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NANOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CANADA, DIRECTORY LISTING PAGE3D-PRINTING NEWSNANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONSNANOTECHNOLOGY QUIZBIOTECHNOLOGY NEWS Applied Nanotools is a nanotechnology SME based in Edmonton, Canada that specializes in fabrication of membrane-based optical chips for X-ray and EUV applications. Our products include high-resolution Fresnel zone plates for X-ray focusing and several X-ray and EUV mask technologies that include nano-gratings and calibration standards.

NANOPLASMONICS

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Question 11: Graphene is more than 100 times stronger tan steel. is about as stiff as diamond. has the highest electron mobility of all electronic materials. All of the above. Question 12: Thanks to graphene's high surface area, how much of it would you need to cover a football (i.e. soccer) field? 5.5 grams. HOW TO IDENTIFY NANOMATERIALS IN FOOD Nanotechnology, specifically nanomaterial engineering, has begun to find applications in agriculture and the food industry. Some nanomaterials have unique physicochemical properties that can be exploited for beneficial effects on foods, leading to increased shelf life, enhanced flavor release, and increased absorption of nutrients and other bioactive components. CARBON-TRAPPING NANOPORE SPONGES CAN CUT GREENHOUSE GASES Posted: Dec 15, 2014: Carbon-trapping nanopore sponges can cut greenhouse gases (Nanowerk News) In the fight against global warming, carbon capture – chemically trapping carbon dioxide before it releases into the atmosphere – is gaining momentum, but standard methods are plagued by toxicity, corrosiveness and inefficiency.Using a bag of chemistry tricks, Cornell materials NANOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CANADA, DIRECTORY LISTING PAGE3D-PRINTING NEWSNANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONSNANOTECHNOLOGY QUIZBIOTECHNOLOGY NEWS Applied Nanotools is a nanotechnology SME based in Edmonton, Canada that specializes in fabrication of membrane-based optical chips for X-ray and EUV applications. Our products include high-resolution Fresnel zone plates for X-ray focusing and several X-ray and EUV mask technologies that include nano-gratings and calibration standards.

NANOPLASMONICS

GRAPHENE QUIZ

Question 11: Graphene is more than 100 times stronger tan steel. is about as stiff as diamond. has the highest electron mobility of all electronic materials. All of the above. Question 12: Thanks to graphene's high surface area, how much of it would you need to cover a football (i.e. soccer) field? 5.5 grams. HOW TO IDENTIFY NANOMATERIALS IN FOOD Nanotechnology, specifically nanomaterial engineering, has begun to find applications in agriculture and the food industry. Some nanomaterials have unique physicochemical properties that can be exploited for beneficial effects on foods, leading to increased shelf life, enhanced flavor release, and increased absorption of nutrients and other bioactive components. CARBON-TRAPPING NANOPORE SPONGES CAN CUT GREENHOUSE GASES Posted: Dec 15, 2014: Carbon-trapping nanopore sponges can cut greenhouse gases (Nanowerk News) In the fight against global warming, carbon capture – chemically trapping carbon dioxide before it releases into the atmosphere – is gaining momentum, but standard methods are plagued by toxicity, corrosiveness and inefficiency.Using a bag of chemistry tricks, Cornell materials NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERK Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. USING NANOPHOTONICS TO MONITOR CANCER 19 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Using nanophotonics to monitor cancer (Nanowerk News) Researchers at EPFL have developed a technology based on nanophotonics and data science to detect and monitor cancer biomarkers at an early stage.Their research is published in Nature Communications ("Imaging-based spectrometer-less optofluidic biosensors based on dielectric metasurfaces for detecting NANOTECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS Nanosensors, dramatically improved high-performance materials, or highly efficient propulsion systems are but a few examples. Nanotechnology in Cosmetics (click to read more) The applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be found in many cosmetic products including moisturisers, hair care products, make up and

sunscreen.

BLACK HOLES HELP WITH STAR BIRTH 19 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Black holes help with star birth (Nanowerk News) Research combining systematic observations with cosmological simulations has found that, surprisingly, black holes can help certain galaxies form new stars.On scales of galaxies, the role of supermassive black holes for star formation had previously been seen as destructive – active black holes can strip galaxies of the

gas

STAR'S DEATH WILL PLAY A MEAN PINBALL WITH RHYTHMIC PLANETS 1 day ago · Jun 11, 2021: Star's death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets (Nanowerk News) Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warwick that peers into its future.Astronomers have modelled how the change in gravitational forces in the NOVEL MATERIALS: SOUND WAVES TRAVELING BACKWARDS 1 day ago · Jun 10, 2021: Novel materials: Sound waves traveling backwards (Nanowerk News) Acoustic waves in gases, liquids, and solids usually travel at an almost constant speed of sound.So-called rotons are an exception: their speed of sound changes significantly with the wavelength, and it is also possible that the waves travel backwards. NEW FAMILY OF ATOMIC-THIN ELECTRIDE MATERIALS DISCOVERED 1 day ago · An exploratory investigation into the behavior of materials with desirable electric properties resulted in the discovery of a structural phase of two-dimensional (2D) materials. The new family of materials are electrides, wherein electrons occupy a space usually reserved for atoms or ions instead of orbiting the nucleus of

an atom or ion.

ASTRONOMERS SPOT A 'BLINKING GIANT' NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE 22 hours ago · Astronomers observed the star decreasing in brightness by a factor of 30, so that it nearly disappeared from the sky. While many stars change in brightness because they pulsate or are eclipsed by another star in a binary system, it's exceptionally rare for a star to become fainter over a period of several months and then

brighten again.

A STUDY SHOWS THE UNEXPECTED EFFECT OF BLACK HOLES BEYOND Jun 09, 2021: A study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxies (Nanowerk News) At the heart of almost every sufficiently massive galaxy there is a black hole whose gravitational field, although very intense, affects only a small region around the centre of the galaxy.Even though these objects are thousands of millions of times smaller than their host galaxies our NOVEL MAGNET DESIGN WITH MAGIC MIRROR-LIKE PROPERTIES 1 day ago · The Magic mirror-like magnet. The brightness of the transmitted light from the magnet changes depending on whether the material is viewed from the front or the back. (Image: Kouji Taniguchi) OIHP-type compounds, a type of material used to construct NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. SIMULATIONS COULD HELP MOLECULAR ENGINEERS ENHANCE Jun 11, 2021: Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterials (Nanowerk News) Scientific studies describing the most basic processes often have the greatest impact in the long run.A new work by Rice University engineers could be one such, and it’s a gas, gas, gas for nanomaterials. RESEARCHERS DEVELOP WORLD'S FIRST BLOOD TEST FOR REAL-TIME The technique, termed extracellular vesicle monitoring of small-molecule chemical occupancy and protein expression (ExoSCOPE), is the first of its kind in the world. It takes advantage of extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by cancer cells and circulating in blood as a reflective indicator of drug effectiveness in solid

tumors.

UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT The new test is based on magnetic nanoparticles that are coated with viral antigens. To conduct the test blood serum or blood is applied to the test surface. After roughly two minutes the nanoparticles are washed and treated with a developer reagent. If the blood sample displays antibodies to coronavirus, a color change occurs. CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS ACHIEVE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING Feb 04, 2021: Graphene quantum dots achieve high-resolution imaging (Nanowerk News) Carbon dots have been applied as new type of luminescent carbon nanomaterials in recent years.However, compared with the narrow-band luminescence of rare earth materials (5-15 nm) and quantum dot materials (15-30 nm), almost all carbon dots reported so far have an emission half-width PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. SIMULATIONS COULD HELP MOLECULAR ENGINEERS ENHANCE Jun 11, 2021: Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterials (Nanowerk News) Scientific studies describing the most basic processes often have the greatest impact in the long run.A new work by Rice University engineers could be one such, and it’s a gas, gas, gas for nanomaterials. RESEARCHERS DEVELOP WORLD'S FIRST BLOOD TEST FOR REAL-TIME The technique, termed extracellular vesicle monitoring of small-molecule chemical occupancy and protein expression (ExoSCOPE), is the first of its kind in the world. It takes advantage of extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by cancer cells and circulating in blood as a reflective indicator of drug effectiveness in solid

tumors.

UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT The new test is based on magnetic nanoparticles that are coated with viral antigens. To conduct the test blood serum or blood is applied to the test surface. After roughly two minutes the nanoparticles are washed and treated with a developer reagent. If the blood sample displays antibodies to coronavirus, a color change occurs. CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS ACHIEVE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING Feb 04, 2021: Graphene quantum dots achieve high-resolution imaging (Nanowerk News) Carbon dots have been applied as new type of luminescent carbon nanomaterials in recent years.However, compared with the narrow-band luminescence of rare earth materials (5-15 nm) and quantum dot materials (15-30 nm), almost all carbon dots reported so far have an emission half-width PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel SIMULATIONS COULD HELP MOLECULAR ENGINEERS ENHANCE Jun 11, 2021: Simulations could help molecular engineers enhance creation of semiconducting nanomaterials (Nanowerk News) Scientific studies describing the most basic processes often have the greatest impact in the long run.A new work by Rice University engineers could be one such, and it’s a gas, gas, gas for nanomaterials. NOVEL MATERIALS: SOUND WAVES TRAVELING BACKWARDS 1 day ago · Jun 10, 2021: Novel materials: Sound waves traveling backwards (Nanowerk News) Acoustic waves in gases, liquids, and solids usually travel at an almost constant speed of sound.So-called rotons are an exception: their speed of sound changes significantly with the wavelength, and it is also possible that the waves travel backwards. BLACK HOLES HELP WITH STAR BIRTH 2 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Black holes help with star birth (Nanowerk News) Research combining systematic observations with cosmological simulations has found that, surprisingly, black holes can help certain galaxies form new stars.On scales of galaxies, the role of supermassive black holes for star formation had previously been seen as destructive – active black holes can strip galaxies of the

gas

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A KEY CAUSE OF ENERGY LOSS IN 2 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Researchers discover a key cause of energy loss in spintronic materials (Nanowerk News) A study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers uncovered a property of magnetic materials that will allow engineers to develop more efficient spintronic devices in the future.Spintronics focuses on using the magnetic “spin” property of electrons instead of their

charge

USING NANOPHOTONICS TO MONITOR CANCER 2 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Using nanophotonics to monitor cancer (Nanowerk News) Researchers at EPFL have developed a technology based on nanophotonics and data science to detect and monitor cancer biomarkers at an early stage.Their research is published in Nature Communications ("Imaging-based spectrometer-less optofluidic biosensors based on dielectric metasurfaces for detecting TUNING THE ENERGY GAP: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR ORGANIC 1 day ago · Jun 10, 2021: Tuning the energy gap: A novel approach for organic semiconductors (Nanowerk News) What is already established for inorganic semiconductors stays a challenge for their organic counterparts: Tuning the energy gap by blending different semiconducting molecules to optimize device performance.Now, scientists from TU Dresden, in cooperation with researchers at TU

Munich,

STAR'S DEATH WILL PLAY A MEAN PINBALL WITH RHYTHMIC PLANETS 8 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Star's death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets (Nanowerk News) Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warwick that peers into its future.Astronomers have modelled how the change in gravitational forces in the NEW FAMILY OF ATOMIC-THIN ELECTRIDE MATERIALS DISCOVERED 11 hours ago · An exploratory investigation into the behavior of materials with desirable electric properties resulted in the discovery of a structural phase of two-dimensional (2D) materials. The new family of materials are electrides, wherein electrons occupy a space usually reserved for atoms or ions instead of orbiting the nucleus of

an atom or ion.

NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COSMETICS The second use is nanotechnology for delivery. Liposomes and niosomes are used in the cosmetic industry as delivery vehicles. Newer structures such as solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers have been found to be better performers than liposomes. In particular, nanostructured ASTRONOMERS SPOT A 'BLINKING GIANT' NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE 5 hours ago · Astronomers observed the star decreasing in brightness by a factor of 30, so that it nearly disappeared from the sky. While many stars change in brightness because they pulsate or are eclipsed by another star in a binary system, it's exceptionally rare for a star to become fainter over a period of several months and then brighten

again.

NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. ASTRONOMERS SPOT A 'BLINKING GIANT' NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE 34 minutes ago · Astronomers observed the star decreasing in brightness by a factor of 30, so that it nearly disappeared from the sky. While many stars change in brightness because they pulsate or are eclipsed by another star in a binary system, it's exceptionally rare for a star to become fainter over a period of several months and then

brighten again.

RESEARCHERS DEVELOP WORLD'S FIRST BLOOD TEST FOR REAL-TIME The technique, termed extracellular vesicle monitoring of small-molecule chemical occupancy and protein expression (ExoSCOPE), is the first of its kind in the world. It takes advantage of extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by cancer cells and circulating in blood as a reflective indicator of drug effectiveness in solid

tumors.

UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT The new test is based on magnetic nanoparticles that are coated with viral antigens. To conduct the test blood serum or blood is applied to the test surface. After roughly two minutes the nanoparticles are washed and treated with a developer reagent. If the blood sample displays antibodies to coronavirus, a color change occurs. CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS ACHIEVE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING Feb 04, 2021: Graphene quantum dots achieve high-resolution imaging (Nanowerk News) Carbon dots have been applied as new type of luminescent carbon nanomaterials in recent years.However, compared with the narrow-band luminescence of rare earth materials (5-15 nm) and quantum dot materials (15-30 nm), almost all carbon dots reported so far have an emission half-width PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. ASTRONOMERS SPOT A 'BLINKING GIANT' NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE 34 minutes ago · Astronomers observed the star decreasing in brightness by a factor of 30, so that it nearly disappeared from the sky. While many stars change in brightness because they pulsate or are eclipsed by another star in a binary system, it's exceptionally rare for a star to become fainter over a period of several months and then

brighten again.

tumors.

UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT The new test is based on magnetic nanoparticles that are coated with viral antigens. To conduct the test blood serum or blood is applied to the test surface. After roughly two minutes the nanoparticles are washed and treated with a developer reagent. If the blood sample displays antibodies to coronavirus, a color change occurs. CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS ACHIEVE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING Feb 04, 2021: Graphene quantum dots achieve high-resolution imaging (Nanowerk News) Carbon dots have been applied as new type of luminescent carbon nanomaterials in recent years.However, compared with the narrow-band luminescence of rare earth materials (5-15 nm) and quantum dot materials (15-30 nm), almost all carbon dots reported so far have an emission half-width PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel DIAMOND HELPS DISCOVER MICROSCOPIC METALLIC PARTICLES IN 22 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Diamond helps discover microscopic metallic particles in the brain (Nanowerk News) A UK-led international team of researchers has discovered elemental metallic copper and iron in the human brain for the first time.The team, comprised of scientists from Keele University and the University of Warwick in collaboration with the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), used

the

ASTRONOMERS SPOT A 'BLINKING GIANT' NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE 34 minutes ago · Jun 11, 2021: Astronomers spot a 'blinking giant' near the centre of the Galaxy (Nanowerk News) An international team of astronomers observed the star, VVV-WIT-08, decreasing in brightness by a factor of 30, so that it nearly disappeared from the sky.While many stars change in brightness because they pulsate or are eclipsed by another star in a binary system, it’s exceptionally CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS SHOW PROMISING RESULTS AGAINST 23 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Carbon-based nanomaterials show promising results against SARS-CoV-2 and 12 other viruses (Nanowerk News) Professor Ángel Serrano, principal investigator at the Biomaterials and Bioengineering Laboratory of the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV), recently published an article in journal ACS Nano ("Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Promising Antiviral Agents to Combat

COVID-19

TUNING THE ENERGY GAP: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR ORGANIC 21 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Tuning the energy gap: A novel approach for organic semiconductors (Nanowerk News) What is already established for inorganic semiconductors stays a challenge for their organic counterparts: Tuning the energy gap by blending different semiconducting molecules to optimize device performance.Now, scientists from TU Dresden, in cooperation with researchers at TU

Munich,

IN A NANO-OPTICS BREAKTHROUGH, RESEARCHERS OBSERVE SOUND 16 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: In a nano-optics breakthrough, researchers observe sound-light pulses in 2D materials (w/video) (Nanowerk News) Using an ultrafast transmission electron microscope, researchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have, for the first time, recorded the propagation of combined sound and light waves in atomically thin materials. NOVEL MATERIALS: SOUND WAVES TRAVELING BACKWARDS 1 day ago · Jun 10, 2021: Novel materials: Sound waves traveling backwards (Nanowerk News) Acoustic waves in gases, liquids, and solids usually travel at an almost constant speed of sound.So-called rotons are an exception: their speed of sound changes significantly with the wavelength, and it is also possible that the waves travel backwards. STAR'S DEATH WILL PLAY A MEAN PINBALL WITH RHYTHMIC PLANETS 2 hours ago · Jun 11, 2021: Star's death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets (Nanowerk News) Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warwick that peers into its future.Astronomers have modelled how the change in gravitational forces in the NEW FAMILY OF ATOMIC-THIN ELECTRIDE MATERIALS DISCOVERED 6 hours ago · An exploratory investigation into the behavior of materials with desirable electric properties resulted in the discovery of a structural phase of two-dimensional (2D) materials. The new family of materials are electrides, wherein electrons occupy a space usually reserved for atoms or ions instead of orbiting the nucleus of

an atom or ion.

CLEARER AND REFOCUSED SEM IMAGES 23 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Clearer and refocused SEM images (Nanowerk News) With the onset of the 4th industrial revolution, artificial intelligence has recently been utilized in smartphone cameras, providing functions such as auto-focusing, face recognition, and 100x zoom, to dramatically improve our daily life.It has also been applied to research and development of new materials.

CARBON NANOTUBES

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrical molecules that consist of rolled-up sheets of single-layer carbon atoms (graphene). They can be single-walled (SWCNT) with a diameter of less than 1 nanometer (nm) or multi-walled (MWCNT), consisting of several concentrically interlinked nanotubes, with diameters reaching more than 100 nm. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COSMETICS The second use is nanotechnology for delivery. Liposomes and niosomes are used in the cosmetic industry as delivery vehicles. Newer structures such as solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers have been found to be better performers than liposomes. In particular, nanostructured NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT Feb 09, 2021: New rapid test uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect coronavirus antibodies (Nanowerk News) An international research team involving the universities of Paraná (Brazil) and Tübingen (Germany) has developed a rapid test that can reliably identify Covid-19 antibodies in the blood within minutes.As the researchers report in the journal ACS Sensors ("Magnetic Bead-Based

3D GRAPHENE

3D Graphene. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms organized in a hexagonal lattice. When graphene sheets are neatly stacked on top of each other and formed into a three-dimensional shape, it becomes graphite, commonly known as the “lead” in pencils. Because graphite is simply packed-together graphene, it has fairly poor

mechanical

CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape A SWEET SOLUTION TO HARD BRAIN IMPLANTS (W/VIDEO) A sweet solution to hard brain implants (w/video) ( Nanowerk News) Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COSMETICS The second use is nanotechnology for delivery. Liposomes and niosomes are used in the cosmetic industry as delivery vehicles. Newer structures such as solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers have been found to be better performers than liposomes. In particular, nanostructured NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT Feb 09, 2021: New rapid test uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect coronavirus antibodies (Nanowerk News) An international research team involving the universities of Paraná (Brazil) and Tübingen (Germany) has developed a rapid test that can reliably identify Covid-19 antibodies in the blood within minutes.As the researchers report in the journal ACS Sensors ("Magnetic Bead-Based

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mechanical

CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape A SWEET SOLUTION TO HARD BRAIN IMPLANTS (W/VIDEO) A sweet solution to hard brain implants (w/video) ( Nanowerk News) Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel NOVEL MATERIALS: SOUND WAVES TRAVELING BACKWARDS 15 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Novel materials: Sound Waves Traveling Backwards (Nanowerk News) Acoustic waves in gases, liquids, and solids usually travel at an almost constant speed of sound.So-called rotons are an exception: their speed of sound changes significantly with the wavelength, and it is also possible that the waves travel backwards. NEW TAILORED 2D-MATERIALS BY SELF ORGANIZATION AND 1 day ago · Jun 09, 2021: New tailored 2D-materials by self organization and photopolymerisation (Nanowerk News) An international research team led by members from the Technical University of Munich, the Deutsches Museum, the Linköping University has developed a method to manufacture two-dimensional polymers with the thickness of a single molecule.The polymers are formed on a surface NEW LIGHT ON MAKING TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS 1 day ago · Jun 09, 2021: New light on making two-dimensional polymers (Nanowerk News) An international research team with members from Linköping University, the Technical University of Munich and the Deutsches Museum among others, has developed a method to manufacture two-dimensional polymers with the thickness of a single molecule.The polymers are formed on a surface by the action NANOTECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS Nanosensors, dramatically improved high-performance materials, or highly efficient propulsion systems are but a few examples. Nanotechnology in Cosmetics (click to read more) The applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be found in many cosmetic products including moisturisers, hair care products, make up and

sunscreen.

RESEARCHERS CREATE QUANTUM MICROSCOPE THAT CAN SEE THE 1 day ago · Jun 09, 2021: Researchers create quantum microscope that can see the impossible (Nanowerk News) In a major scientific leap, University of Queensland researchers have created a quantum microscope that can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see (Nature, "Quantum-enhanced nonlinear microscopy").This paves the way for applications in NEW TWIST ON DNA DATA STORAGE LETS USERS PREVIEW STORED FILES 16 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: New twist on DNA data storage lets users preview stored files (Nanowerk News) Researchers from North Carolina State University have turned a longstanding challenge in DNA data storage into a tool, using it to offer users previews of stored data files - such as thumbnail versions of image files.DNA data storage is an attractive technology because it has the potential to

store a

NANOFABRICATION AND NANOMANUFACTURING The terms nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing are often used interchangeably for making one-, two-, or three-dimensional nanostructures in various contexts (medical, photonics, electronics, energy, etc.), with a relatively high degree of functionality and structural complexity and hierarchy. These terms cover a host of different materials, devices, products, and processes and are simply

too

NEW STUDY PRESENTS TIP-INDUCED NANO-ENGINEERING OF STRAIN 1 day ago · Jun 09, 2021: New study presents tip-induced nano-engineering of strain, bandgap, and exciton funneling in 2D semiconductors (Nanowerk News) A research team, led by Professor Kyoung-Duck Park in the Department of Physics at UNIST has succeeded in investigating and controlling the physical properties of naturally-formed nanoscale wrinkles in two-dimensional (2D)

semiconductors.

TARGETING CANCER CELLS OVER HEALTHY CELLS WITH 17 hours ago · By using rod-shaped nanoparticles, in combination with inhibitors to other uptake pathways, researchers achieved targeting the cancer cells over the healthy cells. The possible benefits from this novel technique are twofold: Restricting healthy cells from taking anticancer drugs to help reduce the side effects of drugs for patients; and helping overcome chemoresistance (the uptake

of

NOVEL COMPOUND REVEALS FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SMALLEST 1 day ago · Chemical rings of carbon and hydrogen atoms curve to form relatively stable structures capable of conducting electricity and more - but how do these curved systems change when new components are introduced? Researchers found that, with just a few sub-atomic additions, the properties can pivot to vary system states and behaviors, as demonstrated through a new synthesized chemical NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanophotonics and nanofabrication combine to achieve 3D color prints. With a new approach, that brings us closer to the commercial application of 3D color holograms, scientists have developed the concept of a virtual 3D color object consisting of colorful focal spots at discrete heights in the out-of-plane dimension above the surface of a print - something they dubbed 'optical fireworks'. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT Feb 09, 2021: New rapid test uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect coronavirus antibodies (Nanowerk News) An international research team involving the universities of Paraná (Brazil) and Tübingen (Germany) has developed a rapid test that can reliably identify Covid-19 antibodies in the blood within minutes.As the researchers report in the journal ACS Sensors ("Magnetic Bead-Based NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COSMETICS The second use is nanotechnology for delivery. Liposomes and niosomes are used in the cosmetic industry as delivery vehicles. Newer structures such as solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers have been found to be better performers than liposomes. In particular, nanostructured CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS May 21, 2021: Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls (Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter.Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral

states.

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Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms organized in a hexagonal lattice. When graphene sheets are neatly stacked on top of each other and formed into a three-dimensional shape, it becomes graphite, commonly known as the “lead” in pencils. Because graphite is simply packed-together graphene PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. A SWEET SOLUTION TO HARD BRAIN IMPLANTS (W/VIDEO) May 04, 2021: A sweet solution to hard brain implants (w/video) (Nanowerk News) Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research.Implants can be used to monitor brain activity or stimulate parts of the brain using electrical pulses. HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanophotonics and nanofabrication combine to achieve 3D color prints. With a new approach, that brings us closer to the commercial application of 3D color holograms, scientists have developed the concept of a virtual 3D color object consisting of colorful focal spots at discrete heights in the out-of-plane dimension above the surface of a print - something they dubbed 'optical fireworks'. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT Feb 09, 2021: New rapid test uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect coronavirus antibodies (Nanowerk News) An international research team involving the universities of Paraná (Brazil) and Tübingen (Germany) has developed a rapid test that can reliably identify Covid-19 antibodies in the blood within minutes.As the researchers report in the journal ACS Sensors ("Magnetic Bead-Based NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COSMETICS The second use is nanotechnology for delivery. Liposomes and niosomes are used in the cosmetic industry as delivery vehicles. Newer structures such as solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers have been found to be better performers than liposomes. In particular, nanostructured CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS May 21, 2021: Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls (Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter.Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral

states.

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TUNING THE ENERGY GAP: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR ORGANIC 2 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Tuning the energy gap: A novel approach for organic semiconductors (Nanowerk News) What is already established for inorganic semiconductors stays a challenge for their organic counterparts: Tuning the energy gap by blending different semiconducting molecules to optimize device performance.Now, scientists from TU Dresden, in cooperation with researchers at TU

Munich,

CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS SHOW PROMISING RESULTS AGAINST 4 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Carbon-based nanomaterials show promising results against SARS-CoV-2 and 12 other viruses (Nanowerk News) Professor Ángel Serrano, principal investigator at the Biomaterials and Bioengineering Laboratory of the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV), recently published an article in journal ACS Nano ("Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Promising Antiviral Agents to Combat

COVID-19

NOVEL MATERIALS: SOUND WAVES TRAVELING BACKWARDS 6 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Novel materials: Sound Waves Traveling Backwards (Nanowerk News) Acoustic waves in gases, liquids, and solids usually travel at an almost constant speed of sound.So-called rotons are an exception: their speed of sound changes significantly with the wavelength, and it is also possible that the waves travel backwards. NEW LIGHT ON MAKING TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS 1 day ago · Jun 09, 2021: New light on making two-dimensional polymers (Nanowerk News) An international research team with members from Linköping University, the Technical University of Munich and the Deutsches Museum among others, has developed a method to manufacture two-dimensional polymers with the thickness of a single molecule.The polymers are formed on a surface by the action CLEARER AND REFOCUSED SEM IMAGES 4 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Clearer and refocused SEM images (Nanowerk News) With the onset of the 4th industrial revolution, artificial intelligence has recently been utilized in smartphone cameras, providing functions such as auto-focusing, face recognition, and 100x zoom, to dramatically improve our daily life.It has also been applied to research and development of new materials. LIQUID WATER ON EXOMOONS OF FREE-FLOATING PLANETS 2 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Liquid water on exomoons of free-floating planets (Nanowerk News) The moons of planets that have no parent star can possess an atmosphere and retain liquid water.Astrophysicists at LMU have calculated that such systems could harbor sufficient water to make life possible – and sustain it (International Journal of Astrobiology, "Presence of water on exomoons TARGETING CANCER CELLS OVER HEALTHY CELLS WITH 8 hours ago · By using rod-shaped nanoparticles, in combination with inhibitors to other uptake pathways, researchers achieved targeting the cancer cells over the healthy cells. The possible benefits from this novel technique are twofold: Restricting healthy cells from taking anticancer drugs to help reduce the side effects of drugs for patients; and helping overcome chemoresistance (the uptake of NANOFABRICATION AND NANOMANUFACTURING The terms nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing are often used interchangeably for making one-, two-, or three-dimensional nanostructures in various contexts (medical, photonics, electronics, energy, etc.), with a relatively high degree of functionality and structural complexity and hierarchy. These terms cover a host of different materials, devices, products, and processes and are simply

too

CAMERAS AND TELESCOPES AS THIN AS A SHEET OF PAPER? 3 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: Cameras and telescopes as thin as a sheet of paper? (Nanowerk News) Can you imagine one day using a telescope as thin as a sheet of paper, or a much smaller and lighter high-performance camera?Or no longer having that camera bump behind your smartphone? In a paper published in Nature Communications ("An optic to replace space and its application towards ultra-thin NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM AIR Jun 06, 2021: Underground storage of carbon captured directly from air - green and economical (Nanowerk News) The global threat of ongoing climate change has one principal cause: carbon that was buried underground in the form of fossil fuels is being removed and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2).One promising approach to addressing this problem NANOTECHNOLOGY IN COSMETICS The second use is nanotechnology for delivery. Liposomes and niosomes are used in the cosmetic industry as delivery vehicles. Newer structures such as solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers have been found to be better performers than liposomes. In particular, nanostructured NEW RAPID TEST USES MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES TO DETECT Feb 09, 2021: New rapid test uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect coronavirus antibodies (Nanowerk News) An international research team involving the universities of Paraná (Brazil) and Tübingen (Germany) has developed a rapid test that can reliably identify Covid-19 antibodies in the blood within minutes.As the researchers report in the journal ACS Sensors ("Magnetic Bead-Based

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mechanical

CHIRALITY MEMORY EFFECT OF FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS Chirality memory effect of ferromagnetic domain walls. ( Nanowerk News) Chirality is the lack of symmetry in matter. Human hands, for example, express chirality. A mirror image of your right hand differs from your left, giving it two distinguishable chiral states. Chirality is an important issue in a myriad of scientific fields, ranging from PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. HOW TO CHARACTERIZE NANOPARTICLES Nanoparticle characterization is a broad and complex discipline. Even today, researchers are still challenged by the task of determining the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and exploring their structure-function relationships. A recent review article provides a set of guidelines to investigate and characterize the key parameters defining a nanoparticle sample, namely size, shape A SWEET SOLUTION TO HARD BRAIN IMPLANTS (W/VIDEO) A sweet solution to hard brain implants (w/video) ( Nanowerk News) Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity PUFFERFISH INSPIRES SOLAR-DRIVEN WATER PURIFICATION Although solar-driven water evaporation using sunlight is a promising sustainable strategy, the water production rate via solar technologies remains insufficient to meet practical demands. Addressing this issue, researchers have developed a solar absorber gel to purify water from contaminated sources using only natural sunlight. The hydrogel can force liquid water out of the gel NOVEL MATERIALS: SOUND WAVES TRAVELING BACKWARDS Jun 10, 2021: Novel materials: Sound Waves Traveling Backwards (Nanowerk News) Acoustic waves in gases, liquids, and solids usually travel at an almost constant speed of sound.So-called rotons are an exception: their speed of sound changes significantly with the wavelength, and it is also possible that the waves travel backwards. NEW TAILORED 2D-MATERIALS BY SELF ORGANIZATION AND 19 hours ago · Jun 09, 2021: New tailored 2D-materials by self organization and photopolymerisation (Nanowerk News) An international research team led by members from the Technical University of Munich, the Deutsches Museum, the Linköping University has developed a method to manufacture two-dimensional polymers with the thickness of a single molecule.The polymers are formed on a surface NEW LIGHT ON MAKING TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS 1 day ago · Jun 09, 2021: New light on making two-dimensional polymers (Nanowerk News) An international research team with members from Linköping University, the Technical University of Munich and the Deutsches Museum among others, has developed a method to manufacture two-dimensional polymers with the thickness of a single molecule.The polymers are formed on a surface by the action NANOTECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS Nanosensors, dramatically improved high-performance materials, or highly efficient propulsion systems are but a few examples. Nanotechnology in Cosmetics (click to read more) The applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be found in many cosmetic products including moisturisers, hair care products, make up and

sunscreen.

RESEARCHERS CREATE QUANTUM MICROSCOPE THAT CAN SEE THE 19 hours ago · Jun 09, 2021: Researchers create quantum microscope that can see the impossible (Nanowerk News) In a major scientific leap, University of Queensland researchers have created a quantum microscope that can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see (Nature, "Quantum-enhanced nonlinear microscopy").This paves the way for applications in NEW TWIST ON DNA DATA STORAGE LETS USERS PREVIEW STORED FILES 2 hours ago · Jun 10, 2021: New twist on DNA data storage lets users preview stored files (Nanowerk News) Researchers from North Carolina State University have turned a longstanding challenge in DNA data storage into a tool, using it to offer users previews of stored data files - such as thumbnail versions of image files.DNA data storage is an attractive technology because it has the potential to store a NANOFABRICATION AND NANOMANUFACTURING The terms nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing are often used interchangeably for making one-, two-, or three-dimensional nanostructures in various contexts (medical, photonics, electronics, energy, etc.), with a relatively high degree of functionality and structural complexity and hierarchy. These terms cover a host of different materials, devices, products, and processes and are simply

too

NEW STUDY PRESENTS TIP-INDUCED NANO-ENGINEERING OF STRAIN 20 hours ago · Jun 09, 2021: New study presents tip-induced nano-engineering of strain, bandgap, and exciton funneling in 2D semiconductors (Nanowerk News) A research team, led by Professor Kyoung-Duck Park in the Department of Physics at UNIST has succeeded in investigating and controlling the physical properties of naturally-formed nanoscale wrinkles in two-dimensional (2D)

semiconductors.

TARGETING CANCER CELLS OVER HEALTHY CELLS WITH 4 hours ago · By using rod-shaped nanoparticles, in combination with inhibitors to other uptake pathways, researchers achieved targeting the cancer cells over the healthy cells. The possible benefits from this novel technique are twofold: Restricting healthy cells from taking anticancer drugs to help reduce the side effects of drugs for patients; and helping overcome chemoresistance (the uptake of NOVEL COMPOUND REVEALS FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SMALLEST 1 day ago · Chemical rings of carbon and hydrogen atoms curve to form relatively stable structures capable of conducting electricity and more - but how do these curved systems change when new components are introduced? Researchers found that, with just a few sub-atomic additions, the properties can pivot to vary system states and behaviors, as demonstrated through a new synthesized chemical NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCESNANO TECHNOLOGIES COMPANIES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. CARBON NANOTUBE MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS Carbon Nanotube Manufacturers and Suppliers. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) come in a variety of diameters, lengths, and functional group content. CNTs today are available for industrial applications in bulk quantities of metric ton quantities. Several CNT manufacturers have >100 ton per year production capacity for multi walled nanotubes.

NANOPLASMONICS

Nanoplasmonics research focuses on the optical phenomena in the nanoscale vicinity of metal surfaces. In nanoplasmonics, researchers focus nanoscale light below the diffraction limit (which typically is half the width of the wavelength of light being used to view the specimen) by converting free photons into localized charge-density oscillations – so-called surface plasmons – on noble NANOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CANADA, DIRECTORY LISTING PAGE Applied Nanotools is a nanotechnology SME based in Edmonton, Canada that specializes in fabrication of membrane-based optical chips for X-ray and EUV applications. Our products include high-resolution Fresnel zone plates for X-ray focusing and several X-ray and EUV mask technologies that include nano-gratings and calibration standards. PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. SOLAR CELLS, PHONE DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING COULD BE Jun 03, 2020: Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method (Nanowerk News) Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative method of nanocrystal assembly pioneered by Australian scientists. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN FOOD Researchers have begun to address the potential applications of nanotechnology for functional foods and nutraceuticals by applying the new concepts and engineering approaches involved in nanomaterials to target the delivery of bioactive compounds and micronutrients. Nanomaterials allow better encapsulation and release efficiency of the active food ingredients compared to traditional NANOTECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN HIV AIDS TREATMENT Numerous nanotechnology and nanomedicine research efforts deal with diagnosing and fighting the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. They can enhance current treatment as well as advance new therapeutic strategies, such as gene therapy and immunotherapy. Moreover, some nanomaterials have therapeutic effects by themselves. QUANTUM-DOT TATTOOS HOLD VACCINATION RECORD Dec 18, 2019: Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record (Nanowerk News) Keeping track of a child’s shots could be so much easier with technology invented by a new Rice University professor and his colleagues.Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice since this summer, and a team at his previous institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, report in a cover HOW SAFE IS GRAPHENE? Feb 07, 2019: How safe is graphene? (Nanowerk News) Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known materials.This makes it extremely interesting for countless possible applications. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCESNANO TECHNOLOGIES COMPANIES Nanotechnology is a promising technological advancement that can revolutionize agriculture and food production systems, but the technology must be thoroughly researched before being implemented. Nanobiosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanopesticides have the potential to significantly change the agricultural world. CARBON NANOTUBE MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS Carbon Nanotube Manufacturers and Suppliers. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) come in a variety of diameters, lengths, and functional group content. CNTs today are available for industrial applications in bulk quantities of metric ton quantities. Several CNT manufacturers have >100 ton per year production capacity for multi walled nanotubes.

NANOPLASMONICS

Nanoplasmonics research focuses on the optical phenomena in the nanoscale vicinity of metal surfaces. In nanoplasmonics, researchers focus nanoscale light below the diffraction limit (which typically is half the width of the wavelength of light being used to view the specimen) by converting free photons into localized charge-density oscillations – so-called surface plasmons – on noble NANOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CANADA, DIRECTORY LISTING PAGE Applied Nanotools is a nanotechnology SME based in Edmonton, Canada that specializes in fabrication of membrane-based optical chips for X-ray and EUV applications. Our products include high-resolution Fresnel zone plates for X-ray focusing and several X-ray and EUV mask technologies that include nano-gratings and calibration standards. PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. SOLAR CELLS, PHONE DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING COULD BE Jun 03, 2020: Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method (Nanowerk News) Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative method of nanocrystal assembly pioneered by Australian scientists. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN FOOD Researchers have begun to address the potential applications of nanotechnology for functional foods and nutraceuticals by applying the new concepts and engineering approaches involved in nanomaterials to target the delivery of bioactive compounds and micronutrients. Nanomaterials allow better encapsulation and release efficiency of the active food ingredients compared to traditional NANOTECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN HIV AIDS TREATMENT Numerous nanotechnology and nanomedicine research efforts deal with diagnosing and fighting the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. They can enhance current treatment as well as advance new therapeutic strategies, such as gene therapy and immunotherapy. Moreover, some nanomaterials have therapeutic effects by themselves. QUANTUM-DOT TATTOOS HOLD VACCINATION RECORD Dec 18, 2019: Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record (Nanowerk News) Keeping track of a child’s shots could be so much easier with technology invented by a new Rice University professor and his colleagues.Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice since this summer, and a team at his previous institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, report in a cover HOW SAFE IS GRAPHENE? Feb 07, 2019: How safe is graphene? (Nanowerk News) Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known materials.This makes it extremely interesting for countless possible applications. DISCOVERY OF A DYING SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE VIA A 3000 6 hours ago · Jun 08, 2021: Discovery of a dying supermassive black hole via a 3000-year-long light echo (Nanowerk News) Supermassive black holes (SMBH) occupy the center of galaxies, with masses ranging from one million to 10 billion solar masses.Some SMBHs are in NANOTECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS Nanosensors, dramatically improved high-performance materials, or highly efficient propulsion systems are but a few examples. Nanotechnology in Cosmetics (click to read more) The applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be found in many cosmetic products including moisturisers, hair care products, make up and

sunscreen.

SUPER PRODUCTIVE 3D BIOPRINTER COULD HELP SPEED UP DRUG 5 hours ago · Jun 08, 2021: Super productive 3D bioprinter could help speed up drug development (Nanowerk News) A 3D printer that rapidly produces large batches of custom biological tissues could help make drug development faster and less costly.Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed the high-throughput bioprinting technology, which 3D prints with record speed—it can ABSORBENT AEROGELS SHOW SOME MUSCLE 21 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Absorbent aerogels show some muscle (Nanowerk News) A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels that can take a beating.Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), crystal structures with strong molecular bonds, can form a porous aerogel for use as a custom membrane in batteries or other devices or as an absorbent to ATOM SWAPPING COULD LEAD TO ULTRA-BRIGHT, FLEXIBLE NEXT 17 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Atom swapping could lead to ultra-bright, flexible next generation LEDs (Nanowerk News) An international group of researchers has developed a new technique that could be used to make more efficient low-cost light-emitting materials that are flexible and can be printed using ink-jet techniques.The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Technical

University of

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WHAT ARE NANOBOTS? EXPLAINING NANOROBOTICS AND NANOROBOTS Nanorobotics involves the design, manufacturing, programming, and control of nanoscale robots. Not to be confused with fictional nanorobots, for medical nanotechnology researchers a nanorobot, or nanobot, is a popular term for molecules with a unique property that enables them to be programmed to carry out a SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY A RARE MAGNETIC PROPELLER IN A BINARY 17 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Scientists identify a rare magnetic propeller in a binary star system (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have identified the first eclipsing magnetic propeller in a cataclysmic variable star system, according to research forthcoming in the Astrophysical Journal ("Confirmation of a Second Propeller: A High-Inclination Twin of AE Aquarii"). NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCESNANO TECHNOLOGIES COMPANIES Nanotechnology Spotlights Nanophotonics and nanofabrication combine to achieve 3D color prints. With a new approach, that brings us closer to the commercial application of 3D color holograms, scientists have developed the concept of a virtual 3D color object consisting of colorful focal spots at discrete heights in the out-of-plane dimension above the surface of a print - something they

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Nanoplasmonics research focuses on the optical phenomena in the nanoscale vicinity of metal surfaces. In nanoplasmonics, researchers focus nanoscale light below the diffraction limit (which typically is half the width of the wavelength of light being used to view the specimen) by converting free photons into localized charge-density oscillations – so-called surface plasmons – on noble PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. COATING PLASTICS WITH POROUS MOF NANOFILMS Coating plastics with porous MOF nanofilms. ( Nanowerk News) Like sponges, porous materials contain pores. The pore size affects the property of the material. For example, small pores create more absorbent surface areas. Silica gel, which is often used in food packaging to soak up moisture, is one typical example. SOLAR CELLS, PHONE DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING COULD BE Jun 03, 2020: Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method (Nanowerk News) Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative method of nanocrystal assembly pioneered by Australian scientists. NANOTECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN HIV AIDS TREATMENT Numerous nanotechnology and nanomedicine research efforts deal with diagnosing and fighting the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. They can enhance current treatment as well as advance new therapeutic strategies, such as gene therapy and immunotherapy. Moreover, some nanomaterials have therapeutic effects by themselves. THERMOELECTRIC NANOMATERIAL TURNS WASTE HEAT BACK INTO Jun 27, 2019: Thermoelectric nanomaterial turns waste heat back into electricity (Nanowerk News) Some of the vast amount of wasted energy that machines and devices emit as heat could be recaptured using an inexpensive nanomaterial developed at KAUST.This thermoelectric nanomaterial could capture the heat lost by devices, ranging from mobile phones to vehicle engines, and turn it QUANTUM-DOT TATTOOS HOLD VACCINATION RECORD Dec 18, 2019: Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record (Nanowerk News) Keeping track of a child’s shots could be so much easier with technology invented by a new Rice University professor and his colleagues.Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice since this summer, and a team at his previous institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, report in a cover HOW SAFE IS GRAPHENE? Feb 07, 2019: How safe is graphene? (Nanowerk News) Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known materials.This makes it extremely interesting for countless possible applications. BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES Mar 05, 2014: Bimetallic nanoparticles - Two metals are better than one (Nanowerk News) Since the dawn of the Bronze Age, people have appreciated the advantages of using alloys rather than single metals to make better materials.Recently, scientists have discovered a recipe for making tiny two-metal structures that could similarly expand the forefront of materials science. ABSORBENT AEROGELS SHOW SOME MUSCLE 12 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Absorbent aerogels show some muscle (Nanowerk News) A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels that can take a beating.Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), crystal structures with strong molecular bonds, can form a porous aerogel for use as a custom membrane in batteries or other devices or as an absorbent to ATOM SWAPPING COULD LEAD TO ULTRA-BRIGHT, FLEXIBLE NEXT 9 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Atom swapping could lead to ultra-bright, flexible next generation LEDs (Nanowerk News) An international group of researchers has developed a new technique that could be used to make more efficient low-cost light-emitting materials that are flexible and can be printed using ink-jet techniques.The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Technical

University of

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sunscreen.

INTEGRATED ELECTRODES FOR HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY FLEXIBLE 15 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Integrated electrodes for high-energy-density flexible supercapacitors (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid Materials of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) synthesized 3D porous honeycomb-like CoN-Ni 3 N/N-C nanosheets and vanadium nitride (VN) nanobelt arrays via in-situ growth method,

respectively, and

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NANOPLASMONICS

Nanoplasmonics research focuses on the optical phenomena in the nanoscale vicinity of metal surfaces. In nanoplasmonics, researchers focus nanoscale light below the diffraction limit (which typically is half the width of the wavelength of light being used to view the specimen) by converting free photons into localized charge-density oscillations – so-called surface plasmons – on noble PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. COATING PLASTICS WITH POROUS MOF NANOFILMS Nov 09, 2020: Coating plastics with porous MOF nanofilms (Nanowerk News) Like sponges, porous materials contain pores.The pore size affects the property of the material. For example, small pores create more absorbent surface areas. NANOTECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN HIV AIDS TREATMENT Numerous nanotechnology and nanomedicine research efforts deal with diagnosing and fighting the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. They can enhance current treatment as well as advance new therapeutic strategies, such as gene therapy and immunotherapy. Moreover, some nanomaterials have therapeutic effects by themselves. SOLAR CELLS, PHONE DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING COULD BE Jun 03, 2020: Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method (Nanowerk News) Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative method of nanocrystal assembly pioneered by Australian scientists. THERMOELECTRIC NANOMATERIAL TURNS WASTE HEAT BACK INTO Jun 27, 2019: Thermoelectric nanomaterial turns waste heat back into electricity (Nanowerk News) Some of the vast amount of wasted energy that machines and devices emit as heat could be recaptured using an inexpensive nanomaterial developed at KAUST.This thermoelectric nanomaterial could capture the heat lost by devices, ranging from mobile phones to vehicle engines, and turn it QUANTUM-DOT TATTOOS HOLD VACCINATION RECORD Dec 18, 2019: Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record (Nanowerk News) Keeping track of a child’s shots could be so much easier with technology invented by a new Rice University professor and his colleagues.Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice since this summer, and a team at his previous institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, report in a cover HOW SAFE IS GRAPHENE? Feb 07, 2019: How safe is graphene? (Nanowerk News) Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known materials.This makes it extremely interesting for countless possible applications. BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES Mar 05, 2014: Bimetallic nanoparticles - Two metals are better than one (Nanowerk News) Since the dawn of the Bronze Age, people have appreciated the advantages of using alloys rather than single metals to make better materials.Recently, scientists have discovered a recipe for making tiny two-metal structures that could similarly expand the forefront of materials science. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES NEWS FROM NANOWERKNEWSSOCIALDATABASESNANO CATALOGNANO JOBSRESOURCESNANO TECHNOLOGIES COMPANIES Nanotechnology Spotlights Nanophotonics and nanofabrication combine to achieve 3D color prints. With a new approach, that brings us closer to the commercial application of 3D color holograms, scientists have developed the concept of a virtual 3D color object consisting of colorful focal spots at discrete heights in the out-of-plane dimension above the surface of a print - something they

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Nanoplasmonics research focuses on the optical phenomena in the nanoscale vicinity of metal surfaces. In nanoplasmonics, researchers focus nanoscale light below the diffraction limit (which typically is half the width of the wavelength of light being used to view the specimen) by converting free photons into localized charge-density oscillations – so-called surface plasmons – on noble PRODUCING IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR 150,000 COVID-19 Apr 08, 2020: Producing iron oxide nanoparticles for 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week (Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus outbreak.But it turns out these particles, when coated with silica, have a strong affinity for RNA, the genetic material inside the virus that causes COVID-19. COATING PLASTICS WITH POROUS MOF NANOFILMS Nov 09, 2020: Coating plastics with porous MOF nanofilms (Nanowerk News) Like sponges, porous materials contain pores.The pore size affects the property of the material. For example, small pores create more absorbent surface areas. NANOTECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN HIV AIDS TREATMENT Numerous nanotechnology and nanomedicine research efforts deal with diagnosing and fighting the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. They can enhance current treatment as well as advance new therapeutic strategies, such as gene therapy and immunotherapy. Moreover, some nanomaterials have therapeutic effects by themselves. SOLAR CELLS, PHONE DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING COULD BE Jun 03, 2020: Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly method (Nanowerk News) Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative method of nanocrystal assembly pioneered by Australian scientists. THERMOELECTRIC NANOMATERIAL TURNS WASTE HEAT BACK INTO Jun 27, 2019: Thermoelectric nanomaterial turns waste heat back into electricity (Nanowerk News) Some of the vast amount of wasted energy that machines and devices emit as heat could be recaptured using an inexpensive nanomaterial developed at KAUST.This thermoelectric nanomaterial could capture the heat lost by devices, ranging from mobile phones to vehicle engines, and turn it QUANTUM-DOT TATTOOS HOLD VACCINATION RECORD Dec 18, 2019: Quantum-dot tattoos hold vaccination record (Nanowerk News) Keeping track of a child’s shots could be so much easier with technology invented by a new Rice University professor and his colleagues.Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice since this summer, and a team at his previous institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, report in a cover HOW SAFE IS GRAPHENE? Feb 07, 2019: How safe is graphene? (Nanowerk News) Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known materials.This makes it extremely interesting for countless possible applications. BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES Mar 05, 2014: Bimetallic nanoparticles - Two metals are better than one (Nanowerk News) Since the dawn of the Bronze Age, people have appreciated the advantages of using alloys rather than single metals to make better materials.Recently, scientists have discovered a recipe for making tiny two-metal structures that could similarly expand the forefront of materials science. ABSORBENT AEROGELS SHOW SOME MUSCLE 9 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Absorbent aerogels show some muscle (Nanowerk News) A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels that can take a beating.Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), crystal structures with strong molecular bonds, can form a porous aerogel for use as a custom membrane in batteries or other devices or as an absorbent to ATOM SWAPPING COULD LEAD TO ULTRA-BRIGHT, FLEXIBLE NEXT 6 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Atom swapping could lead to ultra-bright, flexible next generation LEDs (Nanowerk News) An international group of researchers has developed a new technique that could be used to make more efficient low-cost light-emitting materials that are flexible and can be printed using ink-jet techniques.The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge and the Technical

University of

NANOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES Nanowerk news sections included nanotechnology research and business news, Nanowerk Spotlights, biotechnology news, cleantech and greentech news, robotics news, NANOTECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS One of the most fascinating aspects of nanotechnology is the incredibly small scale at which nanoengineering and nanofabrication take place. Consider this example: The first working transistor, built by Bell Labs’ John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley in 1947, measured roughly 1 INTEGRATED ELECTRODES FOR HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY FLEXIBLE 12 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Integrated electrodes for high-energy-density flexible supercapacitors (Nanowerk News) A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid Materials of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) synthesized 3D porous honeycomb-like CoN-Ni 3 N/N-C nanosheets and vanadium nitride (VN) nanobelt arrays via in-situ growth method,

respectively, and

WIDER APPLICATIONS FOR THE 'UNBOIL AN EGG' MACHINE 19 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Wider applications for the 'unboil an egg' machine (Nanowerk News) Wider clean chemistry applications of the extraordinary Vortex Fluidic Device - invented by Flinders University’s Professor Colin Raston – are likely in the wake of new research that has been published outlining the seemingly endless possible uses.The defining paper on understanding fluid flow in the

Vortex

SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY A RARE MAGNETIC PROPELLER IN A BINARY 5 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: Scientists identify a rare magnetic propeller in a binary star system (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have identified the first eclipsing magnetic propeller in a cataclysmic variable star system, according to research forthcoming in the Astrophysical Journal ("Confirmation of a Second Propeller: A High-Inclination Twin of AE Aquarii"). A QUANTUM STEP TO A HEAT SWITCH WITH NO MOVING PARTS 12 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: A quantum step to a heat switch with no moving parts (Nanowerk News) Researchers have discovered a new electronic property at the frontier between the thermal and quantum sciences in a specially engineered metal alloy – and in the process identified a promising material for future devices that could turn heat on and off with the application of a magnetic “switch.” FOR COMPUTERS OF THE FUTURE: SCIENTISTS ATTAIN HUNDREDFOLD 15 hours ago · Jun 07, 2021: For computers of the future: Scientists attain hundredfold enhancement of germanium quantum dot luminance (Nanowerk News) A team of scientists including researchers from ITMO University, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, and Lomonosov WHAT ARE NANOBOTS? EXPLAINING NANOROBOTICS AND NANOROBOTS Nanorobotics involves the design, manufacturing, programming, and control of nanoscale robots. Not to be confused with fictional nanorobots, for medical nanotechnology researchers a nanorobot, or nanobot, is a popular term for molecules with a unique property that enables them to be programmed to carry out a

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