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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Lanthanide dopants play an important role in desirable phase transformations of aluminum oxide (alumina) in order to achieve optimized physical and chemical properties. For ...

"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 ...

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details an exhaustive compilation of the potential toxicities to the human genome from rare-earth heavy metals ...

KUANTAN: Lynas Rare Earths Ltd claims that its licence to import and process lanthanide concentrate at its Malaysian operation is now valid until Jan 1 next year. The Australian rare earth materials ...