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Free NNCO webinar: Nanotechnology and the insurance industry

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) will hold the next in its series of free webinars addressing challenges in commercializing nanotechnology on Thursday, September 22, 2016, from 1 to 2 PM EDT. This webinar will focus on the insurance industry and the challenges of underwriting nanotechnology and other emerging technologies.

Sep 9th, 2016

New computer chip manufacturing method with graphene squeezes more onto limited wafer space

Taking advantage of a germanium wafer coated with a layer of virtually pristine graphene a team of engineers has devised a simpler, reproducible and less expensive manufacturing approach using directed self-assembly.

Sep 9th, 2016

Silicon nanoparticles instead of expensive semiconductors

Physicists replace expensive semiconductors with affordable silicon nanoparticles for display production.

Sep 9th, 2016

Electron beam microscope directly writes nanoscale features in liquid with metal ink

Scientists have harnessed a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to directly write tiny patterns in metallic ink, forming features in liquid that are finer than half the width of a human hair.

Sep 9th, 2016

Researchers synthesize record-breaking, atomically precise diamond-shaped nanoclusters of silver

Researchers have managed to synthesize and characterize two previously unknown, record-large silver nanoclusters of 136 and 374 silver atoms. These diamond-shaped nanoclusters, consisting of a silver core of 2 to 3 nanometers and a protecting layer of silver atoms and organic thiol molecules, are the largest ones whose structure is now known to atomic precision.

Sep 9th, 2016

A versatile method to pattern functionalized nanowires

A team of researchers has developed a versatile method to pattern the structure of nanowires, providing a new tool for the development of novel nanodevices.

Sep 9th, 2016

Physicists discover 'smoke rings' made of laser light

3-D ring structures made by high-intensity lasers could aid the design of powerful microscopes and more efficient telecommunication lines.

Sep 9th, 2016

Synthetic material kills bacteria in seconds

A synthetic material that kills common bacteria in seconds could have far-reaching applications in healthcare and domestic settings.

Sep 9th, 2016

Understanding how 2D phosphorus grows

Modeling the growth of tiny flakes of a two-dimensional form of phosphorus could help researchers one day produce better electronics.

Sep 9th, 2016

Plasmonics - Lighting the way to miniature devices

Electromagnetic waves created on a layer of organic molecules could provide the perfect on-chip light source for future quantum communication systems.

Sep 9th, 2016

Seeing energized light-active molecules proves quick work for scientists

To understand how molecules undergo light-driven chemical transformations, scientists need to be able to follow the atoms and electrons within the energized molecule as it gains and loses energy. In a recent study, a team of researchers used ultrafast high-intensity pulsed X-rays to take molecular snapshots of these molecules.

Sep 8th, 2016

Measuring forces in the DNA molecule

First direct measurements of base-pair bonding strength.

Sep 8th, 2016

Containing 'electromagnetic pollution' with MXenes

New findings suggest that a few-atoms thin titanium carbide, one of about 20 two-dimensional materials of MXene family, can be more effective at blocking and containing electromagnetic interference, with the added benefit of being extremely thin and easily applied in a coating just by spraying it onto any surface - like paint.