The idea is reminiscent of the ancient alchemists' attempts to create gold from worthless substances: Researchers have discovered a novel way to fabricate pure gold nanostructures using an additive direct-write lithography technique.
Nov 4th, 2016
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Researchers warn that trace amounts of transition metal impurities act as recombination centers in gallium nitride semiconductors.
Nov 3rd, 2016
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Technique may enable large-scale atom arrays for quantum computing.
Nov 3rd, 2016
Read moreThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)'s Biocidal Products Committee backed three approvals, and one non-approval, of active substance/product-type combinations, at its October meeting.
Nov 3rd, 2016
Read moreChemical engineers have developed a new way to create inexpensive chemical sensors for detecting explosives, industrial pollutants or even the chemical markers of disease in a patient's breath.
Nov 3rd, 2016
Read moreThe National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) has announced the release of the new 2016 National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan.
Nov 3rd, 2016
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The discovery of chains of atoms in a two-dimensional crystal could help researchers control the properties of matter.
Nov 3rd, 2016
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Researchers have recently gained further insight into this chemical reaction. These findings extend the knowledge of the fundamental chemistry of graphene and bring scientists perhaps closer to realizing new graphene-based materials.
Nov 3rd, 2016
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Type 1 diabetes patients may one day be able to monitor their blood glucose levels and even control their insulin infusions via a transparent sensor on a contact lens, a new study suggests.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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Would you dress in diamond nanothreads? It's not as far-fetched as you might think.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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A team of engineers has developed a magnetic ink that can be used to make self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors and wearable, textile-based electrical circuits.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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This discovery may raise concerns about safety of nanomaterials for public health and may suggest to revise the security norms at nanoscale bringing attention to the safety of nanomaterials in general.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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Researchers have succeeded in organizing spherical compartments into clusters mimicking the way natural organelles would create complex structures. They managed to connect the synthetic compartments by creating bridges made of DNA between them. This represents an important step towards the realization of so-called molecular factories.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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Scientists have developed new polymer-stabilized droplet carriers that can identify and encapsulate nanoparticles for transport in a cell, a 'pick up and drop off' service.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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A combined polymer/metal - organic composite membrane allows for the effective separation of lithium from contaminants in brines.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new technique for creating NV-doped single-crystal nanodiamonds, only four to eight nanometers wide, which could serve as components in room-temperature quantum computing technologies. These doped nanodiamonds also hold promise for use in single-photon sensors and nontoxic, fluorescent biomarkers.
Nov 2nd, 2016
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