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Random Network Nanotube Films Enhance Long-Term Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

Five years ago, there was a widespread discussion worldwide regarding third-generation solar cells that challenge conventional silicon cells due to a simple and inexpensive manufacturing process that required lesser energy.

20 Mar 2017

New 'Star-Spangled' Nanomaterial May Open Door to Advanced Electronics

A research team from The University of Texas at Dallas has been involved in analyzing a variety of materials for several years hoping to find one with electrical properties that may be suitable for small, energy-efficient transistors to power future electronic devices.

20 Mar 2017

Magnetic and Magnetooptical Response of STF Films Improved by Oxygen Defects Like Nanopillars

It is essential to develop the constituent materials of the next generation of devices in order to develop these devices for information processing based on new phenomena such as magnonics, magnetooptics, multiferroics, and spintronics.

20 Mar 2017

Research Reveals Inner Workings of Nanocages for Gold Particles

A sophisticated biological strategy takes place within living organisms. Free metal ions are being stored and transported via proteins assembled into highly ordered structures such as protein cages via a reaction biomineralization.

17 Mar 2017

A New Drug and Nanoparticle Combination for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

A research team from the UK has developed a prospective new drug for confronting the highly aggressive â€œtriple negativeâ€ breast cancer (TNBC), as well as a nanoparticle for delivering the drug directly into the cancer cells.

17 Mar 2017

UC Physicists Control Luminescence of Semiconductor Nanowires Using Gold Coating

Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are working to harness the power of nanowires, microscopic wires that have the potential to improve solar cells or revolutionize fiber optics.

17 Mar 2017

Nanoparticle Used to Deliver Drug Combination in Lab Trial Aimed at Melanoma Treatment

According to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine, a new class of medication that delivers a mixture of drugs via nanoparticle may prevent melanoma from becoming resistant to treatment.

16 Mar 2017

Researchers Develop New Process for Growing Zeolite Nanosheets

Researchers have developed an innovative one-step, crystal growth process for making ultra-selective membranes for chemical separations. Headed by the University of Minnesota, the team showed that a material called zeolite nanosheets can be used for making ultra-thin membranes with molecular-sized pores.

16 Mar 2017

New Method Could Help Detect Molecules with Sensors Based on Ultra-Thin Nanomaterials

More efficient sensors are needed to be able to detect environmental pollution. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have proposed a new, sophisticated method of detecting molecules with sensors based on ultra-thin nanomaterials.

16 Mar 2017

Scientists Investigate Beneficial Use of Nanostructures in Laser Ion Acceleration

Nanostructured surfaces have manifold applications. Among others they are used to selectively increase aborption of light. You can find them everywhere, where light harvesting is the key point, e.g. in photovoltaics.

16 Mar 2017

Researchers Reveal Atomic Positions and Local Electronic Properties of 2D MXene

Scientists have long been searching for electrically conductive materials for cost-effective energy-storage devices. Two-dimensional (2D) ceramics known as MXenes are candidates. MXenes, unlike most 2D ceramics, have inherently excellent conductivity, because they are molecular sheets fabricated from the nitrides and carbides of transition metals like titanium.

15 Mar 2017

New Technique to Bond Chips Uses Ink with Silver Nanoparticles

Today in electronics there are two main approaches to building circuits: the rigid one (silicon circuits) and the new, more appealing, flexible one based on paper and polymeric substrates that can be combined with 3-D printing.

15 Mar 2017

Grafoid Unveils GPURE Graphene Polymer Membrane for Next-Generation Li-Ion Battery Applications

Grafoid Inc., a Canadian graphene R&D, investment and technology licensing company announced today the development of its GPURE Graphene Polymer nano-porous membrane intended for next generation Li-Ion battery applications.

15 Mar 2017

UnitySC's NST Series Nanotopography Metrology Platform Delivers Unique Overlay Solution for Hybrid Bonding

UnitySC, a wholly owned subsidiary of FOGALE Nanotech Group and a leader in inspection and metrology solutions for advanced semiconductor packaging, today introduced its new NST Series at SEMICON China in Shanghai.

15 Mar 2017

Iron Nanocubes may Have Favorable Impact on Future of NO2 Sensing

Although they sound like a recent discovery, nanoparticles have been in use for centuries. For instance, the famous Lycurgus cup, crafted by 4th century Roman artisans, features dichroic glass, with silver and gold nanoparticles scattered throughout, giving the cup a red appearance when illuminated from behind and a green appearance when light is shining on it from the front.

15 Mar 2017

Nanotechnology News

Random Network Nanotube Films Enhance Long-Term Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

New 'Star-Spangled' Nanomaterial May Open Door to Advanced Electronics

Magnetic and Magnetooptical Response of STF Films Improved by Oxygen Defects Like Nanopillars

Research Reveals Inner Workings of Nanocages for Gold Particles

A New Drug and Nanoparticle Combination for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

UC Physicists Control Luminescence of Semiconductor Nanowires Using Gold Coating

Nanoparticle Used to Deliver Drug Combination in Lab Trial Aimed at Melanoma Treatment

Researchers Develop New Process for Growing Zeolite Nanosheets

New Method Could Help Detect Molecules with Sensors Based on Ultra-Thin Nanomaterials

Scientists Investigate Beneficial Use of Nanostructures in Laser Ion Acceleration

Researchers Reveal Atomic Positions and Local Electronic Properties of 2D MXene

New Technique to Bond Chips Uses Ink with Silver Nanoparticles

Grafoid Unveils GPURE Graphene Polymer Membrane for Next-Generation Li-Ion Battery Applications

UnitySC's NST Series Nanotopography Metrology Platform Delivers Unique Overlay Solution for Hybrid Bonding

Iron Nanocubes may Have Favorable Impact on Future of NO2 Sensing

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