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MIT Generates Nontoxic Portable Power by Burning Sucrose-Coated Carbon Nanotubes

Batteries that power common devices of modern life, from computers and smartphones to electrically driven cars, are often made of toxic materials, like lithium, that are not easy to dispose of and have a limited global supply. However, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new system to generate electricity, which utilizes heat instead of toxic materials or metals.

15 Mar 2016

Self-Propelled Nanomotors Pave Way for Self-Healing Electronics

As intricate electronics continue to develop, tools are also needed to fix them. In anticipation of this challenge, and inspired by the human body’s immune system, scientists have developed self-propelled nanomotors that locate and repair tiny scratches in the electronics systems. This development can lead to electrodes, solar cells, flexible batteries, and other devices to heal themselves.

15 Mar 2016

Dual-Role Nanoparticles Light Up and Treat Plaques in Arteries

Atherosclerosis is a disease that causes a buildup of plaque in arteries. The disease is an invisible and prolific killer, but its ability to hide in the body and create havoc may soon be lost. A new nanoparticle has been developed by scientists, that acts as if it were a high-density lipoprotein (HDL). The nanoparticle can light up as well as treat the plaques that clog the arteries. This therapy technique can potentially assist to prevent strokes and heart attacks.

15 Mar 2016

Soap-Bubble-Like Nanocontainers Show Promise for Drug Delivery to Constricted Coronary Arteries

Liposomes are an existing drug delivery vehicle, but they are detected by the immune system. Researchers from the universities of Basel and Fribourg have demonstrated that specially synthesized liposomes do not produce any reaction in human and porcine sera, as well as pigs.

15 Mar 2016

Graphene-Encapsulated Magnesium Nanocrystals Provide New Formula for Metal Hydride Fuel Cells

Hydrogen is the most plentiful and lightest element on Earth and in the Universe. Scientists are trying to develop hydrogen as a carbon-free, clean, limitless fuel source for cars as well as other applications, such as telecommunication towers and portable generators, with water being the only combustion byproduct.

15 Mar 2016

SPIE Europe-Sponsored Workshop on Transitioning Graphene-Based Photonics from Research to Commercialization

A SPIE Europe sponsored workshop will be led by Frank Koppens of ICFO (Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology) and Nathalie Vermeulen of B-PHOT (Brussels Photonics Team, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) on April 5, 2016, in Brussels. The workshop will discuss the transition of graphene-based photonics technology from the research stage through to the commercialization stage.

14 Mar 2016

DNA Origami Holds Potential to Make Nanoscale Structures for Use in Electronics

Electronics manufacturers constantly hunt for ways to make faster, cheaper computer chips, often by cutting production costs or by shrinking component sizes. Now, researchers report that DNA, the genetic material of life, might help accomplish this goal when it is formed into specific shapes through a process reminiscent of the ancient art of paper folding.

14 Mar 2016

Phantoms Foundation Announces Release of Third Edition of Graphene Companies Catalogue

Phantoms Foundation is pleased to launch the 3rd edition of the catalogue of companies working in Graphene worldwide.

14 Mar 2016

Manchester University Scientists Observe Self-Rotating Graphene

The question at the University of Manchester regarding interaction in two-dimensional (2D) materials is whether self-rotation occurs in heterostructures if various crystals are clubbed together, such as graphene on boron nitride. It was observed that perfect stacking between boron nitride and graphene occurs, and when the heterostructural layers are disturbed, the crystals undergo self-rotation and retain the ideal configuration. This effect was known at the nanoscale, but it was not seen on larger scales until the recent findings, published in Nature Communications.

11 Mar 2016

Scientists Provide Accurate Description of van der Waals Forces Between Nanoscale Objects

The dynamics of the solar system and the attraction between celestial bodies, such as the moon and the Earth, are all governed by gravitational forces. Similar to these gravitational forces, attractive forces exist between objects at the nanoscale. These are known as van der Waals forces, which are ever-present in nature and are believed to play a major role in establishing the function, stability, and structure of various systems across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science.

11 Mar 2016

UC Santa Barbara Physicist Receives AFOSR Grant to Advance Development and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials

Over the past two decades, nanoscale devices and nanomaterials have been increasingly developed. Flat graphene crystals have many potential applications in advanced superconductors or electronics, and they could usher in a new era of affordable medical imaging.

11 Mar 2016

Mayo Clinic’s Florida Campus Opens State-of-the-Art Laboratory for Nanotechnology Research

With support from the state of Florida, Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory for nanotechnology research, an emerging field of science that studies and applies materials that are the size of an atom.

11 Mar 2016

EVG, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Team Up to Develop Nanoimprint Lithography System for Photonics & Microfluidic Device Production

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, and JOANNEUM RESEARCH (JR), a leading international research organization based in Graz, Austria, today announced that they are collaborating on a joint-solution for research and development activities in large-area nanoimprinting leveraging the EVG®770 automated UV-nanoimprint lithography (NIL) step-and-repeat system.

11 Mar 2016

Program of Expert Speakers Announces for International Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials

The International Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials in Industrial Applications, sponsored by Hosokawa Micron Ltd., has attracted a range of excellent speakers to the platform at The University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

From Hosokawa Micron Ltd 10 Mar 2016

High-Resolution Cryo Electron Microscopy Coming to UMass Medical School

High-resolution cryo electron microscopy, or cryo-EM, dubbed the “research method of the year” by Nature, is coming to UMass Medical School. The Massachusetts Facility for High-Resolution Cryo Electron Microscopy will open by year’s end on the medical school’s Worcester campus.

10 Mar 2016

Nanotechnology News

MIT Generates Nontoxic Portable Power by Burning Sucrose-Coated Carbon Nanotubes

Self-Propelled Nanomotors Pave Way for Self-Healing Electronics

Dual-Role Nanoparticles Light Up and Treat Plaques in Arteries

Soap-Bubble-Like Nanocontainers Show Promise for Drug Delivery to Constricted Coronary Arteries

Graphene-Encapsulated Magnesium Nanocrystals Provide New Formula for Metal Hydride Fuel Cells

SPIE Europe-Sponsored Workshop on Transitioning Graphene-Based Photonics from Research to Commercialization

DNA Origami Holds Potential to Make Nanoscale Structures for Use in Electronics

Phantoms Foundation Announces Release of Third Edition of Graphene Companies Catalogue

Manchester University Scientists Observe Self-Rotating Graphene

Scientists Provide Accurate Description of van der Waals Forces Between Nanoscale Objects

UC Santa Barbara Physicist Receives AFOSR Grant to Advance Development and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials

Mayo Clinic’s Florida Campus Opens State-of-the-Art Laboratory for Nanotechnology Research

EVG, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Team Up to Develop Nanoimprint Lithography System for Photonics & Microfluidic Device Production

Program of Expert Speakers Announces for International Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials

High-Resolution Cryo Electron Microscopy Coming to UMass Medical School

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