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Novel Approach to Develop Nano-Enhanced Self-Cleaning Textiles

Breakthrough nanotechnology research on self-cleaning textiles by scientists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, could help people to clean their clothes with a spot of sunshine.

23 Mar 2016

Thomas Swan Launches First Commercial 2D Boron Nitride Products

2D Boron Nitride – a white coloured additive for enhanced gas barrier and thermal conductivity.

From Thomas Swan & Co Ltd 23 Mar 2016

Wrinkled and Crumpled Graphene Exhibits Better Properties

A group of researchers at Brown University have demonstrated a new way to fabricate super-crumpled and super-wrinkled sheets of graphene. Graphene is a nanomaterial that exhibits interesting properties. The study reveals that topography can boost some of the unique properties of graphene.

23 Mar 2016

New Approach Enables Real-Time, In Situ Monitoring of Self-Assembly of Nanocrystal Structures

Real-time, in situ monitoring of the self-assembly of nanocrystal structures has been made possible by a team of researchers using a combination of technologies, including controlled solvent evaporation and synchrotron X-ray scattering, paving the way for researchers to gain insights into the mechanisms behind the self-assembly of these structures.

23 Mar 2016

Study Shows How Graphene-Based Nanostructures Capture Infrared Light

Capturing infrared light with graphene-based nanostructures has been demonstrated by scientists from CIC nanoGUNE, in partnership with Graphenea and ICFO. When light combines with graphene’s charge oscillation, the result is a mixture of charge oscillations and light referred to as plasmon, which can be compressed into minute volumes that are millions times smaller than those present in traditional dielectric optical cavities.

23 Mar 2016

Researchers Use Microwave Microscopy to Study Nanoscale Objects and Processes

Electrons are often knocked off when an atom is bombarded with a large amount of energy. This makes the atom chemically reactive, triggering higher destruction. This is the reason why radiation is considered to be hazardous, and why high-resolution imaging methods that utilize X-rays and energetic electron beams, can change or destroy the samples they investigate.

23 Mar 2016

Breakthrough Method to Integrate Nanostructures with Micro Energy Storage Units for Microelectronics

Creating smaller components is a key factor in the race to develop compact smartphones and other handheld devices. There is an increasing demand for lighter and thinner microelectronic devices. However, manufacturers often have a limitation in the form of the oddly shaped energy sources, which pose challenges when trying to conform to the smaller space.

23 Mar 2016

Graphene Metal Oxide Nanocomposites Could Improve Capacity and Cycling Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Some metal oxides can increase capacity and optimize the cycling performance of lithium-ion batteries, according to material scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). They produced three graphene metal oxide (GMO) nanocomposites and compared their electrochemical performance. What they determined was two of the nanocomposites were able to significantly improve reversible lithium storage capacity.

23 Mar 2016

RHK Technology Installs First 9K PanScan Freedom System at UNH

RHK Technology has recently installed the first PanScan Freedom AFM/STM system with their latest cryostat option, offering a 9K base temperature.

From RHK Technology 22 Mar 2016

Theoretical Proof of Energy Input Helps Design Reliable Synthetic Molecular Machines

Cellular environment is a disorganized space, where the movement and quantity of proteins and molecules are found to be in continuous instability. The performance of a cell can be discovered by predicting the fluctuating depth of a process or protein. These predictions are difficult to pinpoint in the open system of a cell, where everything can appear in a chaotic manner.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 22 Mar 2016

Gold Nanorods Allow Real-Time, 3D Imaging of Cells and Tissues in Living Animal

Researchers from Stanford University have developed a new technique that enables 3D imaging of tissues and cells under the skin in real time. This latest study has the potential to improve the diagnosis and treatment for blindness and certain forms of cancer.

22 Mar 2016

Novel Method for Controlling Particle Motion on Two-Dimensional Materials

Researchers from MIT and other institutions have discovered a new phenomenon of the behavior of plasmons (a kind of quasiparticle) as they move accross tiny ribbons of two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD). These materials possess a hexagonal structure similar to chicken wire.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 22 Mar 2016

MESA+ Researcher Develops Special Nano Plates for Solar Fuels

Solar fuels are clean fuels harvested from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, and they provide a way of storing solar energy, for instance in hydrogen or hydrocarbons. However efficiency is still a concern for this technology. Kasper Wenderich of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente has created special nanosized plates with platinum particles on them to speed up the chemical conversion. As part of his PhD thesis, he determined the reason why the reduced effect of these particles is lower than generally expected.

21 Mar 2016

Imec Enhances its Silicon Photonics Platform to Support 50Gb/s Non-Return-to-Zero Optical Lane Rates

World-leading nanoelectronics research center imec presents at OFC 2016, the international event for both the science and business of optical communications held March 20-24, performance improvements of various key building blocks of its wafer-scale integrated silicon photonics platform (iSiPP).

From IMEC 21 Mar 2016

Extracting Graphene and Contaminants from Water by Shining Light

A simple and effective technique to extract graphene, and the contaminants and toxins they from water using light has been developed by researchers at Monash University. The research work is being published in Nanoscale, the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The new findings could considerably influence large volume water purification.

21 Mar 2016