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Light-Activated Metal Particles Deliver Targeted Cancer Treatment
NOMI, Japan, Aug. 15, 2023 — A research group from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) developed light-activatable, liquid metal (LM) nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and treatment via photoimmunotherapy. The LM nanoparticles can target and destroy cancer cells and can be fluorescently tagged to function as reporters to identify and eliminate tumors in vivo. Gallium (Ga)-based LM nanoparticles are promising nanoscale materials for biomedical applications due to their physicochemical properties,
Reusable Substrate Enhances Raman Signal by Factor of 50
KIEL, Germany, March 31, 2023 — Materials scientists at Kiel University have developed a photoinduced enhanced Raman spectroscopy (PIERS) method to detect analytes at concentrations one to three orders of magnitude lower than that which can be achieved using classical...
Nanotech, Deep Learning Combine to Detect Pediatric Tuberculosis
SEATTLE, Sept. 15, 2022 — A technique for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children takes advantage of the optical properties of gold nanoparticles to detect the disease. The technique uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to enhance the sensitivity of the test....
Flow Cytometry Technique Shows Promise for Early Cancer Diagnosis
GUANGDONG, China, Sept. 8, 2022 — A digital droplet microfluidic flow cytometry technique could enable earlier recognition of tumor development and progress, by aiding in the detection of multiple microRNAs (miRNAs) in single circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Tumor-associated miRNAs...
Photothermal Process Irradiates Nanoparticles to Control Cell Activity
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2, 2021 — Using nanoparticles as photothermal nanotransducers, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis demonstrated reversible modulation of electrical activity in excitable nerve and heart muscle cells. The biocompatible, minimally invasive approach...
Stable Coordination Nanosheets Enable Efficient Light-Energy Conversion
TOKYO, July 20, 2021 — A multi-institutional collaboration has developed coordination nanosheets (CONASHs) that have demonstrated the highest stability under air exposure reported to date, the researchers claimed. The work may find use in optoelectronic applications;...
Nondestructive Method Uses Lasers to Characterize Nanomaterials’ Properties
HAMBURG, Germany, June 18, 2021 — A noncontact measurement method that uses laser ultrasound so that the detailed elastic properties of nanostructured materials can be characterized will help engineers and scientists decide whether nanomaterials can be processed into certain...
Light-Responsive Hydrogels Safely Deliver Targeted Therapies
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 14, 2021 — A research team at Texas A&M University is using nanomaterials that absorb near-infrared (NIR) light to develop and manipulate light-responsive hydrogels. The NIR light to which the nanomaterials respond in the research enables therapeutic...
Light-Controlled Nanoparticles Support Noninvasive Nanomedicine
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 13, 2021 — Scientists from ITMO University have developed a production method for bio-integrated optical nanomaterials based on Mie-resonant silicon nanoparticles. The nanoparticles used in the work are covered by biopolymer shells and can be controlled by...
Nanoparticles with Plasmonic Effect Boost Photocatalysis
GRAZ, Austria, Aug. 5, 2020 — Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) developed a method for assembling plasmonic nanoparticles for specific applications. Their approach was to synthesize so-called core-shell clusters inside helium nanodroplets, with subsequent...
Strain Engineering of 2D Materials Enables More Effortless Photodetection
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2020 — Using a 2D material and an approach it calls “strainoptronics,” a George Washington University research team created a photodetector that can operate with high efficiency at the wavelength of 1550 nm, a spectral region that offers...
Model Guides Precise Formation of Plasmonic Components
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 22, 2020 — Using a real-time mathematical analysis model developed at ITMO University, scientists will now be able to manipulate the process of creating photonic and plasmonic components to produce the precise optical properties that are needed in a material....
Nanostructured Plasmonic Materials Could Provide More Natural Color for Displays
ORLANDO, Fla., June 9, 2020 — Ultralow-power, ultrahigh-definition displays and screens that will be easier on the eyes could be possible with technology being developed by researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Their approach illuminates the display by...
Protective Coating Could Destroy COVID-19 Virus on Hospital Masks
ORLANDO, Fla., April 10, 2020 — The masks that health care workers wear to protect them from the virus that causes COVID-19 block the virus before it reaches their faces, but do not destroy it. To further protect doctors, nurses, and others on the front lines of the pandemic,...
Materials Integrated with Silicon Photonics Manipulate Light Phase at Low Loss
NEW YORK, March 2, 2020 — A Columbia University team used a 2D material from the transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) class to control the phase of light without changing its amplitude or depleting its power. By placing the atomically thin material on top of passive silicon...
Nontoxic Material Used to Upconvert Low-energy Photons
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 6, 2019 — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) and the University of Texas at Austin demonstrated the use of nontoxic silicon nanocrystals to convert low-energy photons into high-energy ones. The use of nontoxic materials for...
Electric field-induced Charging Could Improve Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasing
SINGAPORE, Dec. 5, 2019 — Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have demonstrated tunable, controllable amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) in a colloidal semiconductor device via electric field-induced charging. Their work could open new avenues...
Plasmonics-Based Light Detector Could Support Precision Agriculture
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 27, 2019 — A new, broad-spectrum photodetector that can be implemented on a single chip has been developed at Duke University. The photodetector spans a range of light frequencies by using on-chip spectral filters created with electromagnetic materials. The...
Raman Scattering Helps Ensure Safety of Stem Cell Therapies
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Nov. 12, 2019 — A research team at Rutgers University has developed a biosensor technology that could benefit applications for the treatment of neurological disorders through stem cell therapy. The hybrid biosensing platform consists of an array of ultrathin...
A Safer, More Efficient Fiber Laser from Doping with Nanoparticles
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2019 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are using nanoparticles to build fiber lasers that are safer for the eyes and more efficient. The core of the laser’s silica fiber is doped with rare earth ions of holmium. With the aid of...
Tunable, Nonlinear Metamaterials Could Facilitate Optical Communication
LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 4, 2019 — Scientists from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell, King’s College London, Paris Diderot University, and the University of Hartford have found that several materials with poor nonlinear characteristics can be combined together to form a...
Liquid-Based White LEDs Achieve High Luminous Efficiency
ISTANBUL, July 16, 2018 — Quantum dot (QD) white LEDs that show a luminous efficiency of 105 lm/W have been developed. The QDs are liquid-based and, according to researchers, could help the LEDs achieve an efficiency double that of LEDs that incorporate quantum dots in solid...
THz Imagers Achieve Flexibility Using Tunable Carbon Nanotubes
TOKYO, July 3, 2018 — Researchers have developed flexible, bendable terahertz (THz) imagers based on chemically adjustable semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) films. The CNT films can be tuned to maximize THz detector performance. Flexible THz imagers could expand the...
Sensing Chip Uses Raman Spectroscopy to Detect Cocaine in Minutes
BUFFALO, N.Y., May 7, 2018 — A chemical sensing chip, developed for use with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), has demonstrated the ability to detect the chemical fingerprint of cocaine in biological samples. In the future, the technology could be used to detect the...
Optically Heated Nanotweezers Manipulate Materials at Nanoscale
AUSTIN, Texas, April 9, 2018 — Opto-thermoelectric nanotweezers (OTENTs) have been developed that use light at the nanoscale to manipulate metal nanoparticles in a wide range of materials, sizes, and shapes, with single-particle resolution. OTENTs could open new possibilities for...
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