Gels made from droplets are less stable than gels made from solid particles
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Syneresis research on attraction between droplets and particles in liquid layers by WUR Gels made from droplets are less stable than gels made from solid particles. As a result, droplets also exhibit much faster and a much larger extent of...
Biocompatible TeSex nano-alloys for PT/PA/CT/PET imaging-guided NIR-II-photothermal therapy
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Schematic illustration of TeSex alloying strategy and mechanisms for detoxification and theranostic multi-functionalization. Credit: Science China Press Nanotheranostics, integrating diagnostic and therapeutic functions by nanoplatform, exh...
Controlling buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects
News388Days Ago (01-04)
Buckling under pressure. Voltages control the buckling of a 150-nanometer-wide beam, as shown in this sketch of the device used by Hanay and coworkers. The ability to precisely alter the beam’s deformation could be used in nanoelectromech...
Chemists Find a Way to Integrate Liquids into Materials During 3D Printing
News388Days Ago (01-04)
Chemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during the 3D printing process. This allows, for example, active medical agents to be incorporated into pharmaceut...
Scientists discover insulator-to-semiconductor transition in fluorescent carbon quantum dots
News390Days Ago (01-03)
Fig.1. PL and UV-Vis absorption spectra are shown in (a) for B-CQDs and in (b) for R-CQDs. (c) The diagram of the energy levels and the electronic transition channels for PL emission from B- (left panel) and R-CQDs (right panel). Recently,...
New effective and safe antifungal isolated from sea squirt microbiome
News391Days Ago (01-01)
Conidiophores with conidia of the microscopic fungi Aspergillus oryzae under light microscope. By combing the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that efficie...
Suspended Silicon Single-Hole Transistor Works as Nanoelectromechanical Resonator
News395Days Ago (12-29)
Silicon single-electron/hole transistors (SETs/SHTs) and super-high frequency nanoelectromechanical resonators show great potentials in quantum computation, sensing and many other areas. Recently, a group led by Prof. GUO Guoping from the U...
New Stretched-Pulse Soliton Kerr Resonator Enhances Ultrafast Laser Performance
News396Days Ago (12-27)
University of Rochester researchers are setting a new standard when it comes to producing ultrafast laser pulses over a broader range of wavelengths than traditional laser sources. In work published in Physical Review Letters , William Renn...
New CO2-Based Method for Delivering Refrigeration, Cold Storage
News397Days Ago (12-26)
A new, more sustainable, way of delivering refrigeration and cold storage using carbon dioxide is being developed in a programme led by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The team, which also includes researchers from Heriot-Watt...
Silica is the Most Eco-Friendly Substitute for Plastic Microbeads Used in Cosmetics
News398Days Ago (12-26)
A new study quantifies the environmental costs of alternative materials following bans on plastic microbeads used in wash-off cosmetics. Silica, applied here as mud in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, was the most environmentally friendly altern...