Light and heat boost memory capacity
Adding carbon gives iron-platinum nanocrystals the ideal optical properties for heat-assisted magnetic recording.
Feb 12th, 2014
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Keeping cool by layering up with nanoparticles
Nanoparticles with a core-shell structure can minimize the overheating of cells during bioimaging experiments.
Feb 12th, 2014
Read moreComputer models show device size matters
Simulating the magnetic properties of nanostructures could help to design electronic memories with increased storage capacity.
Feb 12th, 2014
Read moreNanoplasmonics helps explain the unusual electrodynamics of nanostructures
Scientists have used both simulations and experiments to investigate the nonlocal effects displayed by electrons in metal nanostructures.
Feb 12th, 2014
Read moreMolecular collisions now imaged better than ever
Molecular physicists from Radboud University Nijmegen have produced images of the changes in direction of colliding nitrogen monoxide molecules (NO) with unprecedented sharpness. By combining a Stark decelerator with advanced imaging techniques, they were able to obtain very high resolution images of the collision processes.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreResearchers find purely chemical way to target therapeutic nanocontainers to cells
Scientists have discovered that a polymer can provide a key to get into tumors: They have developed a new paradigm to home nanoparticles, containers that measure a few 100 nanometers in size, to endothelial cells.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreHow to make graphene superconducting
Researchers at the University of Vienna unveiled the superconducting pairing mechanism in Calcium doped graphene using the ARPES method.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreFine-tuning a rainbow of colors at the nanoscale
By varying the geometry of the nanoholes in plasmonic color filters - their diameter, shape, periodicity and pattern - it is possible to control the colors that are transmitted and to create transmit a broad spectrum of colors for imaging applications.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreNew fingerprint technology uses piezoelectric nanowire matrices
CEA-Leti today announced the launch of PIEZOMAT, a research project funded by the European Commission to design and implement a new technology of fingerprint sensor that enables ultra-high resolution reconstruction of the smallest features of human fingerprints.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreGold and silica nanostars imitate the two faces of the god Janus
Researchers have designed nanoparticles with one half formed of gold branches and the other of silicon oxide. They are a kind of Janus particle, so-called in honour of the Roman god with two faces, which could be used in phototherapy in the future to treat tumours.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read morePhysiker filmen und manipulieren Bewegung von Bismut-Atomen
Mit Hilfe eines Tricks ist es Physikern aus Kassel und Japan gelungen, die Bewegung von Atomen in Bismut quasi zu filmen und zu manipulieren - ein Zwischenschritt zur Entwicklung ultraschneller Schalter auf atomarer Skala.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreHelical electron and nuclear spin order in quantum wires
Physicists at the University of Basel have observed a spontaneous magnetic order of electron and nuclear spins in a quantum wire at temperatures of 0.1 kelvin. In the past, this was possible only at much lower temperatures, typically in the microkelvin range.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreNew nanoparticles offer best-ever gene silencing, could help treat liver diseases
Inspired by tiny particles that carry cholesterol through the body, MIT chemical engineers have designed nanoparticles that can deliver snippets of genetic material that turn off disease-causing genes.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreUK invests GBP 2.5m into acceleration of commercial graphene applications
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Technology Strategy Board are investing up to �2.5 million in feasibility studies to accelerate commercial applications in the novel material, graphene. It will include related carbon-based, two-dimensional nanotechnologies that have recently emerged from the science base.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read morePhysiker entwickeln perfekte Leiter aus Graphen Nanostrukturen
Physikern der Leibniz Universit�t Hannover ist es nun in Kooperation mit amerikanischen Wissenschaftlern erstmals gelungen, ballistischen Nanostrukturen in definierter Weise herzustellen und umfassend zu charakterisieren.
Feb 11th, 2014
Read moreBringing 3D television back from the dead with nanocomposite materials
Gone are the goofy glasses required of existing sets. Instead, assistant professor Jayan Thomas is working on creating the materials necessary to create a 3-D image that could be seen from 360 degrees with no extra equipment.
Feb 10th, 2014
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