Home > Press > Focused ion beam technology: A single tool for a wide range of applications Physicist Gregor Hlawacek, head of the EU project FIT4NANO, is responsible for a state-of-the-art facility at the HZDR where he can produce and analyze nanostructures using a particularly finely focused ion beam. ...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: ‘Sudden death’ of quantum fluctuations defies current theories of superconductivity: Study challenges the conventional wisdom of superconducting quantum transitions
Home > Press > 'Sudden death' of quantum fluctuations defies current theories of superconductivity: Study challenges the conventional wisdom of superconducting quantum transitions A team of Princeton University physicists led by (from left) Professor Sanfeng Wu, Professor Nai Phuan Ong, and Dicke Fellow Tiancheng Song, are authors of a new...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Catalytic combo converts CO2 to solid carbon nanofibers: Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material
Home > Press > Catalytic combo converts CO2 to solid carbon nanofibers: Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material Scientists have devised a strategy for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere into valuable carbon nanofibers. The process...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: First direct imaging of small noble gas clusters at room temperature: Novel opportunities in quantum technology and condensed matter physics opened by noble gas atoms confined between graphene layers
Home > Press > First direct imaging of small noble gas clusters at room temperature: Novel opportunities in quantum technology and condensed matter physics opened by noble gas atoms confined between graphene layers Xenon nanoclusters between two graphene layers, with sizes between two and ten atoms. CREDIT Manuel Lngle...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Rice University launches Rice Synthetic Biology Institute to improve lives
Home > Press > Rice University launches Rice Synthetic Biology Institute to improve lives Caroline Ajo-Franklin, director of the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute Credit: Rice University Abstract:Rice University has launched the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute, which aims to catalyze collaborative research in synthetic biology and its translation into technologies...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Development of zinc oxide nanopagoda array photoelectrode: photoelectrochemical water-splitting hydrogen production
Home > Press > Development of zinc oxide nanopagoda array photoelectrode: photoelectrochemical water-splitting hydrogen production (a)(b): zinc oxide nanorod array, (c)(d): zinc oxide nanopagoda array, (e)(f): silver-nanoparticle-decorated zinc oxide nanopagoda array. The upper row includes surface images, and the lower row includes corresponding cross-sectional images. CREDIT COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI...
Precision growth technique for self-aligning organic nanowires
Jan 11, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The unique properties of organic semiconductors have driven their increasing use in advanced electronics and optoelectronics over the past decade. Compared to conventional inorganic materials, researchers can custom design the molecules to achieve specialized characteristics. Equally important is processability at low temperatures and easy integration...
Generating stable qubits at room temperature with MOFs
Jan 11, 2024 (Nanowerk News) In a study published in Science Advances ("Room-temperature quantum coherence of entangled multiexcitons in a metal-organic framework"), a group of researchers led by Associate Professor Nobuhiro Yanai from Kyushu University's Faculty of Engineering, in collaboration with Associate Professor Kiyoshi Miyata from Kyushu University and Professor...