Category Archives: nanotechnology

Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 2019
A research team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed a method to construct a biohybrid system that incorporates Vorticella microorganisms. The method allows movable structures to be formed in a microchannel and combined with Vorticella. In addition, the biohybrid system demonstrates the conversion of motion from linear motion to ro Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Harnessing_microorganisms_for_smart_microsystems_999.html

2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes Houghton, MI (SPX) Apr 17, 2019
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are promising for quantum computing and future electronics. Now, researchers can convert metallic gold into semiconductor and customize the material atom-by-atom on boron nitride nanotubes. Gold is a conductive material already widely used as interconnects in electronic devices. As electronics have gotten smaller and more powerful, the semiconducting mat Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/2D_gold_quantum_dots_are_atomically_tunable_with_nanotubes_999.html

Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Apr 17, 2019
Compared to so-far used global heating schemes, which are slow and energy-costly, light-controlled heating, using optical degrees of freedom such as light wavelength, polarisation, and power, allows to implement local, efficient, and fast heating schemes for the use in nanomagnetic computation or to quantify collective emergent phenomena in artificial spin systems. Single-domain nanoscale Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Fast_and_selective_optical_heating_for_functional_nanomagnetic_metamaterials_999.html

Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 03, 2019
Tightly focused laser beams can act as optical “tweezers” to trap and manipulate tiny objects, from glass particles to living cells. The development of this method has earned Arthur Ashkin the last years Nobel prize in physics. While most experiments thus far have been carried out in air or liquid, there is an increasing interest for using optical tweezers to trap objects in ultra-high vac Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Quantum_optical_cooling_of_nanoparticles_999.html

AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Apr 03, 2019
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in collaboration with colleagues from Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), ITMO University and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) developed a method for efficient mass production of silicon-germanium fully alloyed nanoantennas. On their basis, optical biosensory platforms and next-generation chemical se Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/AD_alloyed_nanoantennas_for_temperature_feedback_identification_of_viruses_and_explosives_999.html

Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time Houston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019
Cleaning pollutants from water with a defective filter sounds like a non-starter, but a recent study by chemical engineers at Rice University found that the right-sized defects helped a molecular sieve soak up more perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in less time. In a study in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Rice University researchers Mich Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Defects_help_nanomaterial_soak_up_more_pollutant_in_less_time_999.html

Nano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theory Warwick UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2019
Droplets emanating from a molecular “nano-tap” would behave very differently from those from a household tap 1 million times larger – researchers at the University of Warwick have found. This is potentially crucial step for a number of emerging nano technologies, e.g., manufacture of nano-sized drug particles, lab-on-chip devices for in situ diagnostics, and 3D printers capable of nanoscale reso Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Nano_drops_a_million_times_smaller_than_a_teardrop_explodes_19th_century_theory_999.html

Nanoparticle computing takes a giant step forward Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Feb 26, 2019
Computation is a ubiquitous concept in physical sciences, biology, and engineering, where it provides many critical capabilities. Historically, there have been ongoing efforts to merge computation with “unusual” matters across many length scales, from microscopic droplets to DNA nanostructures and molecules. However, the implementation of complex computation in particle systems, especially Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Nanoparticle_computing_takes_a_giant_step_forward_999.html

Breakthrough nanoscience discovery made on flight from New York to Jerusalem Jerusalem (SPX) Feb 20, 2019
Professor Uri Banin, founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and his colleagues Professor Richard Robinson and Professor Tobias Hanrath at Cornell University have made a breakthrough nanoscience discovery. In their recent paper, “Chemically Reversible Isomerization of Inorganic Clusters” published in Science, the authors reveal that a “magic-siz Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/Breakthrough_nanoscience_discovery_made_on_flight_from_New_York_to_Jerusalem_999.html

A new spin in nano-electronics Dresden, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2019
In recent years, electronic data processing has been evolving in one direction only: The industry has downsized its components to the nanometer range. But this process is now reaching its physical limits. Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are therefore exploring spin waves or so-called magnons – a promising alternative for transporting information in more compa Source: NanoDaily.com http://www.nanodaily.com/reports/A_new_spin_in_nano_electronics_999.html