Free e-book: Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology
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Jan 16th, 2013
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Using snail teeth to develop nanoscale materials for solar cells and batteries
An assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering is using the teeth of a marine snail found off the coast of California to create less costly and more efficient nanoscale materials to improve solar cells and lithium-ion batteries.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreA nanocoating that most liquids won't wet (w/video)
A nanoscale coating that's at least 95 percent air repels the broadest range of liquids of any material in its class, causing them to bounce off the treated surface, according to the University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed it.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreResolving the internal structure of nanoparticle dimers linked by DNA
A simple model captures the interplay of the number of DNA bridges, their length,the curvature of the nanoparticle, and the excluded volume effects.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreEngineer making rechargeable batteries with layered nanomaterials
A Kansas State University researcher is developing more efficient ways to save costs, time and energy when creating nanomaterials and lithium-ion batteries.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreThe NanoDays 2013 digital kit is now available for download
NISE Net offers a digital download of the NanoDays kit, complete with instructions, lesson plans, supply lists, marketing materials, and multimedia files.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreWorld's most complex 2D laser beamsteering array demonstrated
New 2-D optical phased array technology to enable advanced LADAR, other defense applications.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreNanoscale 'Goldilocks' phenomenon could improve biofuel production
In a case of the Goldilocks story retold at the molecular level, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have discovered a new path to the development of more stable and efficient catalysts.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read morePhotonics: Pushing the limits of broadband
Development of an ultrafast photodetector that shows promise for integration with silicon chips could lead to increased fiber optical broadband speeds.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreData storage: Reflections turned upside down
A phase-change material with unexpected optical-reflectivity properties offers fresh perspectives for data storage.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreShining light on hair composition
A computational study of human hair provides insights into the structure of its poorly understood outer surface.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreNRCT recognizes outstanding thesis awards by nanotechnology researcher
The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) announced The National Research Council Awards 2012 in which Dr. Rawiwan Laocharoensuk from NANOTEC Nanomolecular Sensor Lab was one of the recipients for the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award.
Jan 16th, 2013
Read moreResearchers confirm intrinsic superconductor behavior
When it comes to high-temperature superconductors, a class of materials called cuprates is king, and it is science's ongoing quest to determine their exact physical subtleties. Cornell physicists and materials scientists have now verified that cuprates respond differently when adding electrons versus removing them, resolving a central issue about the compounds' most fundamental properties.
Jan 15th, 2013
Read moreDeath on a nanometer scale: Study quantifies the size of holes antibacterials create in cell walls to kill bacteria
Researchers created a biophysical model of the response of a Gram-positive bacterium to the formation of a hole in its cell wall. Then they used experimental measurements to validate the theory, which predicted that a hole in the bacteria cell wall larger than 15 to 24 nanometers in diameter would cause the cell to lyse, or burst. These small holes are approximately one-hundredth the diameter of a typical bacterial cell.
Jan 15th, 2013
Read moreNew research gives insight into electronics behavior of graphene grain boundaries
Researchers grew polycrystalline graphene by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy for analysis, to examine at the atomic scale grain boundaries on a silicon wafer.
Jan 15th, 2013
Read moreResearchers alleviate asbestos concerns with regard to carbon nanotubes
Safety fears about carbon nanotubes, due to their structural similarity to asbestos, have been alleviated following research showing that reducing their length removes their toxic properties.
Jan 15th, 2013
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