Unique milk protein based nanotubes
Researchers in the Netherlands investigated novel milk protein nanotubes with potentially interesting applications in the food and pharma industries.
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For the first time single proteins were detected with nanopores
Researchers in Switzerland for the first time managed the detection of a protein with inorganic nanopores, opening such possibilities as drug screening on a single molecule level.
CNTs as templates for one-dimensional nanoparticle assemblies
Spanish researchers have shown that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) constitute the ideal templates for the formation of one-dimensional strings of metal nanoparticles, with potential uses as waveguides, that would allow the miniaturization of devices below the diffraction limit and as catalytic motors.
Nanosensors in environmental analysis
A comprehensive overview of the main concepts behind the development of nanosensors and the most relevant applications in the field of environmental analysis.
China is quickly becoming a leading force in nanotechnology
Empirical evidence suggests that China is successfully implementing its strategic plan to become a leading global force in nanotechnology.
A new process allows growing carbon nanotubes directly onto MEMS
Researchers in Switzerland have successfully integrated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) directly into a polysilicon chip. This technique is opening the way towards NEMS and CNT based system integration and the synthesis and evaluation of mechanical nano-scale transducers based on CNTs.
Understanding the role of carbon nanotubes as water carriers
The properties of water, structure and dynamics, for example, are expected to change dramatically when bulk water is confined within nanotubes whose diameter is of the same order of magnitude as the size of one water molecule.
In the future hydrogen economy, nanotech-based H2 sensors will be widely needed
In the future hydrogen economy, hydrogen (H2) sensors will be a critical component for safety and widely needed. For example, H2 sensors will detect leaks from hydrogen-powered cars and fueling stations long before the gas becomes an explosive hazard.