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New Friction Mechanism Discovered in Behavior of Nanosystems

Friction is an omnipresent but often annoying physical phänomenon: It causes wear and energy loss in machines as well as in our joints. In search of low-friction components for ever smaller components, a team of physicists led by the professors Thorsten Hugel and Alexander Holleitner now discovered a previously unknown type of friction that they call “desorption stick.”

16 May 2013

NanoSIMS Helps Visualize and Quantify Nitrogen within Reef-Forming Corals

Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

15 May 2013

Researcher Gets Nanomaterials to Self-Assemble into the Right Pattern

Leon Dean had been working on “block copolymers,” self-assembling nanomaterials that can be used to pattern silicon wafers, for more than a year. But he knew only failure in trying to get them them to self-assemble into the right pattern — before it finally happened.

14 May 2013

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Used to Help Characterize Properties of Manufactured Nanomaterials

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being used at the University of Wyoming in the characterization of the physical and interfacial properties of manufactured nano materials.

14 May 2013

Nanoscientists Analyze Herringbone Pattern of Self-Assembling Nanoplates

Leading nanoscientists created beautiful, tiled patterns with flat nanocrystals, but they were left with a mystery: Why did some sets of crystals arrange themselves in an alternating, herringbone style? To find out, they turned to experts in computer simulation at the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

13 May 2013

Government of Canada Awards NanoQuebec Funds to Implement Open Innovation Pilot Project

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, today announced that the organization NanoQuébec has been granted financial assistance for a project to translate knowledge into commercial applications, while improving the innovation capability and competitiveness of Quebec's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

13 May 2013

Northwestern University Nanotechnology Scientist Wins Royal Society of Chemistry Award

Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application, has been named 2013 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The award recognizes an individual’s contribution to the commercialization of research.

10 May 2013

WaferGen Introduces SmartChip TE PCR-Based Enrichment System for Targeted Sequencing

WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. today announced the launch of its new SmartChip TE product – a PCR-based target enrichment solution for sample preparation prior to targeted re-sequencing on Next-Gen platforms.

From Takara Bio USA, Inc. 10 May 2013

UW Builds Nanotip Probes for Portable DNA Extracting Device

Take a swab of saliva from your mouth and within minutes your DNA could be ready for analysis and genome sequencing with the help of a new device.

7 May 2013

$Metamaterial with Nanocrescent Atoms Exhibits Negative Refractive Index in Multiple Spectrum Regions$

Metamaterial with Nanocrescent Atoms Exhibits Negative Refractive Index in Multiple Spectrum Regions

One of the exciting possibilities of metamaterials – engineered materials that exhibit properties not found in the natural world – is the potential to control light in ways never before possible. The novel optical properties of such materials could lead to a "perfect lens" that allows direct observation of an individual protein in a light microscope or, conversely, invisibility cloaks that completely hide objects from sight.

7 May 2013