Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Novel liquid crystal metalens offers electric zoom

Home > Press > Novel liquid crystal metalens offers electric zoomDaniil Shilkin/Provided Conceptual rendering of an ultrathin, electrically tunable metalens developed by Cornell and Samsung engineers.Abstract:Researchers from Cornell University's School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology have created a first-of-its-kind metalens - a metamaterial lens...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: ‘Nanodecoy’ therapy binds and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus

Home > Press > 'Nanodecoy' therapy binds and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virusNanodecoys bind with SARS-CoV-2 virusAbstract:"Cell-Mimicking Nanodecoys Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 and Mitigate Lung Injury in a Nonhuman Primate Model of COVID-19"DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00923-2Authors: Zhenhua Li, Zhenzhen Wang, Phuong-Uyen C. Dinh, Dashuai Zhu, Kristen D. Popowski, Halle Lutz, Shiqi Hu, Ke Cheng, North Carolina...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Active platinum species: Catalytic high-temperature oxidations: Individual atom or metal cluster?

Home > Press > Active platinum species: Catalytic high-temperature oxidations: Individual atom or metal cluster?Abstract:Highly dispersed platinum catalysts provide new possibilities for industrial processes, such as the flameless combustion of methane, propane, or carbon monoxide, which has fewer emissions and is more resource efficient and consistent than conventional combustion. In...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Rice lab peers inside 2D crystal synthesis: Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterials

Home > Press > Rice lab peers inside 2D crystal synthesis: Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterialsThree gas-phase molecules react at high temperatures during chemical vapor deposition to form molybdenum disulfide, a two-dimensional semiconductor that could find use in next-generation electronics. In this illustration, molybdenum atoms...

Miniature robots controlled by magnetic fields (w/video)

Jun 15, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A team of scientists at NTU Singapore has developed millimetre-sized robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields to perform highly manoeuvrable and dexterous manipulations. This could pave the way to possible future applications in biomedicine and manufacturing. The research team created the miniature robots...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Turning the heat on: A flexible device for localized heat treatment of living tissues

Home > Press > Turning the heat on: A flexible device for localized heat treatment of living tissuesFigure 1 Induction Heating-based Flexible Device to Revolutionize Targeted Thermotherapy. CREDIT Tokyo Tech Abstract:Thermotherapy or heat treatment can help in treating lesions and other tissue injuries. For example, chemotherapy or radiotherapy,...

Using nanophotonics to monitor cancer

Jun 11, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at EPFL have developed a technology based on nanophotonics and data science to detect and monitor cancer biomarkers at an early stage. Their research is published in Nature Communications ("Imaging-based spectrometer-less optofluidic biosensors based on dielectric metasurfaces for detecting extracellular vesicles"). The cancer exosome...