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Technology Companies Join Forces for TEM Imaging and Analysis

Those working with nanomaterials now have an integrated approach to the imaging and analysis process thanks to a new partnership between nanomaterial software company, FullScaleNANO, and SCIENION AG, a leading solution p...

From FullScaleNANO 7 Aug 2017

2D Materials Could Revolutionize Composites And Even Clean Our Water

Graphene, which is a two-dimensional material, may be only one or two atoms thick, but they are poised to revolutionize composites, power flexible electronics and even clean water. Still, being this thin is a disa...

3 Aug 2017

New Type of Nano-Photoinitiator Could Lead to Advanced Biomedical and Industrial Materials

Advanced biomedical and industrial materials along with printing processes that are more environmentally friendly could be developed by a new type of nano-photoinitiator.

2 Aug 2017

JPK reports on how the University of Glasgow is using their NanoWizard® AFM and CellHesion module to study how cells interact with their surroundings.

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to report on the Yin group in the Division of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Glasgow. They are studying cells and how they react with their surroundings using JPK's NanoWizard® AFM and CellHesion® module.

From JPK Instruments AG - Scanning Probe Technologies 2 Aug 2017

Researchers Identify Topical NO-np as a Potential Treatment for Dermatophytosis on the Skin

Researchers from George Washington University (GW) have discovered that topically applied nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles (NO-np) are a feasible treatment for deep fungal infections caused by dermatophytes on the skin. Currently, these infections are being treated with systemic antifungals.

1 Aug 2017

Researchers Create Laser-Induced Graphene from Pine Wood

Researchers at Rice University have transformed wood into an electrical conductor by changing its surface into highly conductive graphene. The resultant material could be applied to biodegradable electronics.

1 Aug 2017

Nanopillars Could Help Researchers Fine-Tune Critical Size of Jumping Dew Droplets

With better understanding of the behavior of water in its smallest form, a Virginia Tech professor and his undergraduate student are trying to enhance the efficiency of removing condensation in a major way.

1 Aug 2017

Researchers Synthesize Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for Oxidizing Hydrocarbons

Apart from being the chief constituents of natural gas and petroleum, hydrocarbons and their blends have a crucial role as resources that support present-day infrastructure as basic materials for the petrochemical sector.

1 Aug 2017

MIT Researchers Use Graphene to Create Transparent, Flexible Solar Cells

MIT has come up with a new flexible, transparent solar cell which would make it possible for solar cells to be used in numerous items around us in the near future – in cell phones and laptops, on windows and walls, and more.

31 Jul 2017

Nanomechanics, Inc. to Exhibit at the Microscopy & Microanalysis Conference

Nanomechanics Inc., one the world’s leading provider of nano-mechanical testing equipment, will exhibit at the annual Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017 Meeting (M&M) Aug. 6 - 10, 2017. The four-day event, hos...

From Nanomechanics, Inc. 31 Jul 2017

The School of Materials at the University of Manchester Utilise Deben’s Mechanical Stages to Characterise Structure and Behaviour at the Micro- and Nano- Scale

The School of Materials at the University of Manchester is the largest school of its kind in Europe. It has arguably one of the highest research levels of any university for materials activity in the UK, with 80% of their research rated as being internationally excellent or world leading in quality. At Manchester, great emphasis is put on on-going collaborations with industrial partners from across the aerospace, automotive and nuclear sectors.

From Deben 28 Jul 2017

Using Computer Simulations to Investigate Nanosystems Confined in Spherical Cavities

A team of Theoretical Physicists headed by Professor Kurt Binder and Dr. Arash Nikoubashman from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have adopted computer simulations to investigate the positioning of stiff polymers inside spherical cavities.

27 Jul 2017

Innovative Approaches Could Enable Use of 2D Nanomaterials in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Low self-discharge, high specific energy density, and low memory effect make lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) appealing as chief energy storage devices. Of the different components of a battery, electrode materials have an important part in improving electrochemical characteristics.

27 Jul 2017

Researchers Aim to Create Graphene-Based Electronic Devices

Important electronic components, such as tunnel barriers and diodes, can be integrated into single graphene wires (nanoribbons) with atomic precision. The aim is to make graphene-based electronic devices with very fast operational speeds.

26 Jul 2017

Researchers Realize Direct Writing of Silver Nanostructures Using an Electron Beam

An international team, for the very first time, realized direct writing of silver nanostructures by using an electron beam applied to a substrate. Silver nanostructures are capable of concentrating visible light at the nanoscale.

25 Jul 2017

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Technology Companies Join Forces for TEM Imaging and Analysis

2D Materials Could Revolutionize Composites And Even Clean Our Water

New Type of Nano-Photoinitiator Could Lead to Advanced Biomedical and Industrial Materials

JPK reports on how the University of Glasgow is using their NanoWizard® AFM and CellHesion module to study how cells interact with their surroundings.

Researchers Identify Topical NO-np as a Potential Treatment for Dermatophytosis on the Skin

Researchers Create Laser-Induced Graphene from Pine Wood

Nanopillars Could Help Researchers Fine-Tune Critical Size of Jumping Dew Droplets

Researchers Synthesize Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for Oxidizing Hydrocarbons

MIT Researchers Use Graphene to Create Transparent, Flexible Solar Cells

Nanomechanics, Inc. to Exhibit at the Microscopy & Microanalysis Conference

The School of Materials at the University of Manchester Utilise Deben’s Mechanical Stages to Characterise Structure and Behaviour at the Micro- and Nano- Scale

Using Computer Simulations to Investigate Nanosystems Confined in Spherical Cavities

Innovative Approaches Could Enable Use of 2D Nanomaterials in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers Aim to Create Graphene-Based Electronic Devices

Researchers Realize Direct Writing of Silver Nanostructures Using an Electron Beam

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