Day: November 23, 2020

Nov 23, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Trapping and controlling electrons in bilayer graphene quantum dots yields a promising platform for quantum information technologies. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have now achieved the first direct visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene, revealing the shape of the quantum wave function of the...

Home > News > Graphene ink may be used to fight coronavirus May 1st, 2020 Graphene ink may be used to fight coronavirus Abstract:Zen Graphene Solutions (TSXV: ZEN) announced that it has launched an international collaboration with UK-based Graphene Composites to fight the covid-19 pandemic.The initiative involves the development of...

Nov 23, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Inspired by nature, researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) can demonstrate a synthetic strategy to stabilize bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials. Their findings, published in Nature Chemistry ("Frenkel excitons in heat-stressed supramolecular nanocomposites enabled by tunable cage-like scaffolding"), could be a significant...

Home > News > Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it August 25th, 2020 Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it Abstract:California company NDB says its nano-diamond batteries will absolutely upend the energy equation, acting like tiny nuclear generators. They will blow any energy...

Nov 23, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Human bodily fluids and secretions contain molecules known as biomarkers that contain a wealth of information about the body's health and the presence of disease. Among secretions such as tears, sweat and saliva, tears are considered the best source of biomarkers, with concentrations similar to...

Home > News > Innovations in dentistry: Navigational surgery, robotics, and nanotechnology October 2nd, 2020 Innovations in dentistry: Navigational surgery, robotics, and nanotechnology Abstract:When it comes to cutting-edge tech in dentistry, it’s all about nanotechnology. Shannon Sommers and Alicia Webb explain the basics and what these exciting new developments could...

Nov 19, 2020 (Nanowerk News) New research that employs curved origami structures has dramatic implications in the development of robotics going forward, providing tunable flexibility — the ability to adjust stiffness based on function — that historically has been difficult to achieve using simple design. “The incorporation of curved origami...

Home > Press > New type of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in hydrogen-bonded ferroelectricsThe change of polarization upon a strain in (a) perovskite ferroelectrics and (b) HP ferroelectrics, where the black/green curve represent the dependence of polarization on temperature before/after a tensile strain is applied. Red, white and grey spheres denote O,...

Nov 20, 2020 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature (Advanced Materials, "Dirac Fermion Kinetics in 3D Curved Graphene"). An Electrical transport of 3D graphene with various curvature radii. (Image: Tohoku University) Graphene is a 2D atomic-layer material, shaped like honeycombs,...

Home > Press > Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved grapheneAn Electrical transport of 3D graphene with various curvature radii CREDIT Tohoku University Abstract:A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature. Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved graphene...