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3D Sponge Made of Carbon Nanotubes Shows Promise for Biomedical Implementations

A multi-disciplinary research, spanning several years has revealed that a new 3D sponge composed of carbon nanotubes was capable of promoting nerve fiber growth, linking separated neural explants and offering a practical reconnection.

18 Jul 2016

Researchers Draw Closer to Developing Invisibility Cloak

A team of researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s (QMUL’s) School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, worked with UK industry to develop the first ever practical cloaking device, which enabled curved surfaces to look flat to electromagnetic waves. The material has nano-size particles, which help to enhance specific properties on the surface of the object, giving the material the ability to make an object disappear.

18 Jul 2016

Cemtrex Announces Plans to Set Up Research Pilot Plant for Graphene Production

Cemtrex Inc., a world leading industrial and manufacturing solutions company, announced today that it will set up a research pilot plant for the production of Graphene while simultaneously sequestering carbon dioxide from flue gases at its Farmingdale facility.

18 Jul 2016

Prestigious Nanjing University Orders Multiple Oxford Instruments Plasma Systems

Leading manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition processing systems Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, recently won an order from Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunications, based in Nanjiang, Jiangsu, China for multiple plasma etch systems to be used for silicon and III-V etching.

18 Jul 2016

Oligochitosans can Improve Gene Therapy

UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country’s Scientists have proved that oligochitosan polymer has the potential to directly supply DNA to tumour cells and help cure them.

18 Jul 2016

New ‘Biowire’ Developed by Scientists

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have genetically developed a new bacteria strain that creates thin, highly conductive wires using natural, non-toxic amino acids. The development has been published in the recent issue of the journal Small.

18 Jul 2016

Nano Dimension Files Patent Application for Innovative Nanometric Conductive Ink

Recently, Nano Dimension Technologies filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to develop a new nanometric conductive ink based on a unique synthesis. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nano Dimension Ltd., a leading developer and manufacturer in the 3D Printed Electronics domain.

18 Jul 2016

Stronger and Easier to Handle Rivet Graphene has Potential Use in Transparent Electronics

Researchers at Rice University state that if graphene had nanoscale “rivets”, then the wonder material’s properties are likely to accelerate its adoption in products such as flexible, transparent electronics.

18 Jul 2016

Freiburg-Based Research Group Develops Microfluidic Chip for Adipose Analysis

A Freiburg-based research group has developed a microfluidic chip where more than one hundred apidose-derived adult stem cell cultures can grow and divide.

14 Jul 2016

UCI Engineer Invents New Method for Analyzing Nanomaterials

A University of California, Irvine engineer has invented a method for analyzing nanowires at temperatures approaching 800 degrees Fahrenheit in first-ever experiments, showing the valuable role the materials could play in converting excess heat from machines and electronics into useable electricity.

14 Jul 2016

Nitride Nanoparticles Can be Used for Solar Water Heating

A research team of Satoshi Ishii, MANA scientist, and Tadaaki Nagao, group leader, Nano-System Photonics Group, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), NIMS, discovered through numerical calculations that nanoparticles of transition metal nitrides and carbides absorb sunlight very efficiently, and confirmed experimentally that nitride nanoparticles, when dispersed in water, quickly raise water temperature. These nanoparticles may be applied for heating and distillation of water through efficient sunlight use.

14 Jul 2016

Scientists Develop New Basis for Construction of 2D Quasicrystals

Unlike classical crystals, quasicrystals do not comprise periodic units, even though they do have a superordinate structure. The formation of the fascinating mosaics that they produce is barely understood.

14 Jul 2016

Cavity-Enhanced Raman-Scattering Offers Information on Properties and Structure of Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes attract a lot of interest in diverse fields such as nanomechanics, photonics, electronics, and quantum optics, as they can be manufactured in a number of properties and shapes, and used in numerous applications. It is important for researchers to have an instrument that could establish these properties in a fast and precise manner.

14 Jul 2016

Development of Carbon-Nanotube Mirrors Underway

Engineers and Scientists at NASA are creating a lightweight telescope to conduct investigations for CubeSat. The unique feature of this telescope is a carbon nanotube mirror embedded in epoxy resin, which may make it the first of its kind.

14 Jul 2016

Springer Nature and Tsinghua University Press present the Third Nano Research Award

Peidong Yang honored for his outstanding contributions to nanowire-related science and technology in the field of artificial photosynthesis

14 Jul 2016

Nanotechnology News

3D Sponge Made of Carbon Nanotubes Shows Promise for Biomedical Implementations

Researchers Draw Closer to Developing Invisibility Cloak

Cemtrex Announces Plans to Set Up Research Pilot Plant for Graphene Production

Prestigious Nanjing University Orders Multiple Oxford Instruments Plasma Systems

Oligochitosans can Improve Gene Therapy

New ‘Biowire’ Developed by Scientists

Nano Dimension Files Patent Application for Innovative Nanometric Conductive Ink

Stronger and Easier to Handle Rivet Graphene has Potential Use in Transparent Electronics

Freiburg-Based Research Group Develops Microfluidic Chip for Adipose Analysis

UCI Engineer Invents New Method for Analyzing Nanomaterials

Nitride Nanoparticles Can be Used for Solar Water Heating

Scientists Develop New Basis for Construction of 2D Quasicrystals

Cavity-Enhanced Raman-Scattering Offers Information on Properties and Structure of Carbon Nanotubes

Development of Carbon-Nanotube Mirrors Underway

Springer Nature and Tsinghua University Press present the Third Nano Research Award

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