Crystalline materials have atoms that are neatly lined up in a repeating pattern. When they break, that failure tends to start at a defect, or a place where the pattern is disrupted. But how do defect-free materials break? Until recently, the question was purely theoretical; making a defect-free material was impossible. Now that nanotechnological advances have made such materials a reality, however, researchers have shown how these defects first form on the road to failure.
Jun 4th, 2015
Read more
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has commissioned the development of a strategy to evaluate the potential for read-across in cases of missing data for nanomaterials, with a focus on fulfilling data requirements in regulatory frameworks.
Jun 4th, 2015
Read more
A recent study casts a new light on the electronic properties of quasi-free standing graphene, a material that may find applications in high speed electronics, sensing and electronic applications.
Jun 4th, 2015
Read more
Researchers have developed a technology that dramatically improves the long-term stability of the conductivity of transparent conductive films that use carbon nanotubes.
Jun 4th, 2015
Read more
Researchers demonstrated that water near a water-repelling surface has significantly less capability to dissolve salts - a step toward antipollution surfaces.
Jun 4th, 2015
Read more
A group of physicists came up with a way to stir up a liquid in the microchannel. Physicists managed to find a sophisticated solution to the problem based on the use of superhydrophobic surfaces.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology has announced the establishment of the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine and the $10,000 Kabiller Young Investigator Award in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
A technology that heralds new high-performance composites.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Natural channel proteins are integrated into artificial membranes to facilitate the transport of ions and molecules. Researchers have now been able to measure the movement of these channel proteins for the first time.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Take gold spirals about the size of a dime and shrink them down about six million times. The result is the world's smallest continuous spirals: 'nano-spirals' with unique optical properties that would be almost impossible to counterfeit if they were added to identity cards, currency and other important objects.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
App provides insight into the quantum world of coupled nuclear spins.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Researchers have shown that if you apply a strong magnetic field to the honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms in graphite, positive and negative charges form pairs, which may give rise to a superconducting-like state.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Researchers have created a nanocoating for aircraft that reduces pilot distraction from laser attacks.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Depending on which property is desired, the nanoparticles used can be surface modified with organic moieties. Small Molecule Surface Modification (SMSM) bestows specific combinations of desired properties, for example hydrophilic, hydrophobic, adhesive, anti-adhesive, acidic, basic, inert or polymerizable.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Scientists have discovered a spectacular transient melting phenomenon in nanocrystals. Coherent X-ray diffraction experiments have allowed snapshot imaging of a single 300 nm gold nanocrystal in the picosecond time interval after the particle was excited with a laser. The crystal was found to expand uniformly following the excitation and to reach the melting point about 50 ps later.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Material researchers will be presenting a composite material which prevents metal corrosion in an environmentally friendly way, even under extreme conditions. It can be used wherever metals are exposed to severe weather conditions, aggressive gases, media containing salt, heavy wear or high pressures.
Jun 3rd, 2015
Read more
Subscribe to our Nanotechnology News feed