Jan 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) University of Surrey researchers have developed a single-step procedure to put single-crystal silicon under more strain than has been achieved before. The discovery, which has a patent pending, could be crucial to the future development of silicon photonics, which underpins the technologies behind the internet-of-things,...
Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, researchers say
Jan 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For the first time, an international team of researchers has assessed the impact on the stability of the Earth system of the cocktail of synthetic chemicals and other “novel entities” flooding the environment. The 14 scientists conclude in the scientific journal Science and Technology ("Outside...
Novel hydrogel promotes neural regeneration after spinal cord injury
Jan 18, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Prof. DAI Jianwu from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a multifunctional scaffold to effectively regulate the immune microenvironment after spinal cord injury and reduce secondary injury effects, according to a recent study published...
Nanocarrier therapy offers new hope for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Individuals living with Type 1 diabetes must carefully follow prescribed insulin regimens every day, receiving injections of the hormone via syringe, insulin pump or some other device. And without viable long-term treatments, this course of treatment is a lifelong sentence. Pancreatic islets control insulin production...
From dust to planet: How gas giants form
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Gas giant planets, such as Jupiter, can form rapidly by incorporating nearby icy bodies made from drifting pebbles born in the outer parts of young planetary systems – all in a period of about 200,000 years. This finding has implications for understanding how habitable planets...
Bone growth inspired ‘microrobots that can create their own bone
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When we are born, we have gaps in our skulls that are covered by pieces of soft connective tissue called fontanelles. It is thanks to fontanelles that our skulls can be deformed during birth and pass successfully through the birth canal. Post-birth, the fontanelle tissue...
Nanobubbles provide pathway to build better medical devices
Jan 17, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute and School of Chemistry have revealed that tiny gas bubbles – nanobubbles just 100 billionths of a metre high – form on surfaces in unexpected situations, providing a new way to reduce drag in small-scale devices. Liquid...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Towards high-performance organic optoelectronics with better crystallinity at semiconductor interface: Organic molecular interfaces with minimized structural mismatch and spontaneous electron transfer could open doors to high-efficiency optoelectronics
Home > Press > Towards high-performance organic optoelectronics with better crystallinity at semiconductor interface: Organic molecular interfaces with minimized structural mismatch and spontaneous electron transfer could open doors to high-efficiency optoelectronics Organic molecular interfaces with minimized structural mismatch and spontaneous electron transfer could open doors to high-efficiency optoelectronics CREDIT ...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Bioengineered nanoparticles show promise for fibrinogen manufacture, says Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis study: Scientists engineer a nanoparticle polymer that can selectively bind to fibrinogen in human plasma, presenting a pathway for improved drug development
Home > Press > Bioengineered nanoparticles show promise for fibrinogen manufacture, says Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis study: Scientists engineer a nanoparticle polymer that can selectively bind to fibrinogen in human plasma, presenting a pathway for improved drug development A novel bioengineered polymer that can selectively bind to fibrinogen in human...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Photon recycling The key to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Home > Press > Photon recycling The key to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells Additional light emission is achieved by recursively recycling trapped photons in perovskites. CREDIT Dr. Changsoon Cho Abstract:Metal halide perovskites are receiving great attention as next-generation semiconductors for solar energy conversion. Since the first demonstration of...