Nov 16, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Perovskites are semiconducting materials that are a promising alternative to silicon for use in electronics. In a new study ("Nature of the surface space charge layer on undoped SrTiO3 (001)"), researchers highlight how fabrication of thin films of a particular perovskite in different environments leads...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: ‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cord injuries: After single injection, paralyzed animals regained ability to walk within four weeks
Home > Press > 'Dancing molecules' successfully repair severe spinal cord injuries: After single injection, paralyzed animals regained ability to walk within four weeksThis GIF shows a side-by-side comparison of an untreated mouse next to a mouse treated with Northwestern's injectable therapeutic.Abstract:New injectable therapy uses synthetic nanofibers to mimic the...
Weak bonds a strength in making borophene
Nov 12, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Borophene may be done tantalizing materials scientists and start serving their ambitions, if a new approach by Rice University researchers can be turned into practice. Materials theorist Boris Yakobson of Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and his group suggest a method to synthesize...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Quantum Physics in Proteins: Artificial intelligence affords unprecedented insights into how biomolecules work
Home > Press > Quantum Physics in Proteins: Artificial intelligence affords unprecedented insights into how biomolecules workIllustration of a quantum wave packet in close vicinity of a conical intersection between two potential energy surfaces. The wave packet represents the collective motion of multiple atoms in the photoactive yellow protein. A...
Polymer discovery gives 3D-printed sand super strength
Nov 13, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing, a 3D-printing method used by industries for prototyping and part production. The printable polymer enables sand structures with intricate geometries...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Securing data transfers with relativity: A team from UNIGE has implemented a new way to secure data transfers based on the physical principle of relativity
Home > Press > Securing data transfers with relativity: A team from UNIGE has implemented a new way to secure data transfers based on the physical principle of relativityA graph with its 3-colouring. For each edge, we check that the two connected vertices are of different colours. CREDIT ©...
Building bacteria to keep us well
Nov 12, 2021 (Nanowerk News) That feeling in your gut? Well, it’s in your head, but some of it does truly start in the gastrointestinal tract. Some of the trillions of bacteria living in your gut — among viruses, eukaryotes and archaea — synthesize some of the neurotransmitters that are...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Color-changing indicator predicts algal blooms
Home > Press > Color-changing indicator predicts algal bloomsAbstract:Murky green algal blooms are more than a major eyesore; they reveal that a body of water could be unsafe for swimming or drinking. Currently, however, there isnt an effective warning system for impending blooms. Now, researchers in ACS Applied Nano Materials...
Double-dosing induces magnetism while strengthening electron quantum oscillations in a topological insulator
Nov 12, 2021 (Nanowerk News) A University of Wollongong-led team across three FLEET nodes has combined two traditional semiconductor doping methods to achieve new efficiencies in the topological insulator bismuth-selenide (Bi2Se3). Two doping elements were used: samarium and iron (Physical Review B, "Massive Dirac fermions and strong Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Thin-film, high-frequency antenna array offers new flexibility for wireless communications
Home > Press > Thin-film, high-frequency antenna array offers new flexibility for wireless communicationsPrinceton researchers have developed a new type of phased array antenna based on large-area electronics technology, which could enable many uses of emerging 5G and 6G wireless networks. The researchers tested the system on the roof of...