New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapy.
Jul 20th, 2020
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Atomtronic device could probe boundary between quantum, everyday worlds
Clouds of supercooled atoms offer highly sensitive rotation sensors and tests of quantum mechanics.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreMysterious mechanism of graphene oxide formation explained
Natural graphite, used as the precursor for graphene oxide production, is a highly ordered crystalline inorganic material, which is believed to be formed by decay of organic matter. It is extremely thermodynamically stable and resistant to be converted to the organic-like metastable graphite oxide.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreOrderly arranged bead-chain ternary nanocomposites for supercapacitors
Researchers have developed novel ternary nanocomposites by electrostatic spinning technology, which improved the performance of supercapacitors electrode materials.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreChemical thermometers take temperature to the nanometric scale
Scientists recently developed molecular films that can measure the operating temperature of electronic components on a nanometric scale. These patented temperature-sensitive molecules have the distinctive quality of being extremely stable, even after millions of uses.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreResearchers create interlocked self-assembled rings that contain just one molecular ingredient
An international team of researchers has succeeded in forming and studying self-assembled interlocked rings called 'nano-poly[n]catanenes' that contain just one molecular ingredient.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read morePractical and versatile micro-patterning for organic electronics and photonics
Scientists have managed to draw at high resolution and speed, local patterns in organic semiconductor films used in optoelectronic and photonic applications. The new method enables the patterning of material characteristics and concomitant final properties, including molecular conformation, orientation, crystallinity and composition.
Jul 17th, 2020
Read moreSilane regulates thermal conductivity of composites on molecular level
Conducting a study on thermal conductivity of composites, scientists found that thermal conductivity of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/boron nitride composite film could be regulated on the molecular level by covalent coupling.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreResearchers find technique for 3-D printing on the nanoscale that can correct mistakes
Researchers have created a less expensive 3-D printing method on the nanoscale that can manufacture nanostructures and erase mistakes.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read more'Blinking' nanocrystals may convert CO2 into fuels
Unusual nanoparticles could also benefit the quest to build a quantum computer.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreGraphene-adsorbate van der Waals bonding memory inspires 'smart' graphene sensors
To clarify the bonding retention of adsorbed gas molecules on graphene with and without electric field tuning, scientists monitored the time-dependent vdW interaction decay of adsorbed CO2 molecules on graphene at different electric fields.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreNew material mimics strength, toughness of mother of pearl
Researchers have made a material with interlocked mineral layers that resembles nacre and is stronger and tougher than previous mimics.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreThe world's lightest mirror is made of only a monolayer of 200 atoms
Physicists succeed at engineering an optical mirror made of only a few hundred atoms. It is the lightest one in the world and even imaginable.
Jul 16th, 2020
Read moreUltra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers open window into the nanoworld
Researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.
Jul 15th, 2020
Read moreNew technology prolongs blood circulation for virtually any nanomedicine, boosting therapeutic efficiency
Scientists have developed a breakthrough technology to resolve a key problem that has prevented the introduction of novel drugs into clinical practice for decades.
Jul 15th, 2020
Read moreHigher-order topology found in 2D crystal
The research team took a new approach by using the Josephson junctions to spatially resolve the supercurrent flow and to show that WTe2 does indeed appear to have hinge states and be a higher-order topological insulator.
Jul 15th, 2020
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