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Researchers Use Confined Nanoparticles to Enhance Hydrogen Storage Materials Performance

The concept of going small to win big was applied in an approach developed by a multilab, interdisciplinary team in which they used nanoparticles and a unique nanoconfinement system to formulate a method to modify hydrogen storage properties.

27 Feb 2017

Research on Hyperspectral Infrared Nanoimaging

The development of hyperspectral infrared nanoimaging has been reported by a team of researchers from the Basque institutions CIC nanoGUNE, Ikerbasque and Cidetec, and the German Robert Koch-Institut.

24 Feb 2017

Study Reveals Three Layers of Graphene can Create New Type of Magnet

As metals possess a large density of electrons, the wave nature of electrons can only be viewed if metallic wires measuring a few atoms in width are created.

24 Feb 2017

Tiny Nanoparticles Help Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel Using Ultraviolet Light as Energy Source

Duke University researchers have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane using only ultraviolet light as an energy source.

24 Feb 2017

Ionotronic Devices Open New Avenues for Creating Electrically Switchable Memories

Ionotronic devices rely on charge effects based on ions, instead of electrons or in addition to electrons. These devices open new opportunities for creating electrically switchable memories. However, there are still many technical challenges to overcome before this new kind of memories can be produced.

24 Feb 2017

The Presence of Defects Improves the Performance of MnO2 Nanosheets as Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

Supercapacitors are used to store energy in applications that require many rapid change/discharge cycles including personal electronics, hybrid cars, and energy harvesting systems.

24 Feb 2017

Innovative Techniques and Materials for Upgrading Smart Electronics and Wearable Devices

A research team from Waseda University, Japan, has created innovative techniques as well as materials for producing ultrathin stick-on electronic devices by using elastomeric “nanosheet” film.

23 Feb 2017

Microhotplates Used to Develop a Smart Gas Sensor

It is essential to use gas sensors for air quality monitoring and leakage alerts in everyday life. Besides sensing, smart gas sensors capable of performing signal processing and communication have attracted a lot of attention. Additionally, incorporating these functions into a single chip results in economical and tiny smart gas-sensing systems.

23 Feb 2017

New Review Shows How Nanotechnology Helps Reveal Crucial Biological Information

DNA is the hereditary material in our cells and contains the instructions for them to live, behave, grow, and develop. These instructions are based on the order of the DNA bases, called nucleotides.

23 Feb 2017

Researchers Make Strides Toward Understanding Borophene’s Electronic Potential

Now, just months after a Northwestern Engineering and Argonne National Laboratory team discovered the material, another team led by Mark Hersam is already making strides toward understanding its complicated chemistry and realizing its electronic potential.

23 Feb 2017

Nanoclusters and the Future of Lithium Batteries

Nanoclusters is a term used to describe a group of near-monodispersed nanoparticles that measure less than 10 nm in diameter1. These nanostructures exhibit unique chemical, electronic, optical and structural properties, all of which are much different as compared to their bulk counterparts2.

By Benedette Cuffari 23 Feb 2017

Quantification & Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes

Postnova Analytics has published an application note that describes a new method to characterize and quantify Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) in soil samples using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation coupled with MALS detection (AF4-MALS).

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 23 Feb 2017

Ultrasmall Nanoclusters Have Potential to Address Big Issues in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Batteries that are smaller, faster, and more stable are in great demand as devices become smaller and more powerful. Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a superionic solid that could be the starting point of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

22 Feb 2017

JPK Selects Compact Tensile Stage from Deben for their NanoWizard® AFM Platform to Broaden Capabilities for Materials Characterisation

Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, have supplied leading German instrument manufacturers, JPK Instruments, with a tensile stage to use in conjunction with the world-renowned NanoWizard® AFM platform.

From Bruker BioAFM 22 Feb 2017

Study on In-Plane Nanoantennas for Fluorescence Enhancement

Valentin Flauraud and co-authors are now congratulated for their publication in Nano Letters entitled "In-Plane Plasmonic Antenna Arrays with Surface Nanogaps for Giant Fluorescence Enhancement".

21 Feb 2017

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Use Confined Nanoparticles to Enhance Hydrogen Storage Materials Performance

Research on Hyperspectral Infrared Nanoimaging

Study Reveals Three Layers of Graphene can Create New Type of Magnet

Tiny Nanoparticles Help Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel Using Ultraviolet Light as Energy Source

Ionotronic Devices Open New Avenues for Creating Electrically Switchable Memories

The Presence of Defects Improves the Performance of MnO2 Nanosheets as Supercapacitor Electrode Materials

Innovative Techniques and Materials for Upgrading Smart Electronics and Wearable Devices

Microhotplates Used to Develop a Smart Gas Sensor

New Review Shows How Nanotechnology Helps Reveal Crucial Biological Information

Researchers Make Strides Toward Understanding Borophene’s Electronic Potential

Nanoclusters and the Future of Lithium Batteries

Quantification & Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes

Ultrasmall Nanoclusters Have Potential to Address Big Issues in Lithium-Ion Batteries

JPK Selects Compact Tensile Stage from Deben for their NanoWizard® AFM Platform to Broaden Capabilities for Materials Characterisation

Study on In-Plane Nanoantennas for Fluorescence Enhancement

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