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Machine learning guides carbon nanotechnology

 Nanotechnology News
 31 January 2024
Carbon nanostructures could become easier to design and synthesize thanks to a machine learning method that predicts how they grow on metal surfaces. The new approach will make it easier to exploit the unique chemical versatility of carbon nanotechnology....

New breakthroughs for unlocking the potential of plasmonics

 Nanotechnology News
 30 January 2024
Plasmonics are unique light-matter interactions in the nanoscale regime. Now, a team of researchers has highlighted advances in shadow growth techniques for plasmonic materials, which have the potential to give rise to nanoparticles with diverse shapes and properties. They also introduce a method...

Structural color ink: Printable, non-iridescent and lightweight

 Nanotechnology News
 30 January 2024
A new way of creating color uses the scattering of light of specific wavelengths around tiny, almost perfectly round silicon crystals. This development enables non-fading structural colors that do not depend on the viewing angle and can be printed. The material has a low environmental and biological...

Turning glass into a 'transparent' light-energy harvester

 Nanotechnology News
 26 January 2024
Physicists propose a novel way to create photoconductive circuits, where the circuit is directly patterned onto a glass surface with femtosecond laser light. The new technology may one day be useful for harvesting energy, while remaining transparent to light and using a single material....

Hacking DNA to make next-gen materials

 Nanotechnology News
 24 January 2024
Scientists have developed a universal method for producing a wide variety of designed metallic and semiconductor 3D nanostructures -- the potential base materials for next-generation semiconductor devices, neuromorphic computing, and advanced energy applications. The new method, which uses a...

Plumber's nightmare structure in block polymers

 Nanotechnology News
 22 January 2024
Scientists solve a long-standing block copolymer research conundrum through polymer chain end modifications. The study garners substantial academic attention by achieving tangible manifestations of intricate polymer structures that were previously solely theoretical....

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