Nov 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Stanley Milgram's groundbreaking "Six Degrees of Separation" experiment demonstrated the surprisingly close connections between us humans back in the 1960s. Now the research team led by Professor Matthias Mann at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, has shown that the proteins in...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Porous platinum matrix shows promise as a new actuator material
Home > Press > Porous platinum matrix shows promise as a new actuator material Microscopic structure and actuation performance of nanoporous platinum (np-Pt) (IMAGE) TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS Microscopic structure and actuation performance of nanoporous platinum (np-Pt) CAPTION Np-Pt is made up of interconnected small-diameter ligaments, or strands, of...
Solid-state batteries and their role in advancing energy storage technologies
Nov 19, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The lithium-ion battery has become ubiquitous in our daily lives, powering everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. Yet as demand grows for batteries with higher energy density, faster charging times, improved safety and lower costs, researchers continue to push the boundaries of battery chemistry and...
New photothermal material enables remote-controlled soft robots to crawl like earthworms
Nov 19, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For decades, scientists have envisioned a future where nimble robots could traverse rugged terrain and squeeze into tight spaces, ideal for search and rescue missions, industrial inspection, and medical procedures. However, traditional rigid robots built from hard materials like metals have proven ill-suited for navigating...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Shedding light on unique conduction mechanisms in a new type of perovskite oxide
Home > Press > Shedding light on unique conduction mechanisms in a new type of perovskite oxide The top figure shows the snapshot for the oxide-ion migration. The red and green oxide ions move by breaking and reforming of M2O9 dimers, which enables fast oxide-ion diffusion where the M cation...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Silver nanoparticles: guaranteeing antimicrobial safe-tea
Home > Press > Silver nanoparticles: guaranteeing antimicrobial safe-tea Sometimes the simplest visit to the pharmacy can lead to results that surprise even those with a highly developed imagination. Researchers from the IPC PAS have produced nanoparticles that fight pathogens, including drug-resistant bacteria, much more effectively than some antibiotics. Photo...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Three-pronged approach discerns qualities of quantum spin liquids
Home > Press > Three-pronged approach discerns qualities of quantum spin liquids An illustration of the lattice examined by Phil Anderson in the early 70s. Shown as green ellipses, pairs of quantum particles fluctuated among multiple combinations to produce a spin liquid state. CREDIT Allen Scheie/Los Alamos National...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record: Researchers improve cell efficiency using a combination of molecules to address different
Home > Press > Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record: Researchers improve cell efficiency using a combination of molecules to address different Northwestern University researchers have raised the standards again for perovskite solar cells with a new development that helped the emerging technology hit new records for efficiency. ...