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Researchers Produce Silver Nanowire Inks for Low-Cost Printing of Circuits

Duke University scientists have been brewing up conductive ink-jet printer “inks” to print customizable, low-cost circuit patterns on any surface. To do this, they suspended tiny metal nanoparticles in liquids.

4 Jan 2017

Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems Help in Ophthalmic Development

Topically administered drug formulations (e.g. eye drops) are used to treat most ophthalmic diseases.

4 Jan 2017

Researchers Study Effectiveness of Nanohyperthermia in Softening Tumors

Efforts to defeat cancers are often hindered by the mechanical resistance of tumors and collateral damage of standard treatments. However, a group of researchers from the CNRS, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris Descartes University, and Paris Diderot University have successfully softened malignant tumors by heating them.

3 Jan 2017

Feeding Nanoparticles to Worms Helps Testing Biological Force Sensor Technology

Worms that are a millimeter-long and capable of digesting a nanoparticle-laced meal of their favorite bacteria could help to develop a way to see the working of cellular forces within human bodies and also in processes like cancer growth and wound healing.

3 Jan 2017

Ultra-Fast and Simple Method to Fabricate Different Forms of Copper Hydroxide Nanostructures

Copper based nano structures have gained much attention in today's modern devices. A team of Nano-fabricated Energy Devices lab in University of Tehran have used an ultra-fast and simple method for fabrication of different types of these structures.

30 Dec 2016

Unique Properties of Graphene Could Revolutionize Photonic and Opto-Electronic Devices

The importance of graphene can hardly be overstated. Graphene is the thinnest material comprised of atoms. It is only one atomic layer thick and hence an almost ideal representation of a two-dimensional material in our three-dimensional world.

29 Dec 2016

Researchers Make Important Breakthrough in the Field of Future Magnetic Storage Devices

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made another important breakthrough in the field of future magnetic storage devices.

28 Dec 2016

Researchers Use Nanodiscs to Deliver Customized Therapeutic Vaccine for Cancer Treatment

Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors.

27 Dec 2016

Researchers Work on Development of Game-Changing Nanowire Metamaterials

Mechanical engineer Liping Wang imagines an energy sector enhanced by greater control over thermal radiation. To work toward this objective, he is designing and constructing a host of custom electromagnetic materials.

26 Dec 2016

Intense Pulsed Light Could Sinter Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electronics Manufacturing

Faster production of advanced, flexible electronics is among the potential benefits of a discovery by researchers at Oregon State University's College of Engineering.

23 Dec 2016

Nanoscale Interactions Help Create Self-Assembled Materials with Unprecedented Complexity

Building nanomaterials with features spanning just billionths of a meter requires extraordinary precision. Scaling up that construction while increasing complexity presents a significant hurdle to the widespread use of such nano-engineered materials.

23 Dec 2016

Researchers Develop Nanoarray Capable of Sniffing Out and Distinguishing Several Diseases

Before modern medical lab methods became available, doctors diagnosed certain diseases by smelling the breath of patient. Researchers have been attempting to develop analytical instruments that can imitate this sniff-and-diagnose skill.

22 Dec 2016

Large Currents can be Transported at Nanoscale Using Graphene

Graphene has established itself as a wonder material once again. An international research team headed by Professor Fritz Aumayr from the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien has demonstrated that the electrons in graphene are very mobile and react very rapidly.

22 Dec 2016

Researchers Study New Opportunities Provided by Silver Nanoclusters

Small clusters of silver atoms arranged with atomic level precision are capable of becoming more versatile and useful due to a simpler way to hold them together.

21 Dec 2016

High-Load and Compact: Precision 6-Axis Motion from Two New PI Hexapods

6-axis parallel positioning systems provide precision and versatility for loads from 2 kg to 1,000+ kg.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 21 Dec 2016

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Produce Silver Nanowire Inks for Low-Cost Printing of Circuits

Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems Help in Ophthalmic Development

Researchers Study Effectiveness of Nanohyperthermia in Softening Tumors

Feeding Nanoparticles to Worms Helps Testing Biological Force Sensor Technology

Ultra-Fast and Simple Method to Fabricate Different Forms of Copper Hydroxide Nanostructures

Unique Properties of Graphene Could Revolutionize Photonic and Opto-Electronic Devices

Researchers Make Important Breakthrough in the Field of Future Magnetic Storage Devices

Researchers Use Nanodiscs to Deliver Customized Therapeutic Vaccine for Cancer Treatment

Researchers Work on Development of Game-Changing Nanowire Metamaterials

Intense Pulsed Light Could Sinter Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electronics Manufacturing

Nanoscale Interactions Help Create Self-Assembled Materials with Unprecedented Complexity

Researchers Develop Nanoarray Capable of Sniffing Out and Distinguishing Several Diseases

Large Currents can be Transported at Nanoscale Using Graphene

Researchers Study New Opportunities Provided by Silver Nanoclusters

High-Load and Compact: Precision 6-Axis Motion from Two New PI Hexapods

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