Apr 29, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Controlling the interactions at the interface of a magnetic/topological insulator heterostructure is an outstanding challenge with implications in fundamental science and technology. A research led by the ICN2 Atomic Manipulation and Spectroscopy Group and the Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices Group, in collaboration with the...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Inexpensive, portable detector identifies pathogens in minutes
Home > Press > Inexpensive, portable detector identifies pathogens in minutesA schematic drawing of the new device system. Graphic courtesy Brian CunninghamAbstract:Most viral test kits rely on labor- and time-intensive laboratory preparation and analysis techniques; for example, tests for the novel coronavirus can take days to detect the virus...
Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm
Apr 28, 2020 (Nanowerk News) Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than ever, thanks to the spinal cord directing their steps. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers developed the tiny walking "spinobots," powered by rat muscle and spinal cord tissue on a soft, 3D-printed hydrogel skeleton. While previous generations...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: UTEP researchers develop nanohybrid vehicle to optimally deliver drugs into the human body
Home > Press > UTEP researchers develop nanohybrid vehicle to optimally deliver drugs into the human bodyMahesh Narayan, Ph.D., along with and Sreeprasad Sreenivasan, Ph.D. (not pictured), has developed a nanohybrid vehicle that can be used to optimally deliver drugs into the human body. Both researchers are faculty members in...
Ultra-fast vector microscopy is a breakthrough in nano-optics
Apr 27, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The duration of their snapshot relates to one second as one second relates to the age of the universe: In a joint collaboration with Australian Scientist Tim Davis and the Group around Harald Gieen (University of Stuttgart), Physicists from CENIDE have developed ultrafast vector microscopy...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Mind over body: The search for stronger brain-computer interfaces
Home > Press > Mind over body: The search for stronger brain-computer interfacesEmily Oby is a bioengineering postdoctoral research associate at the University of Pittsburgh. She, along with Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University colleagues have been researching how the brain learns tasks. CREDIT Aimee Obidzinski/University of PittsburghAbstract:When people suffer...
Engineers open door to big new library of nanoparticles
Apr 24, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The development of bimetallic nanoparticles (i.e., tiny particles composed of two different metals that exhibit several new and improved properties) represents a novel area of research with a wide range of potential applications. Now, a research team in the University of Maryland (UMD)'s A. James...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition: The goal is material that approaches a diamond in hardness and can survive extreme pressure, temperature and corrosive environments
Home > Press > New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition: The goal is material that approaches a diamond in hardness and can survive extreme pressure, temperature and corrosive environmentsThis is Yogesh Vohra. CREDIT UABAbstract:Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., uses microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition to create...
Researchers watch the dynamics of plasmonic skyrmions made from light on ultra-smooth gold platelets for the first time
Apr 24, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The destructive force of a tornado occurs due to the extremely high rotational speeds in its center, which is called vortex. Surprisingly, similar effects as in such storms are predicted for light that travels along an atomically smooth gold surface. This light can exhibit angular...
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Two is better than one: Scientists fit two co-catalysts on one nanosheet for better water purification
Home > Press > Two is better than one: Scientists fit two co-catalysts on one nanosheet for better water purificationThe team of scientists worked together with Eli Stavitski (left) and Yonghua Du (right) to "see" the lighter elements in their catalyst at the Tender Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (TES) beamline...