Jan 07, 2025 (Nanowerk News) As the search for sustainability permeates all fields, researchers are turning to a unique organic source for creating antibacterial silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) – the humble goji berry. Goji berries are a ubiquitous superfood known for a multitude of health benefits, including their antibiotic properties. In...
Novel photonic switch that overcomes this size-speed tradeoff
Jan 07, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Every second, terabytes of data — the equivalent of downloading thousands upon thousands of movies at once — travel around the world as light in fiber-optic cables, like so many cars packed onto a super-fast highway. When that information reaches data centers, it needs a...
A new ultrathin conductor for nanoelectronics
Jan 07, 2025 (Nanowerk News) As computer chips continue to get smaller and more complex, the ultrathin metallic wires that carry electrical signals within these chips have become a weak link. Standard metal wires get worse at conducting electricity as they get thinner, ultimately limiting the size, efficiency, and performance...
Molecular sieve breaks chemical separation barrier using defect-free atomic structure
Jan 07, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The petrochemical industry relies on separating chemicals that differ by just fractions of a nanometer in size. Methanol must be purified from similarly-sized molecules in the production of plastics, pharmaceuticals, and fuels. Currently, this separation requires heating massive quantities of liquid mixtures until they boil...
next-generation RAM with reduced energy consumption
Jan 07, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Numerous memory types for computing devices have emerged in recent years, aiming to overcome the limitations imposed by traditional random access memory (RAM). Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) is one such memory type which offers several advantages over conventional RAM, including its non-volatility, high speed, increased storage...