Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are a promising technology with applications in a wide range of fields including catalysis, electronics, materials science, and healthcare. They are of great interest to researchers because of their unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties.
2D materials have received a lot of attention in the press as wonder materials with their plethora of amazing properties. But how feasible is translating these wonderful properties into wonderful products?
By Jake Wilkinson
15 Aug 2016
In use for almost nine decades, electron microscope technology continues to evolve and those using it need to be aware of both the time-honored industry standards and the latest news.
By Brett Smith
18 Jul 2016
For decades, we relied on silicon as the semiconductor for our computer chips. But now, working at nanometer scales, it looks like physical limitations may end the current methods to include more and more processing power onto each individual chip.
By Brett Smith
1 Jun 2016
Materials that contain both the properties of a conductor and an electrical insulator are known as semiconductors.
By Brett Smith
31 May 2016
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was first used in 1986 and uses a cantilever with a sharp tip to scan across a sample to produce a topographic map. The process is now expanding its use over a range of applications.
By Kimberly Lawson
27 May 2016
Companies and researchers are applying nanomaterials to photovoltaics to lower their manufacturing costs and improve their capabilities. This includes improving their efficiency when converting light into electricity.
By Kimberly Lawson
26 May 2016
Discovered less than a decade ago, graphene is a “super material” that has engineers in many different fields excitedly pursing varied uses for it. Graphene is made of carbon in a honeycomb-lattice and is just one atom thick. It is a very good conductor of heat and electricity, virtually transparent
By Brett Smith
18 May 2016
Carbon nanoparticles are nanosized carbon elements created through various methods including carbonization, heating, activation, and grinding.
By Kris Walker
19 Nov 2015
Nanomaterials are, as defined by Standford University's Environmental Health & Safety Department as "materials with a minimum of one external dimension that ranges in size between 1-100 nanometers
By Kris Walker
17 Nov 2015