Dec 16, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Materials with enhanced thermal conductivity are critical for the development of advanced devices to support applications in communications, clean energy and aerospace. But in order to engineer materials with this property, scientists need to understand how phonons, or quantum units of the vibration of atoms,...
New bioink allows bioprinting directly onto wet, irregular surfaces
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Biofabrication holds incredible promise for regenerating damaged tissues and organs. Yet a fundamental challenge has hindered progress: conventional bioinks designed to print living cells cannot cling to moist, irregular wound surfaces. Without immediate, seamless adhesion, intricate bioprinted structures collapse upon contact with tissue in the...
Computational model captures the elusive transition states of chemical reactions
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) During a chemical reaction, molecules gain energy until they reach what’s known as the transition state — a point of no return from which the reaction must proceed. This state is so fleeting that it’s nearly impossible to observe it experimentally. The structures of these...
Researchers propose a new nano-micro composite delivery concept for inhalable vaccines
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Process Engineering have introduced a novel vaccine delivery concept termed "nano-micro composite." Utilizing this concept, they have crafted an inhalable, dry powder vaccine platform, distinguished by nano-micro composite multilevel structures. Successfully tested in the laboratory, this...
Molecular design unlocks precision-engineered materials for revolutionary 3D printing
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Nature boasts an unparalleled talent for material fabrication through precise molecular architecture - the intricate protein machines that drive metabolism and replication reveal Assembly lines fine-tuned over eons of evolution. Despite remarkable advances, chemists still struggle to approach the precision and complexity of even the...
Scientists measure the distance to stars by their music
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) For most of us, the countless bright spots in the nighttime sky all seem to be stars. But in fact, some of those spots are actually planets, or distant suns, or even entire galaxies located billions of light years away. Just what you’re looking at...
Combining diamond and lithium niobate as a core component for future quantum technologies
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Quantum information scientists are always on the hunt for winning combinations of materials, materials that can be manipulated at the molecular level to reliably store and transmit information. Following a recent proof-of-principle demonstration, researchers are adding a new combination of compounds to the quantum materials...
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing medical research
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) While debate continues on the pros and cons of the proliferation of artificial intelligence in a broad range of applications, one channel in which it is making undisputed advancement is medical research. While being extremely conscientious about preserving personal medical information in their efforts, researchers...
Green tech revolution in sustainable 2D materials for future electronics
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) To an everyday consumer, the best gadgets on the market have the highest speed, the largest memory, and the longest battery life. Chasing this demand, the forefront of research often only considers these tangible performance metrics when innovating and designing next-generation electronics. In the wake...
A step towards the development of next-generation magnetic devices that control light
Dec 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a significant advancement in optical technology, researchers from Tohoku University and Toyohashi University of Technology have developed a new method for creating transparent magnetic materials using laser heating. This breakthrough, recently published in the journal Optical Materials ("Vacuum laser annealing of magnetooptical cerium-substituted yttrium...