Nanoscience – Page 22
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Polymers curl up and take control
Single polymer chains can be shaped into globular nanoparticles to mimic nature’s catalysts
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Fighting crime with covert nanowires
Nanobarcode is encoded and read with electron beam irradiation from a transmission electron microscope
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ResearchDisrupting graphene
Scientists hope their comprehensive roadmap will help tease out graphene’s potential
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ResearchCarbon nanotube-based sensor detects meat spoilage
Electron density of cobalt porphyrin complexes key to meat freshness sensor
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ResearchPhotoacoustic nanoparticles highlight uranium in the body
A study that will likely gather the interest from defence agencies around the world
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FeatureBig problems with little particles?
There is a risk that poor toxicology studies could start undermining the success of nanomaterials, reports Elinor Hughes
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ResearchGraphene oxide diversifies soil bacteria
Digging deeper into the environmental impact of nanomaterial contamination
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – April 2015
How do you smell? We discuss a controversial theory about odour detection, and investigate forensic toxicology
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Research
Graphene sandwich turns water square
Water trapped between graphene sheets transformed into new type of ice
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Research'Safe antifreeze' works better with added nanoparticles
Antifreezes based on a non-toxic food additive are now more effective and user-friendly
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ResearchInfrared camouflage that sticks
Nature’s masters of disguise, the cephalopods, inspire inexpensive and disposable stealth coating that could easily be added to military kit
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NewsMOF sensor sniffs out ammonia
First chemical sensor made from a 2D metal organic framework unveiled
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ResearchSilicene 'sandwich' transistor a delectable prospect
Researchers have made a transistor from one-atom-thick silicene for the first time
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ResearchCalculations predict pentagonal graphene
New carbon allotrope could have interesting physical and electrical properties
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ResearchElectron microscope turned into makeshift nano-thermometer
Scientists hope new technique could probe individual CPU transistors to check their performance
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ResearchLEDs slim down with atom thick materials
UK and Japanese scientists create ultrathin, semi-transparent and flexible LEDs
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ResearchGraphene looks to doped superbenzene to overcome electronic hurdles
Carefully designed jigsaw pieces may provide solution to graphene bandgap difficulties
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ResearchSelf-cleaning sensors see the light
Overcoming electrode fouling in biomedical and environmental detectors
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ResearchDNA origami makes moving machines
Hinge-like structures can open and close again and again on binding of DNA