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New 2-D material could upstage graphene

The new material is made up of silicon, boron and nitrogen - all light, inexpensive and earth abundant elements - and is extremely stable, a property many other graphene alternatives lack.

Feb 29th, 2016

Stretchable electronics that quadruple in length (w/video)

Researchers have developed conductive tracks that can be bent and stretched up to four times their original length. They could be used in artificial skin, connected clothing and on-body sensors.

Feb 29th, 2016

Nanoparticles on nanosteps

Researchers have developed a material that maintains the stability of a dispersed catalyst, thus maximising the efficiency of the process and decreasing costs and wastage.

Feb 29th, 2016

New form of electron-beam imaging can see elements that are 'invisible' to common methods

Scientists have developed a new imaging technique, tested on samples of nanoscale gold and carbon, that greatly improves images of light elements using fewer electrons.

Feb 29th, 2016

Scrutinizing the tip of molecular probes

Nature of interaction of probe molecules on the surface of oxide particles elucidated.

Feb 29th, 2016

How metal clusters grow

First the nucleus, then the shell: Researchers have studied stepwise formation of metal clusters, smallest fractions of metals in molecular form.

Feb 26th, 2016

Determining the structures of nanocrystalline pharmaceuticals by electron diffraction

Reliable information about the structure of pharmaceutical compounds is important for patient safety, for the development of related drugs and for patenting purposes. However, working out the structures of pharmaceuticals can be tough.

Feb 26th, 2016

Electron microscopy captures snapshot of structure coronaviruses use to enter cells

Atomic model suggests vaccine strategies against deadly pandemic viruses such as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.

Feb 26th, 2016

Artificial control of exciplexes opens possibilities for new electronics

Demonstrating a strategy that could form the basis for a new class of electronic devices with uniquely tunable properties, researchers were able to widely vary the emission color and efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes based on exciplexes simply by changing the distance between key molecules in the devices by a few nanometers.

Feb 26th, 2016

SUN fosters international dialogue among top researchers, professionals and young scientists in the field of Nanotechnologies

The EU FP7 SUN Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project has successfully hosted a week of high ranking, international nanotechnology events in Venice in the period 22 - 29 January 2016.