Plasmon-powered upconversion nanocrystals for enhanced bioimaging and polarized emission

Plasmonic gold nanorods brighten lanthanide-doped upconversion superdots for improved multiphoton bioimaging contrast and enable polarization-selective nonlinear emissions for novel nanoscale optoelectronics.

Scientists demonstrate ballistic nanowire connections, a potential key component for quantum computing

Scientists have shot an electron through a III-V semiconductor nanowire integrated on silicon for the first time.

Advances in nanotechnology will give next-generation paper a whole new lease of digital life

The Digital Economy programm has awarded a grant to research and develop paper materials that would allow readers to interact with printed materials like Harry Potter portraits.

Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material

Researchers have developed the world's thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components we use every day.

Ginseng nanoparticles for cancer treatment

A recent nanomedicine editorial states that use of ginsenoside nanoconjugates could be a promising candidate against cancer and various other diseases, such as inflammation, osteoporosis and obesity in the future.

Nanoparticle release from self-cleaning cement

New figures on how much titanium dioxide nanomaterial could be released into the environment from photocatalytic cement - a new type of self-cleaning cement - are presented in a recent study.

Synthesis of molecular hydrogen: Novel method sets benchmark for platinum-free electrocatalysts

A just published study describes a new approach to revolutionize the production of molecular hydrogen. This gas is considered to be one of the most promising energy carriers of the future.

Shapeshifting materials: Using light to rearrange macroscopic structures

Using self-assembling molecules, researchers report new self-assembling molecules that can transform into novel, exotic and previously unobserved shapes by simply using UV light to force them to rearrange differently into metastable states.