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Boron nitride nanotubes - a new chapter in a nanotechnology 'super material' story

The NIA Research and Innovation Laboratories in Hampton is where National Institute of Aerospace Research Fellow Dr. Cheol Park, NASA's Dr. Catharine Fay and a team of nanotechnology experts from both renowned organizations are working together to create and enhance a groundbreaking ability to synthesize high quality samples of boron nitride nanotubes

Aug 30th, 2013

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Nanotechnology and human health

Addressing medium- and long-term expectations for human health, this book reviews current scientific and technical developments in nanotechnology for biomedical, agrofood, and environmental applications.

Aug 30th, 2013

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Nanomaterials in tissue engineering: Fabrication and applications

Nanomaterial technologies can be used to fabricate high-performance biomaterials with tailored physical, chemical, and biological properties. Nanomaterials are therefore currently the development focus for emerging biomedical technologies such as scaffolding, tissue regeneration, and controlled drug delivery. This important book provides readers with a thorough overview of this developing field.

Aug 30th, 2013

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Researchers design robust nanoparticles for crude oil recovery

Scientists prepared magnetic shell cross-linked knedel-like nanoparticles for removal of environmental pollutants and determined their loading capabilities. These well-defined nanoparticles showed efficient oil sorption capacity of 10-fold their initial dry weight when introduced into an aqueous environment polluted with a complex crude oil.

Aug 30th, 2013

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Idealer Nanokristall aus Massenkunststoff hergestellt

Polyethylen ist ein Massenkunststoff, der in vielen Haushaltsgegenst�nden zu finden und daher besonders preiswert herzustellen ist. Einem Forscherteam aus Konstanz, Bayreuth und Berlin gelang es nun, aus diesem Kunststoff einen idealen Nanokristall zu synthetisieren.

Aug 30th, 2013

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Transparent artificial muscle plays Grieg to prove a point

In a materials science laboratory at Harvard University, a transparent disk connected to a laptop fills the room with music - it's the 'Morning' prelude from Peer Gynt, played on an ionic speaker. No ordinary speaker, it consists of a thin sheet of rubber sandwiched between two layers of a saltwater gel, and it's as clear as a window.

Aug 29th, 2013

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Novel topological crystalline insulator shows mass appeal

Physicists have theorized that topological crystalline insulators possess unique surface states as a result of crystalline symmetry. An international team of researchers has confirmed that experimental signature and revealed that disrupting the lattice-like structure imparts mass upon previously mass-less electrons. Furthermore, the researchers found manipulating structural symmetry offers a degree of control over the electronic phases of the solid-state material.

Aug 29th, 2013

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