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Short Carbon Fiber Thermoplastics Enhanced with Electron Beam

Polymers strengthened with carbon fibers combine low weight and strength. They also claim major green credentials as they are less resource-demanding during manufacture and use, and they are easily recyclable.

17 Jun 2019

Kanazawa University Research: Electron Beam Strengthens Recyclable Nanocomposite

Carbon fiber-enhanced thermoplastic polymer mechanical properties improve when irradiated with an electron beam, report researchers at Kanazawa University in the journal Composites Part A.

14 Jun 2019

New Aqueous Polymerization Procedure Generates Polymer Nanoparticles with Single Chain and Uniform Shape

A research group from the University of Konstanz’s CRC 1214 “Anisotropic Particles as Building Blocks: Tailoring Shape, Interactions and Structures,” has shown a new aqueous polymerization process for producing polymer nanoparticles with a single chain and uniform shape.

14 Jun 2019

Researchers Reveal How Gold Nanoparticles Melt

A recent study, published in Nature Communications, aims to answer a basic question — how do nanoparticles melt? While this question has been of significant interest among scientists for the past 100 years, it still has not been answered.

14 Jun 2019

Researchers Share Safety Measures While Handling Carbon Nanotubes

In partnership with a Rice University laboratory, the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University creates and shares a low-cost technique to securely deal with the transfer of bulk carbon nanotubes and other nanomaterials.

14 Jun 2019

Issue of Assessment Certificate

Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited (“FGR” or “the Company”) (ASX: FGR) is pleased to advise it has received the Assessment Certificate for PureGRAPH®, which has been assessed under the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS).

From First Graphene Ltd. 13 Jun 2019

Hybrid Nanostructure Holds Promise for Boosting Efficiency of Light Harvesting

Plants and certain types of bacteria depend on a light-harvesting protein complex comprising of molecules known as chromophores to absorb incoming sunlight.

13 Jun 2019

New Simplest and Cheap Home Medical Test Offers Accuracy Equivalent to Benchtop Systems

The most basic home medical tests might seem like a pack of different silicon chips applied with a special film, one for detecting drugs in the blood, another for proteins in the urine signifying infection, another for bacteria in water, and many more.

12 Jun 2019

Nanobio-Hybrid Organisms Use Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen to Produce Plastics and Fuels

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have successfully produced nanobio-hybrid organisms that can use airborne nitrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) to create a wide range of fuels and plastics.

12 Jun 2019

Miniature Light Box Paves Way to Novel Opportunities in the Nano Realm

Scientists at Chalmers have discovered a totally new method of capturing, amplifying, and linking light to matter at the nanoscale.

12 Jun 2019

Assessing Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Properties

Testa Analytical Solutions e.K. discusses how a BI-200SM light scattering goniometer is used to assess nanoparticle antimicrobial properties.

12 Jun 2019

Assessing Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Properties

Testa Analytical Solutions e.K. discusses how a BI-200SM light scattering goniometer is used to assess nanoparticle antimicrobial properties.

12 Jun 2019

Innovative Method to Detect Magnetic Fields of Nanoscale Particles

As if they were bubbles growing in a recently-opened champagne bottle, minute circular regions of magnetism can be quickly enlarged to offer a precise technique of measuring the magnetic properties of nanoparticles.

11 Jun 2019

Researchers Develop 2D Polymers with Cylindrical Mesopores on Graphene Nanosheets for Micro-Supercapacitors

A team of researchers has recently created 2D polymers with in-plane cylindrical mesopores on graphene nanosheets for micro-supercapacitors (MSCs).

11 Jun 2019

Antennas Made of Flexible Nanotube Films Could be Feasible Competitor for Copper in Wireless Applications

Scientists at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering state that antennas made of carbon nanotube films can be just as efficient as copper for wireless applications. They are also more flexible, tougher, and can basically be painted onto devices.

11 Jun 2019

Nanotechnology News

Short Carbon Fiber Thermoplastics Enhanced with Electron Beam

Kanazawa University Research: Electron Beam Strengthens Recyclable Nanocomposite

New Aqueous Polymerization Procedure Generates Polymer Nanoparticles with Single Chain and Uniform Shape

Researchers Reveal How Gold Nanoparticles Melt

Researchers Share Safety Measures While Handling Carbon Nanotubes

Issue of Assessment Certificate

Hybrid Nanostructure Holds Promise for Boosting Efficiency of Light Harvesting

New Simplest and Cheap Home Medical Test Offers Accuracy Equivalent to Benchtop Systems

Nanobio-Hybrid Organisms Use Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen to Produce Plastics and Fuels

Miniature Light Box Paves Way to Novel Opportunities in the Nano Realm

Assessing Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Properties

Assessing Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Properties

Innovative Method to Detect Magnetic Fields of Nanoscale Particles

Researchers Develop 2D Polymers with Cylindrical Mesopores on Graphene Nanosheets for Micro-Supercapacitors

Antennas Made of Flexible Nanotube Films Could be Feasible Competitor for Copper in Wireless Applications

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Novel 3D Imaging Technique Captures In Situ Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

Research Boosts Graphene’s Potential to Unprecedented Heights

New Study Finds Electrons Flow Like Liquid in Graphene, Breaking Rules

Covalent Organic Nanosheets Boost Sodium-Ion Battery Life

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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