A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that ''has not been observed in chemistry heretofore,'' the researchers say. The discovery of carbon nanostructures like two-dimensional graphene and ...

In a discovery shaped by more than a decade of steady, incremental effort rather than a dramatic breakthrough, scientists demonstrated that great ideas flourish when paired with patience. (Nanowerk ...

Study: Triplets electrically turn on insulating lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. Image Credit: Vershinin89/Shutterstock.com In a recent Nature article, researchers ...

X-rays are electromagnetic waves with short wavelengths and strong penetrability in physical matter, including live organisms. Scintillators capable of converting X-rays into the ultraviolet (UV), ...

Tuning light at the nanoscale: Photographed under 365-nm UV light, these vials display the distinctive luminescence of lanthanide-doped nanocrystals. The shifting palette from blue and green to red ...

(Nanowerk News) NUS scientists have developed an approach to improve the generation and luminescent harvesting of molecular triplets by coupling them with lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. This ...

Lanthanides are rare-earth heavy metals with useful magnetic properties and a knack for emitting light. Researchers had long assumed that lanthanides' toxicity risk was low and therefore safe to ...

A team of scientists was recently able to observe how promethium forms chemical bonds when placed in an aqueous solution. Proving a hypothesis can be exciting, but witnessing something that has never ...

"We like to make molecules that have no right to exist", says Dr David Mills from the University of Manchester. "Imagining ways to make our target molecules is a fun and creative process, and provides ...