Solar power is gaining ground as mainstream energy technology, but the cost of materials and low efficiencies are still holding it back.
By Reginald Davey
9 Aug 2012
Hydrogen is an extremely promising form of energy storage. Nanotechnology could provide some of the answers to the problems with production and storage of hydrogen which have been holding back the hydrogen economy.
By Will Soutter
7 Aug 2012
In this interview, Dr Elena Polyakova from Graphene Laboratories talks to AZoNano about the challenges of manufacturing graphene on a large scale, and the opportunities for commercial applications of graphene.
By Will Soutter
3 Aug 2012
The memory technologies used in today's computers are very limited to specific applications, requiring the use of three or four types of memory in a single system.
By Will Soutter
30 Jul 2012
Photocatalytic nanoparticles can use the energy in sunlight to decompose molecules, from dirt molecules on glass surfaces to water molecules.
By Will Soutter
30 Jul 2012
Nanoparticles in our consumer products will inevitably find their way into the environment. What effect will that have on ecosystems? Can we recover nanoparticles from waste streams?
By Will Soutter
26 Jul 2012
Conventional silicon-based microprocessors will eventually reach a performance limit - some say it will be very soon. Can nanotechnology provide a way to produce the computers of the future?
By Will Soutter
23 Jul 2012
Dr Mark Munch, President of Bruker Nano Surfaces, talks to AZoNano about the challenges and opportunities for AFM research at the Seeing at the Nanoscale event in Bristol.
The AZoNano team attended Bruker's Seeing at the Nanoscale event in Bristol last week. We collected some great video of equipment demos by the Bruker Nano Surfaces team.
Nanosilver has been used to kill off bacteria for well over a hundred years. But do we understand its effects as well as we think?
By Will Soutter
16 Jul 2012