Nanomedicine: Germ killers
Polymer-based nanostructures that can selectively burst open bacteria show promise for tackling drug-resistant microbes.
Nov 23rd, 2011
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Nanoparticles offer insights into interactions between single-stranded DNA and their binding proteins
Researchers have developed a convenient method to characterize the interactions between single-stranded DNA and their binding proteins.
Nov 23rd, 2011
Read moreNanotribology: Tubular probes
Short, capped single-walled carbon nanotubes may serve as ideal probing tips to study friction, lubrication and wear at the microscale.
Nov 23rd, 2011
Read moreNanowrinkles, nanofolds yield strange hidden channels
In a series of observations and experiments, engineers at Brown University and in Korea have discovered unusual properties in wrinkles and folds at the nanoscale. The researchers report that wrinkles created on super-thin films have hidden long waves that lengthen even when the film is compressed. The team also discovered that when folds are formed in such films, closed nanochannels appear below the surface, like thousands of super-tiny pipes.
Nov 23rd, 2011
Read moreOn the road to plasmonics with silver polyhedral nanocrystals
Berkeley Lab researchers find simpler approach to making plasmonic materials.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreBlocked holes can enhance rather than stop light going through
Conventional wisdom would say that blocking a hole would prevent light from going through it, but Princeton University engineers have discovered the opposite to be true. A research team has found that placing a metal cap over a small hole in a metal film does not stop the light at all, but rather enhances its transmission.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreThe impending revolution of low-power quantum computers
Electronics could be 100 times less energy-hungry thanks to a quantum phenomenon known as the tunnel effect - by 2017 in consumer electronics.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreA new practical strategy for magnetic-force-microscope cantilevers with high isotropic coercivity
A magnetic force microscope (MFM) can determine the distribution of stray fields at a level of tens of nanometers near the surface of magnetic films, and therefore is an effective tool for observing the domain structures in magnetic grains of submicrometer size.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreUCSB professor receives award for graphene electronics research
Professor Kaustav Banerjee, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and Director of the Nanoelectronics Research Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been named winner of the 2011 international research award by the Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESDA).
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreMaterials scientists watch electrons "melt"
When a skier rushes down a ski slope or a skater glides across an ice rink, a very thin melted layer of liquid water forms on the surface of the ice crystals, which allows for a smooth glide instead of a rough skid. In a recent experiment, scientists have discovered that the interface between the surface and bulk electronic structures of certain crystalline materials can act in much the same way.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreFirst proof of single atomic layer material with zero electrical resistance
A research group at the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) proved that the electrical resistance of a metal single atomic layer on a silicon surface becomes zero by superconductivity.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreFirst elucidation of cause of long-term stability deterioration in solid oxide fuel cells
New research has clarified for the first time the cluster structure which has an extremely large effect on the long-term stability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) for independent distributed power generation.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreDARPA seeks to replace antibiotics with rapidly adaptable nanotherapeutics
Through the U.S. Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, DARPA is currently soliciting research proposals to develop a platform capable of rapidly synthesizing therapeutic nanoparticles targeted against evolving and engineered pathogens.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreColloidal quantum dot photovoltaics: A path forward
A recent review takes a look at advances in device architecture and materials science.
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreGateway University Research Park to open new facility for the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Construction recently wrapped up for a second research facility at Gateway University Research Park's South Campus (Gateway) with completion of a 105,000-square-foot building that will house the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN).
Nov 22nd, 2011
Read moreA highly efficient method for creating flexible, transparent electrodes
Researchers at UCLA report that they have developed a unique method for producing transparent electrodes that uses silver nanowires in combination with other nanomaterials. The new electrodes are flexible and highly conductive and overcome the limitations associated with ITO.
Nov 22nd, 2011
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