Dec 22, 2020 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Plastic debris is accumulating in oceans at a staggering rate. The quantity of plastics flowing into waterways and, ultimately, into the oceans is called marine plastic leakage. Estimates for its size vary from study to study, averaging about 12 million tonnes a year (read more:...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Chemists synthesize ‘flat’ silicon compounds: The molecules generated at the University of Bonn are very stable despite their unusual spatial shape
Home > Press > Chemists synthesize 'flat' silicon compounds: The molecules generated at the University of Bonn are very stable despite their unusual spatial shape3D representation of one of the new molecules. Silicate ions in tetrahedral arrangement can be seen in the spherical soap bubbles for comparison. CREDIT ©...
New imaging method views soil carbon at near-atomic scales
Dec 22, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The Earths soils contain more than three times the amount of carbon than is found in the atmosphere, but the processes that bind carbon in the soil are still not well understood. Improving such understanding may help researchers develop strategies for sequestering more carbon in...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Understanding nanoparticle entry mechanism into tumors
Home > Press > Understanding nanoparticle entry mechanism into tumorsAbstract:Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration journal. In this commentary the authors Phei Er Saw and Sangyong Jon from Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, consider how the entry mechanism...
Chemists synthesize ‘flat’ silicon compounds
Dec 22, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Chemists at the University of Bonn have synthesized extremely unusual compounds. Their central building block is a silicon atom. Different from usual, however, is the arrangement of the four bonding partners of the atom, which are not in the form of a tetrahedron around it,...