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Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes

Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors. The results from studies on mice demonstrate the potential to reduce the energy uptake into the body and could lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes.

Oct 14th, 2020

Looking at light that is forbidden

Scientists have developed a fully experimental method for determining the photonic band gap, literally making visible the unseen.

Jan 27th, 2020

How disorder in nanocrystals enables heat-therapeutic systems

Nanocrystals, when they are dressed by the right kind of imperfections, adjust their electronic properties to favorably convert energy into heat, an important attribute for potential use in smart materials for energy, health, sensors etc.

Jan 24th, 2020

Nano-thin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper

New touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so pliable it can be rolled up like a tube.

Jan 24th, 2020

New method to detect defects in 2D materials for future electronics, sensors

The researchers' solution is to use laser light combined with a phenomenon called second harmonic generation, in which the frequency of the light shone on the material reflects at double the original frequency.

Jan 24th, 2020

A new stretchable battery can power wearable electronics

The experimental device promises to provide a safe and comfortable power source for technologies that must bend and flex with our bodies.

Jan 24th, 2020

The paints that eat pollutants and heat homes

Applying a coat of paint on the walls of a house may soon help to heat it, saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions. It could also clean the air that we breathe, breaking down chemicals and pollutants, and eliminating harmful pathogens.

Jan 24th, 2020

A breakthrough in molding materials at the nanoscale

In a potential game-changing shift in how nano- and quantum devices are designed and manufactured, researchers have discovered that these materials are actually very conducive to nanomolding, thanks to their atoms? ability to self-organize.

Jan 24th, 2020

A megalibrary of nanoparticles

Using straightforward chemistry and a mix-and-match, modular strategy, researchers have developed a simple approach that could produce over 65,000 different types of complex nanoparticles, each containing up to six different materials and eight segments, with interfaces that could be exploited in electrical or optical applications.

Jan 23rd, 2020

Tuning of optical absorbance of graphene quantum dots by high magnetic fields

Scientists report the synthesis of graphene quantum dots under an external high magnetic field and their applications in photothermal therapy.

Jan 23rd, 2020

A new way to count and identify microscopic particles in fluids

A new method is proposed to automate the measurement of nano- to microscale particles suspended in fluid. The single particle extinction and scattering (SPES) method can accurately determine the material properties and size distribution of individual particles.