Jun 23, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For the last 20 years, scientists have been puzzled by how water behaves near carbon surfaces. It may flow much faster than expected from conventional flow theories or form strange arrangements such as square ice. Now, an international team of researchers from the Max Plank...
Metasurface enables strong coupling effects between light and transition metal dichalcogenides
Jun 23, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The interaction of light and matter on the nanoscale is a vital aspect of nanophotonics. Resonant nanosystems allow scientists to control and enhance electromagnetic energy at volumes smaller than the wavelength of the incident light. As well as allowing sunlight to be captured much more...
Groundbreaking nanofluidic device measures individual proteins
Jun 23, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international team led by Professor Yan Xu from Osaka Metropolitan University has developed a groundbreaking nanofluidic device, named NANa, capable of stochastically capturing and digitally detecting individual proteins at cellular concentrations. This tool, vital for precision medicine, is designed to handle tiny volumes equivalent...
Creating uniform DNA-encapsulating microgels that mimic a living cell
Jun 23, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The living cell harbors physiologically relevant components such as the genetic material (DNA) and proteins in a ‘self-organized’ setting. Understanding this process of self-assembly can reveal the underlying mechanism of self-organization of living matter. Water/oil (w/o) or water/water (w/w) droplets may be used as prototypes...
Ultrasound-activated microneedles with antibacterial nanoparticles for skin infections
Jun 23, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Professor Kelvin Yeung from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has designed a new microneedle patch to offer a highly-effective non-antibiotic approach for the treatment of...
Combining twistronics with spintronics could be the next giant leap in quantum electronics
Jun 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Twistronics isn’t a new dance move, exercise equipment, or new music fad. No, it’s much cooler than any of that. It is an exciting new development in quantum physics and material science where van der Waals materials are stacked on top of each other in...
Never-before-seen way to annihilate a star
Jun 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Most stars in the Universe die in predictable ways, depending on their mass. Relatively low-mass stars like our Sun slough off their outer layers in old age and eventually fade to become white dwarf stars. More massive stars burn brighter and die sooner in cataclysmic...
Researchers develop a new source of quantum light
Jun 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using novel materials that have been widely studied as potential new solar photovoltaics, researchers at MIT have shown that nanoparticles of these materials can emit a stream of single, identical photons. While the work is currently a fundamental discovery of these materials’ capabilities, it might...
Physicists discover a new switch for superconductivity
Jun 22, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Under certain conditions — usually exceedingly cold ones — some materials shift their structure to unlock new, superconducting behavior. This structural shift is known as a “nematic transition,” and physicists suspect that it offers a new way to drive materials into a superconducting state where...