Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In materials science, the term 2D materials refers to crystalline solids that consist of a single layer of atoms, with arguably the most famous example being graphene – a material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. These materials are promising for a wide...
AI spurs scientists to advance materials research
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) If you apply enough heat to a material, at some point, most things melt, just like ice cream on a hot summer day. Engineers rely on this knowledge daily. Knowing the exact melting temperatures is a critical parameter for building any high-performance materials. From the...
X-shaped radio galaxies might form more simply than expected
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When astronomers use radio telescopes to gaze into the night sky, they typically see elliptical-shaped galaxies, with twin jets blasting from either side of their central supermassive black hole. But every once in a while — less than 10% of the time — astronomers might...
How can x-ray diffraction be used for a reliable study of nanostructured materials?
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Owing to their unique physical properties, nanostructured materials are now at the forefront of materials science. Several different techniques can be used to characterise their microscopic features, but each of these has its pros and cons. In new research published in EPJ ST ("Reliability and...
White, red, and blue signals alert you to dangerous germs
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a simple, rapid method to simultaneously identify multiple food poisoning bacteria, based on color differences in the scattered light by nanometer-scaled organic metal nanohybrid structures (NHs) that bind via antibodies to those bacteria. This method is a promising tool...
Rare insights into growing nanoparticles
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) How exactly do nanoparticles form in solution? Researchers from Universität Hamburg and DESY have now been able to observe the growth of nanoparticles in solution in real time. In the journal Nature Communications ("Imaging Cu2O nanocube hollowing in solution by quantitative in situ X-ray ptychography"),...
A perfect trap for light
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Whether in photosynthesis or in a photovoltaic system: If you want to use light efficiently, you have to absorb it as completely as possible. However, this is difficult if the absorption is to take place in a thin layer of material that normally lets a...
One step closer to probabilistic computing
Aug 29, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Tohoku University scientists in Japan have developed a mathematical description of what happens within tiny magnets as they fluctuate between states when an electric current and magnetic field are applied. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Communications ("Local bifurcaiton with the spin-transfer torque in...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Silicon image sensor that computes: Device speeds up, simplifies image processing for autonomous vehicles and other applications
Home > Press > Silicon image sensor that computes: Device speeds up, simplifies image processing for autonomous vehicles and other applications SEAS researchers developed the first in-sensor processor that could be integrated into commercial silicon imaging sensor chips. The array (illustrated here) simplifies image processing for autonomous vehicles and other...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Georgia State researchers discover novel way to treat IBD with lipid nanoparticles
Home > Press > Georgia State researchers discover novel way to treat IBD with lipid nanoparticles Dr. Didier Merlin, a Regents Professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and a senior research career scientist at Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center CREDIT Georgia State University Abstract:Oral delivery...