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Graphene Used to Design Circuit Capable of Producing Clean, Limitless Power

Physicists from the University of Arkansas have successfully built a circuit that can capture graphene’s thermal motion and turn it into electrical current.

5 Oct 2020

Smarter Materials and Cars of the Future: OCSiAl Opens Its First Graphene Nanotube R&D Center in Europe

OCSiAl has opened its state-of-the-art R&D and technical support center designed to develop next gen materials with graphene nanotubes. The new center is located in Luxembourg – a hub for advanced technology companies, providing a home to innovative research institutes and global manufacturers.

From OCSiAl 5 Oct 2020

Zebrafish Embryos Reveal the Journey of Nanoparticles Travelling Through the Blood

A variety of nanoparticles are designed for targeted drug delivery, but unfortunately only a very small proportion of the injected nanoparticles reach the target site such as solid tumours.

1 Oct 2020

Zebrafish Embryo Model Helps Understand the Workings of Nanoparticles in Blood

When nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream, for instance, to kill solid tumors, it is not known what exactly happens to them.

1 Oct 2020

Researchers Study the Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Placed on Multicomponent Glasses

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in collaboration with colleagues from the Alferov University, Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering RAS and University of Technology of Troyes have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.

30 Sep 2020

Nanotech Filter Coating Captures Aerosolized Droplets of COVID-19 Virus

A physics professor from the University of Houston has developed a nanotech coating designed to allow air filters to capture airborne or aerosolized droplets of the virus that causes COVID-19.

30 Sep 2020

Global Graphene Group Awarded Patent on Elastic Anode Battery Materials

Global Graphene Group (G3), a Dayton, Ohio-based materials science company, was recently awarded a US Patent that is in-line with leading EV OEM technical solution roadmaps.

From Global Graphene Group 30 Sep 2020

Carbon Nanotube Implants Offer Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Injuries

New research performed by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) and the University of Trieste has demonstrated that carbon nanotube implants can effectively restore motor functions, paving the way for a novel therapeutic method for spinal cord injuries.

29 Sep 2020

Stable Nano-Carrier Releases Drugs Only in Diseased Cells

Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy cells.

28 Sep 2020

New Nanodevice Acts Almost Like a Brain Cell

In the September issue of the journal Nature, scientists from Texas A&M University, Hewlett Packard Labs and Stanford University have described a new nanodevice that acts almost identically to a brain cell.

24 Sep 2020

Using Nanomaterials to Decontaminate Water

Molybdenum Disulfide can be of great use in water filtration, but difficulties in producing large amounts of the substance have hindered its use. Now, an international team of researchers has found that the production of the substance in nanoribbons could allow the scaling up of fabrication.

23 Sep 2020

Nanoparticle COVID-19 Model Could Potentially Speed the Search for Drugs

A team of scientists from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., has developed a new tool that mimics how SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- infects a cell, information that could potentially speed the search for treatments against the disease.

22 Sep 2020

Center for Nanoscale Science Renews NSF Support for Six Years

The Center for Nanoscale Science, a National Science Foundation Materials Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), has again successfully renewed its NSF support in the highly competitive MRSEC program.

22 Sep 2020

Shape Affects Nanocatalyst’s Ability to Photocatalyze Chemical Reactions

Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light.

21 Sep 2020

Magnetic Properties of Ultrathin Materials can be Studied Using New Nano-Microscope

Australian researchers and their colleagues from Russia and China have shown that it is possible to study the magnetic properties of ultrathin materials directly, via a new microscopy technique that opens the door to the discovery of more two-dimensional magnetic materials, with all sorts of potential applications.

21 Sep 2020

Nanotechnology News

Graphene Used to Design Circuit Capable of Producing Clean, Limitless Power

Smarter Materials and Cars of the Future: OCSiAl Opens Its First Graphene Nanotube R&D Center in Europe

Zebrafish Embryos Reveal the Journey of Nanoparticles Travelling Through the Blood

Zebrafish Embryo Model Helps Understand the Workings of Nanoparticles in Blood

Researchers Study the Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Placed on Multicomponent Glasses

Nanotech Filter Coating Captures Aerosolized Droplets of COVID-19 Virus

Global Graphene Group Awarded Patent on Elastic Anode Battery Materials

Carbon Nanotube Implants Offer Therapeutic Approach for Spinal Injuries

Stable Nano-Carrier Releases Drugs Only in Diseased Cells

New Nanodevice Acts Almost Like a Brain Cell

Using Nanomaterials to Decontaminate Water

Nanoparticle COVID-19 Model Could Potentially Speed the Search for Drugs

Center for Nanoscale Science Renews NSF Support for Six Years

Shape Affects Nanocatalyst’s Ability to Photocatalyze Chemical Reactions

Magnetic Properties of Ultrathin Materials can be Studied Using New Nano-Microscope

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