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What are Nanocomposite Ceramics?

The definition of nanocomposite material has broadened significantly to encompass a large variety of systems such as one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional and amorphous materials, made of distinctly dissimilar components and mixed at the nanometer scale.

31 Jan 2010

Functionalization of Nanoporous Materials Using Atomic Layer Deposition

Professor Narayan and his colleague at Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University have recently performed several studies to examine the use of atomic layer deposition for modifying the surfaces of nanoporous alumina membranes.

31 Jan 2010

Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials: Nature Inspired Hierarchical Architectures

This review will focus on carbon nanotubes attached on larger graphitic solids, which can range from simple flat graphite to complex cellular foams having open-interconnected porosity.

17 Jan 2010

Nanomechanical Measurements and Tools

The Nanomechanical Properties Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, under the leadership of Dr. Robert F. Cook, develops measurement techniques and standards to enable the use of materials in nanomechanical applications.

17 Jan 2010

Nanohydroxyapatite Coatings, Powders and Platelets Produced via Sol-Gel Methods for Medical Applications

Nanotechnology has opened up innovative techniques for producing bone-like synthetic nanopowders and hydroxyapatite coatings. Although not called nanopowders, nanoscale materials have existed since the dawn of science using a range of chemical routes.

7 Jan 2010

Evaluation of Unbound Engineered Nanoparticles from a Worker Exposure and Environmental Release Perspective

Nanotechnology and the use of unbound engineered nanoparticles (UNP) is a rapidly developing area of material science.

20 Dec 2009

Nano-Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Systems and Energy Applications

The quest is on for high power and energy density power sources at ever smaller sizes for applications ranging from on-chip sensors to insertable pharma-delivery to flying microrobots to more mundane applications powering PDAs and computers.

20 Dec 2009

Organic Semitransparent Photovoltaic Energy Converter (OSPEC) - A Green Solution to Today's Energy Needs

Organic solar cells or organic photovoltaics (OPV) based on conjugated polymers have attracted attention over the past decades because they may provide a cost-effective route to wide use of solar energy for electrical power generation.

20 Dec 2009

SNNI's Proactive Approach to Healthier and Safer Nanomaterials

In the next five years, the market for nanoenabled products is expected to top a trillion dollars. Yet, despite the many promises upon which nanoscience may deliver, our understanding of these materials and the means to control their structures/properties remain tenuous.

20 Dec 2009

Nanoholes and Nanoparticles: Applications to Biomedical Microdevices

Biomedical microdevices include any miniaturized devices or systems for biomedical from simple sensors for monitoring a single biological, to complex micro total analysis or lab-on-a-chip instruments that integrate multiple laboratory functions together with microfluidic sample manipulation.

13 Dec 2009