Using chemistry to optimize graphene for various applications
Linjie Zhi and his Partner Group at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research are using chemistry to optimize graphene for various applications.
May 13th, 2014
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A new quantum memory on the horizon
Sensitive measurements can be used to detect signals from an individual ion in a crystal.
May 13th, 2014
Read moreNew MURI grants enable nanotechnology research programs related to green chemistry and energy sustainability
Scientists from five Rice University research groups, including four from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics, are embarking on new nanotechnology research programs related to green chemistry, energy sustainability and computer security, thanks to two new multimillion-dollar grants from the Department of Defense?s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI).
May 13th, 2014
Read moreSilk-based tissue engineering - Where biology and nanotechnology meet
Engineers fabricate microscale silk proteins patterns for use in tissue engineering and 'green devices'.
May 13th, 2014
Read moreQuantum trimer - From a distance
Some years ago, quantum physicists provided experimental proof of Efimov states - a phenomenon that until then had been known only in theory. Now they have also measured the second Efimov resonance of three particles in an ultracold quantum gas, thus, proving the periodicity of this universal physical phenomenon experimentally.
May 13th, 2014
Read moreResearchers create multifunctional nanoparticles for cheaper, cleaner biofuel
The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreMolecular motors - it's all in the rotation
Researchers find that viral packaging motor rotates DNA and adapts to changing conditions, information that could help future drug designs.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreObserving electron clouds, scientists could improve chemical processes
With the help of an X-ray laser, a team of international researchers has looked more precisely than ever before into the electron cloud, a bunch of charged tiny particles orbiting molecules. The team managed to document changes in the states of electrons in a similar way to how pictures taken at different times can be assembled to a movie.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreHow to teach nanotechnology
The latest Scientix Newsletter focuses on teaching and learning nanotechnology, and how to introduce it to primary and secondary school.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreAtoms and molecules on the same wavelength
Organic dye molecules are used as single photon sources and can be tuned to the optical transitions of alkali metals.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreProtecting workers in nanotechnology industries
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has updated its Protecting the Nanotechnology Workforce: NIOSH Nanotechnology Research and Guidance Strategic Plan, 2013?2016.
May 12th, 2014
Read morePolicy, partnerships, collaborations; laying the foundations for graphene city
As the government announces further support for the UK's emerging graphene industry, James Baker from the National Graphene Institute says the emerging concept of a 'graphene city' can be a UK model for commercialising new scientific discoveries.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreNanostructures to facilitate the process of eliminating organic contaminants in water
The nanostructures are coated in titanium oxide to which nitrogen has been added. This allows sunlight, rather than ultraviolet radiation, to trigger the process involving the chemical reaction and destruction of contaminants.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreGold nanoparticles for cancer treatment
A new project at the National Physical Laboratory will develop methodologies to measure the radio-biological impact of gold nanoparticles, when used in combination with ionising radiation for enhancing radiotherapy treatments and medical imaging.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreThree-dimensional polymeric microtiles for fluidic self-assembly
The microtiles are fabricated out of the superposition of two structural SU-8 layers featuring chiral copies of the same centro-symmetric pattern. They can coordinate laterally in water independently of their vertical orientation to form close-packed square lattice clusters.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreEuropean Research Council awarded its 4000th grant to a nanomedicine project
The ERC awarded its 4000th grant to the NANOHEDONISM project, led by Spanish grantee Manuel Arruebo addresing injectable and biodegradable nanodrugs to relieve chronic pain.
May 12th, 2014
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