Health is backing a Rice University project to continue the development of flexible nanoelectronic thread to gather information from neurons. The miniaturized...

Sep 18, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have long known that a nanoparticle’s shape affects how it interacts with light, and their latest study shows how shape affects a particle’s ability to use light to catalyze important chemical reactions. In a comparative study, LANP...

Home > Press > Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity: Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical phenomenon in gold nanowiresRice University’s optical detection system reveals small structural defects in a gold nanowire that may appear to be a perfect crystal under a scanning electron microscope. The discovery has implications for making...

Sep 12, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Imagine an alien world with oceans of liquid metal. If such a world exists, metallic elements are likely the sources of the dissolved materials and particles in these oceans. Everything is made of metallic elements, even lifeforms. It may sound like a concept pulled straight...

Home > Press > Machine learning peeks into nano-aquariumsIllinois researchers have linked electron microscope imaging and machine learning, making it much easier to study nanoparticles in action. The schematic shows how a neural network, middle, works as a bridge between liquid-phase electron microscope imaging, left, and streamlined data output, right....