Polyelectrolyte chains in different ionic environment

 

Polyelectrolyte (PE) polymers consist of repeating structural units called monomers, which carry charges. These charges result in repulsion between the monomers, potentially causing the polymer chains to stretch.

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Self-Assembly at surfaces: Crystalline structures, Phase transitions and Functionality

 

This research explores the evaporative self-assembly of nanoparticles as a method for fabricating controlled nanostructures.

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Hyperbolic polaritons in 2D materials

 

In a significant leap forward for photonics, researchers from IIT Bombay (Laboratory of Optics of Quantum Materials <https://loqm.tech/>) have developed a novel method to manipulate infrared light at the nanoscale using hyperbolic van der Waals crystals.

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Active robots unlock animal navigation mysteries

 

Homing, the incredible ability of animals to find their way back to their homes from distant, unfamiliar places, has puzzled scientists for centuries. In this work, we show that this process is inherently efficient and uncover key universal features in homing trajectories.

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Analytical distribution of released synaptic vesicles: Binomial or not ?

 

Release of synaptic vesicles carrying neurotransmitters (also called “quantal content”), form the basis of electrochemical signal transmissions across all synapses. For 70 years, it has been known experimentally that the statistical distribution of each such individual release is a Binomial.

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