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A Single Drop of Ethanol Upends Existing Nanosensor Manufacture
Macquarie University engineers invented a new technique to make the manufacture of nanosensors less…
LEGO Bricks Meet DNA: Nanoengineering with a Novel Purification Approach
DNA origami, the groundbreaking technique of creating complex nanostructures using long, single-stranded DNA…
Buff Robots?
A new ferroelectric polymer exceptionally good at converting electrical energy into mechanical strain holds promise…
Nano Particles Can Cause Macro Problems
Smaller size has always been a goal of virtually any manufactured good. From a material standpoint, smaller means…
Another Look at Friction in Multi-layered Graphene
Graphene use in carbon-based 2D nanomaterials is ideal for next-generation electronics, optics, catalysis,…
New States in 2D Materials
Thin two-dimensional (2D) materials can exhibit excitonic properties, making them an attractive platform to explore…
3D Printed Nanomagnets Unveil A World Of Magnetic-field Patterns
An international team of scientists used 3D printing and microscopy to glimpse what happens when taking magnets to…
Graphene nanoribbon defects
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) feature interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because of…
Researchers mimic Kirigami folds for complex 3D nanostructures
The ancient Japanese art of kirigami offers a way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for electronics,…
Century-old problem solved by 3D atomic amorphous solid imaging breakthrough
Glass, rubber and plastics are amorphous solids. While common, unlike other classes of solids, they have stymied…