Nanotechnology News

RSS

Photoelectron Spectroscopy Helps Identify Chemical Bonds between Metal Surfaces and Molecules

Until now, however, it was practically impossible to accurately predict which molecules performed well on the job. They basically had to be identified by trial-and-error.

18 Feb 2013

New Set of Building Blocks Based on Nanoparticles and DNA

Northwestern University's Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application, has developed a completely new set of building blocks that is based on nanoparticles and DNA. Using these tools, scientists will be able to build -- from the bottom up, just as nature does -- new and useful structures.

18 Feb 2013

UK Synchrotron Facility Facilitates Virus Analysis at Atomic and Molecular Level

The UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, is now the first and only place in Europe where pathogens requiring Containment Level 3 – including serious viruses such as those responsible for AIDS, Hepatitis and some types of flu – can be analysed at atomic and molecular level using synchrotron light. This special light allows scientists to study virus structures at intense levels of detail and this new facility extends that capability to many viruses that have a major global impact on human and animal health. Studying pathogens in this way has the potential to open up new paths for the development of therapeutic treatments and vaccines.

18 Feb 2013

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Microscopy Explored at Innovations in Imaging Meeting

When difficult biological questions are tackled by creative experts in physics, what can result? Images of great beauty, accessible for anyone to appreciate, that also offer rich information on fundamental life processes, and rewarding new paths for analysis and insight.

18 Feb 2013

Mussel-Inspired Polymer Coating Helps Gold Nanorods Target Cancer Cells

When it comes to sticking power under wet conditions, marine mussels are hard to beat. They can adhere to virtually all inorganic and organic surfaces, sustaining their tenacious bonds in saltwater, including turbulent tidal environments.

18 Feb 2013

Plasmonic Photocathodes Show Promise to Manipulate Light Fields on NanoScale

Free electron lasers (FELs) have proven their worth, but next-generation light sources will have to do better than produce ultrabright x-ray pulses 100 or so times a second. What’s needed is megahertz rep rate, a million times a second. Since it’s electrons that make the x-rays, the only way to achieve that kind of performance is with an electron gun that can deliver tight electron bunches with high charge, high energy, and a very high repetition rate – sources like Berkeley Lab’s futuristic APEX, for which Howard Padmore of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) and his colleagues are designing the photocathodes.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 16 Feb 2013

Northwestern University Biomedical Engineer to Speak at Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

Phillip B. Messersmith, a biomedical engineer at Northwestern University who takes inspiration from nature to develop new materials, will be the featured speaker at the University’s nanotechnology town hall meeting Monday, Feb. 18.

16 Feb 2013

NanoBCA Presents Top Emerging Nano Innovator Award to NanoMech

NanoMech Inc. announced today that for the second year in a row the company received the Top Emerging Nano Innovator Award from the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA), a leading business association dedicated to protecting and promoting the burgeoning nanotechnology industry.

16 Feb 2013

Researchers Demonstrate Printing of Organic Crystal Transistors on Flexible Plastic Sheets

Organic semiconductors hold promise for making low-cost flexible electronics – conceivably video displays that bend like book pages or roll and unroll like posters, or wearable circuitry sewn into uniforms or athletic wear. Researchers have demonstrated the ability to "print" transistors made of organic crystals on flexible plastic sheets, using technology that resembles inkjet or gravure printing.

16 Feb 2013

University at Buffalo Engineers Create Hyperbolic Metamaterial Waveguide

University at Buffalo engineers have created a more efficient way to catch rainbows, an advancement in photonics that could lead to technological breakthroughs in solar energy, stealth technology and other areas of research.

16 Feb 2013

Berkeley Lab Researcher to Demonstrate Capabilities of X-Ray Microscopy at AAAS Meeting

In perhaps no other scientific field does the adage "form follows function" hold more true than in biology, especially the biology of living cells, which is why our knowledge of cells starts with imaging. Optical microscopy is limited by low spatial resolution – about 200 nanometers, and electron microscopy is limited by the poor penetration of electrons and the requirement that it be performed in a vacuum, which means cells must be sectioned off into tissue-thin slices and dehydrated. X-ray microscopy bridges the resolution gap between optic and electron microscopy, combining the best features of both to hit the sweet spot for chemical and elemental imaging.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 16 Feb 2013

NANEO Precision IBS Coatings Places Order for Veeco’s SPECTOR IBD System

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that NANEO Precision IBS Coatings GmbH, a leading optical coatings company located in Rheinbreitbach, Germany, has recently ordered a SPECTOR® Ion Beam Deposition (IBD) System. The SPECTOR system will be used to produce high quality optics in a broad range of applications including ultrafast optics, high power lasers, raman spectroscopy, telecommunications, and aerospace.

From Veeco 16 Feb 2013

BladeButter Extends Razor Life Using Nanotechnology

You're in luck because BladeButter has butter in its name and it harnesses nano-technology that extends the life of your razor exponentially.

16 Feb 2013

New Research Report Analyzes Avago FBAR Filter All-Silicon MEMS Duplexer

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Avago FBAR Filter All-Silicon MEMS Duplexer Reverse Costing Analysis" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 16 Feb 2013

Researchers Develop Nano-Machines that Recreate Principal Activities of Proteins

Physicists of the University of Vienna together with researchers from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully artificial protein-mimetic model system, thanks to the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC), a high performance computing infrastructure. These "bionic proteins" could play an important role in innovating pharmaceutical research. The results have now been published in the renowned journal "Physical Review Letters".

16 Feb 2013

Nanotechnology News

Photoelectron Spectroscopy Helps Identify Chemical Bonds between Metal Surfaces and Molecules

New Set of Building Blocks Based on Nanoparticles and DNA

UK Synchrotron Facility Facilitates Virus Analysis at Atomic and Molecular Level

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Microscopy Explored at Innovations in Imaging Meeting

Mussel-Inspired Polymer Coating Helps Gold Nanorods Target Cancer Cells

Plasmonic Photocathodes Show Promise to Manipulate Light Fields on NanoScale

Northwestern University Biomedical Engineer to Speak at Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting

NanoBCA Presents Top Emerging Nano Innovator Award to NanoMech

Researchers Demonstrate Printing of Organic Crystal Transistors on Flexible Plastic Sheets

University at Buffalo Engineers Create Hyperbolic Metamaterial Waveguide

Berkeley Lab Researcher to Demonstrate Capabilities of X-Ray Microscopy at AAAS Meeting

NANEO Precision IBS Coatings Places Order for Veeco’s SPECTOR IBD System

BladeButter Extends Razor Life Using Nanotechnology

New Research Report Analyzes Avago FBAR Filter All-Silicon MEMS Duplexer

Researchers Develop Nano-Machines that Recreate Principal Activities of Proteins

News Categories

New Research Reveals Nanoplastics’ Damaging Effect on Brain Cells

Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

Covalent Organic Nanosheets Boost Sodium-Ion Battery Life

Single-Step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes for Better Energy Storage

Research Boosts Graphene’s Potential to Unprecedented Heights

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

Sponsored Content

Scaling High-Pressure Homogenization with Genizer

Comparing Spectroscopic Techniques for Nanoscale Analysis of Polyethylene Formation

How Photothermal AFM-IR Enables Nanoscale Defect Detection in Semiconductors

Overcoming the Limits of Traditional DLS in Lipid-Based Nanoparticle Manufacturing