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Observing Nanoparticles by Achieving Frequency Splitting

More than two has always been considered to be a crowd. However, at present, electrical and systems engineers from the Washington University in St. Louis and their colleagues have demonstrated that when a third nanoscatterer is added to a photonics resonator, in addition to the existing two “tuning” nanoscatterers, the result is just exhilarating.

14 Aug 2017

Advancing the Field of Wearable Devices by Means of Flexible Batteries

The use of graphene in printed electronic devices has been the reason for rapid advancement in the field of wearable technology.

14 Aug 2017

Scientists Show Growing Atom-Thin Sheets on Cones Allows Control of Defects in 2D Material

Researchers from Rice University have discovered a way to manipulate 2D materials to design in defects that improve the materials’ properties.

10 Aug 2017

Study Reveals Burning of Coal Produces Potentially Harmful Airborne Nanoparticles

Environmental researchers led by the Virginia Tech College of Science revealed that the burning of coal creates extremely small particles of a highly uncommon form of titanium oxide.

9 Aug 2017

Carbonitride Aerogels Facilitate Photocatalytic Conversion of Water

Nanochemistry crosses path with macrostructures: Chinese researchers reveal the synthesis of a macroscopic aerogel from carbonitride nanomaterials which is an exceptional catalyst for the water-splitting reaction under visible-light irradiation.

7 Aug 2017

Researchers Create Laser-Induced Graphene from Pine Wood

Researchers at Rice University have transformed wood into an electrical conductor by changing its surface into highly conductive graphene. The resultant material could be applied to biodegradable electronics.

1 Aug 2017

Nanopillars Could Help Researchers Fine-Tune Critical Size of Jumping Dew Droplets

With better understanding of the behavior of water in its smallest form, a Virginia Tech professor and his undergraduate student are trying to enhance the efficiency of removing condensation in a major way.

1 Aug 2017

Researchers Synthesize Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for Oxidizing Hydrocarbons

Apart from being the chief constituents of natural gas and petroleum, hydrocarbons and their blends have a crucial role as resources that support present-day infrastructure as basic materials for the petrochemical sector.

1 Aug 2017

Using Computer Simulations to Investigate Nanosystems Confined in Spherical Cavities

A team of Theoretical Physicists headed by Professor Kurt Binder and Dr. Arash Nikoubashman from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have adopted computer simulations to investigate the positioning of stiff polymers inside spherical cavities.

27 Jul 2017

Innovative Approaches Could Enable Use of 2D Nanomaterials in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Low self-discharge, high specific energy density, and low memory effect make lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) appealing as chief energy storage devices. Of the different components of a battery, electrode materials have an important part in improving electrochemical characteristics.

27 Jul 2017

Nanomaterials News

Observing Nanoparticles by Achieving Frequency Splitting

Advancing the Field of Wearable Devices by Means of Flexible Batteries

Scientists Show Growing Atom-Thin Sheets on Cones Allows Control of Defects in 2D Material

Study Reveals Burning of Coal Produces Potentially Harmful Airborne Nanoparticles

Carbonitride Aerogels Facilitate Photocatalytic Conversion of Water

Researchers Create Laser-Induced Graphene from Pine Wood

Nanopillars Could Help Researchers Fine-Tune Critical Size of Jumping Dew Droplets

Researchers Synthesize Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts for Oxidizing Hydrocarbons

Using Computer Simulations to Investigate Nanosystems Confined in Spherical Cavities

Innovative Approaches Could Enable Use of 2D Nanomaterials in Lithium-Ion Batteries

The Benefits of Including Floor Vibration Control for Nano-Tech Facilities over Designing ‘Quiet’ Buildings

Quantum Dot Technology In the Display Industry

Pushing the Boundaries of TEM Research with the Poseidon Select

Next Generation STACIS Active Piezoelectric Vibration Cancellation - SEM-Base VI for SEMs

eLINE Plus: Ultra High Resolution Electron Beam Lithography, Nanoengineering and Imaging

Park NX-Bio AFM: Powerful Nanoscale Microscopy for Life Science

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Using Graphene Based Solar Cells for Solar Applications

On-Chip Quantum Optics with Photonic Circuits

Nanomaterials News

1 MIT Researchers Use Graphene to Create Transparent, Flexible Solar Cells

2 Carbonitride Aerogels Facilitate Photocatalytic Conversion of Water

3 Graphene-Based Nanotube Biosensor Could Detect Single Biomolecules Efficiently

4 Technology Companies Join Forces for TEM Imaging and Analysis

5 Invention of Nanoparticle ‘Buckyswitch’ Likely to Transform Field of Microscopy

6 New Dual-Surface Graphene Electrode Helps Split Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen

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