Jul 15, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Electronic circuits that compute and store information contain millions of tiny switches that control the flow of electric current. A deeper understanding of how these tiny switches work could help researchers push the frontiers of modern computing. Now scientists have made the first snapshots of...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Argonne researchers use AI to optimize a popular material coating technique in real time
Home > Press > Argonne researchers use AI to optimize a popular material coating technique in real time(Image by Fotogrin/Shutterstock.)Abstract:To make computer chips, technologists around the world rely on atomic layer deposition (ALD), which can create films as fine as one atom thick. Businesses commonly use ALD to make semiconductor...
Turing patterns link tropical fish and bismuth crystal growth
Jul 13, 2021 (Nanowerk News) What connection could possibly exist between the stripes on tropical fish and crystal growth? The answer is the way in which order emerges from randomness through Turing patterns, according to what a research team led by Dr. Fuseya of the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, has...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Pushing the boundaries of colloidal quantum dots by making their sizes equal: Scientists demonstrate the relationship between optoelectronic performance and size uniformity in perovskite colloidal quantum dots
Home > Press > Pushing the boundaries of colloidal quantum dots by making their sizes equal: Scientists demonstrate the relationship between optoelectronic performance and size uniformity in perovskite colloidal quantum dotsYounghoon kim, Ph.D. (Left) and Prof. Jongmin Choi(Right), DGIST. CREDIT DGISTAbstract:Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor particles only a few...
Scientists observe a new type of topological defect in chiral magnets for the first time
Jul 09, 2021 (Nanowerk News) "Topological defects" are formed when the symmetry of a magnetic material is disrupted. Domain walls (DWs) are a type of topological defect that separates regions of different magnetic orientations. A widely studied phenomenon, the manipulation of these defects has potential applications in high-performance memory storage...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Putting functional proteins in their place: Using DNA-based assembly, scientists developed a method for creating designed and biologically active 2-D and 3-D protein arrays, which show promise for applications in structural biology, biomaterials, nanomedicine, and biocatalysis
Home > Press > Putting functional proteins in their place: Using DNA-based assembly, scientists developed a method for creating designed and biologically active 2-D and 3-D protein arrays, which show promise for applications in structural biology, biomaterials, nanomedicine, and biocatalysisAn illustration showing the approach for assembling biologically functional proteins into...
Online library helps advance nanomaterial development
Jul 09, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Nanomaterials have made their way into our lives and are helping to improve – even revolutionise – many industries. In the cosmetics industry, mineral nanoparticles help create sunscreens that provide improved protection from the sun’s harmful rays. In sports, carbon nanotubes make for lighter and...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Light-harvesting nanoparticle catalysts show promise in quest for renewable carbon-based fuels
Home > Press > Light-harvesting nanoparticle catalysts show promise in quest for renewable carbon-based fuelsIn the right conditions, silver nanoparticles, represented by the large orange spheres, can absorb visible light. Charge carriers produced by light excitation are transferred to CO2 and water, allowing the conversion to hydrocarbons and other multicarbon...
Soft shell makes 3D-printed hard ceramic less likely to shatter
Jul 07, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A thin shell of soft polymer can help keep knotty ceramic structures from shattering, according to materials scientists at Rice University. Ceramics made with 3D printers crack under stress like any plate or bowl. But covered in a soft polymer cured under ultraviolet light, the...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Arrowhead Presents Preclinical Data on ARO-DUX4 at FSHD Society International Research Congress
Home > Press > Arrowhead Presents Preclinical Data on ARO-DUX4 at FSHD Society International Research CongressAbstract:rrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today presented preclinical data on the development of ARO-DUX4, the companys investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic being developed as a treatment for patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), at the...