Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In military operations and other communications channels of a sensitive nature, stovepiping is a structure that keeps the flow of information within a specific organization. When it comes to communication between satellites and their interested parties on the ground, stovepiping can be counterproductive. Space-BACN, or...
New programmable 3D printed materials can sense their own movements
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, that sense how they are moving and interacting with the environment. The researchers create these sensing structures using just one material and a single run on a 3D printer. To accomplish...
A stretchable display without image distortion
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Stretchable electronic devices are usually implemented on 2D surfaces of some base elastomeric materials – these devices then deform following the stretching deformation of this base material. As a result, the internal shape of these stretchable devices is distorted from the initial shape under such...
Researchers 3D print first high-performance nanostructured alloy that’s both ultrastrong and ductile
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Georgia Institute of Technology has 3D printed a dual-phase, nanostructured high-entropy alloy that exceeds the strength and ductility of other state-of-the-art additively manufactured materials, which could lead to higher-performance components for applications in...
Implantable semiconductor nanomembrane could treat spinal cord injury and Parkinson’s disease
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Flexible implanted electronics are a step closer toward clinical applications thanks to a recent breakthrough technology developed by a research team from Griffith University and UNSW Sydney (PNAS, "Wide bandgap semiconductor nanomembranes as a long-term biointerface for flexible, implanted neuromodulator"). The work was pioneered by...
Heat and manipulate, one cell at a time
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Kanazawa University report in ACS Nano ("Modulation of Local Cellular Activities using a Photothermal Dye-Based Subcellular-Sized Heat Spot") the development of a nanoparticle that acts as a heater and a thermometer. Inserting the nanoparticle in living cells results in a heat spot that,...
Novel double slot structure gives rise to the enhanced performance of graphene/silicon hybrid photodetector
Aug 10, 2022 (Nanowerk News) The ongoing fourth industrial revolution is data-driven and the optical interconnects are expected to feature higher bandwidth, smaller footprint, and lower power consumption to meet the dramatically growing demand for stronger data processing ability. As a key element of the optical communication systems, a photodetector...
3D printing of starch for personalised medicine development
Aug 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) For the purpose of personalised therapies, the UPV/EHU’s ‘Materials+Technologies’ (GMT) Group has used 3D printing to develop tablets based on different types of starch, and has confirmed that drug release could be tailored by optimising the right starch type and tablet shape. Traditional methods produce...
First-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk
Aug 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— in which the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a partner— to study planet formation have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk. What’s more, the detection also suggests the presence of a very...
Chemists achieve ‘molecular editing’ feat
Aug 09, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Chemists from Scripps Research and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed methods for the precise, flexible modification of a broad class of chemical compounds called bicyclic aza-arenes, which are commonly used to build drug molecules. The landmark achievement, reported in Nature ("Molecular editing...