Scientists from NTU have suggested the use of metal-coated microneedles to improve below-skin Raman spectroscopy.
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DIY Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensor
A team have combined “lab-on-paper” technology with SERS to provide a label-free, ultrasensitive and powerful tool for the detection of specific molecules.
Thermosensitive magnetomicelles – a closer look at antitumor pro-drug delivery
Cisplatin pro-drug delivery via thermosensitive magnetomicelles is visualized at the interface between nanomaterials and living systems with sub-100 nm resolution
A new twist for structural colour
Reflecting 30% of the light that hits it, the Pollia condensata berry uses structural colour—no chemical pigments—to outshine even the morpho butterfly.
The future of energy storage from TiO2 nanotubes
A team from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has created long titanium nanotubes that show promise for use in fast charge/discharge batteries.
Imaging unbalanced tendons with SHG
Researchers have imaged the structural organization of tendon with second harmonic generation microscopy.
Down to the breadboard: getting to know Rainer Waser
Getting to know Rainer Waser, director of EMRL and winner of the 2014 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.
Nanofiber sensor can detect and size a single nanoparticle
Chinese group develop a novel nanofiber-array sensor and experimentally demonstrate its potential in the detection and sizing of single nanoparticles.
Efficient Electron Transport in a Semiconducting Copolymer
Hopping of localized, intrachain polarons leads to high charge carrier mobilities in a donor acceptor type conjugated copolymer.
Upconversion nanoparticles as biosensors
A team in Hong Kong has developed a new method for detecting the lethal bird flu virus quickly, using a class of materials called upconversion nanoparticles.
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