Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to produce high quality monolayers of a selection of different transition metal dichalcogenides which meet over an atomically thin seam. By coating this layer with an ion gel, a mixture of an ionic liquid and a...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Scientists take control of magnetism at the microscopic level: Neutrons reveal remarkable atomic behavior in thermoelectric materials for more efficient conversion of heat into electricity
Home > Press > Scientists take control of magnetism at the microscopic level: Neutrons reveal remarkable atomic behavior in thermoelectric materials for more efficient conversion of heat into electricity The sample (gray) has no applied magnetic field and has left-handed (left inset) and right-handed (right inset) magnetic domain walls. When...
An expanded set of DNA building blocks for 3D lattices
Aug 27, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Using x-ray crystallography, researchers studied 36 DNA-based molecular junctions and discovered factors that yield superior 3D self-assembled lattice structures (Nature Communications, "The influence of Holliday junction sequence and dynamics on DNA crystal self-assembly"). The work expands the set of building blocks for lattices that can...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: An alternative to MINFLUX that enables nanometre resolution in a confocal microscope
Home > Press > An alternative to MINFLUX that enables nanometre resolution in a confocal microscope a. Schematic of the DNA origami used to place six fluorophores in a rectangular arrangement. b. Image of a single molecule obtained with RASTMIN. c. Diffraction limited image of the DNA origami. d. Super...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Understanding outsize role of nanopores: New research reveals differences in pH, and more, about these previously mysterious environments
Home > Press > Understanding outsize role of nanopores: New research reveals differences in pH, and more, about these previously mysterious environments In the lab, the research teams found that anions were preferred to transport in nanopores, inducing lower pH inside the nanopores than in the bulk solution. The higher...
Metasurfaces offer new possibilities for quantum research
Aug 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A photon is the quantum (the minimum amount involved in an interaction) of any form of electromagnetic radiation, such as light. Photons are essential to a number of current research fields and technologies, like quantum state engineering, which in turn represents the cornerstone of all...
Protein structures aren’t set in stone
Aug 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) When you think of proteins – the enzymes, signaling molecules, and structural components in every living thing – you might think of single strands of amino acids, organized like beads on a string. But nearly all proteins consist of multiple strands folded up and bound...
Mimicking termites to generate new materials
Aug 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimic the fundamental rules hidden in nature's growth patterns. The researchers showed that, using these rules, it is possible to create materials designed with specific...
Small molecules, giant (surface) potential
Aug 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In a molecular feat akin to getting pedestrians in a scramble crosswalk to spontaneously start walking in step, researchers at Kyushu University have created a series of molecules that tend to face the same direction to form a ‘giant surface potential’ when evaporated onto a...
Full experimental determination of tunneling time with attosecond-scale streaking method
Aug 26, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Timing photoionization is essential for our understanding of how light and matter interact on the most fundamental level. The advent of attosecond metrologies allows us to access the timing information on the natural scale of electrons in atoms and molecules. The attoclock is a powerful...