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Rice University Adapts Laser-Induced Graphene Technique to Create Light-Sensitive Materials

A Rice University laboratory has adapted its laser-induced graphene technique to make high-resolution, micron-scale patterns of the conductive material for consumer electronics and other applications.

7 May 2021

Paper Information Encryption Using Carbon Nanoparticle-Based Invisible Ink and AI Model

Coded messages in invisible ink sound like something only found in espionage books, but in real life, they can have important security purposes. Yet, they can be cracked if their encryption is predictable.

6 May 2021

Colloidal Nanoparticles Advance Frontiers of Synthetic Chemistry

Researchers from the School of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews (UK) are using a DrySyn Spiral Evaporator from Asynt to help synthesize novel reactive colloidal nanoparticles that present an exciting tool to create a new generation of 'smart' nanomaterials.

From Asynt 5 May 2021

Study Addresses Potential Harmful Effects of Nanoplastics on Various Ecosystems

The images would definitely touch everyone: huge vortices of floating plastic trash in the global oceans with occasionally catastrophic consequences for their inhabitants—an overwhelming legacy of contemporary lifestyle.

5 May 2021

Tiny, Flexible Nanoribbons Could Move Graphene Toward Telecommunication Applications

Telecommunications transmissions, right from radio and television to the internet, are only data transmitted by light waves and changed into electrical signals.

4 May 2021

New Method Facilitates Accurate Analysis of Magnetic Field Effects Inside Gold Nanoparticles

Researchers in the Nanoscience Center of University of Jyvaskyla, in Finland and in the Guadalajara University in Mexico developed a method that allows for simulation and visualization of magnetic-field-induced electron currents inside gold nanoparticles.

3 May 2021

New Nanomaterials and Processes Could Free Water from Pathogens

Scientists from Empa, together with their collaborators at Eawag, have been designing new materials and technologies to eliminate pathogens from drinking water, which so far could barely be removed with traditional measures, or only with high-cost, complex processes.

30 Apr 2021

New “Nanotraps” Could Capture and Destroy Coronavirus Within the Body

At the University of Chicago, scientists have developed an absolutely innovative, promising treatment for COVID-19 in the form of nanoparticles with the ability to trap SARS-CoV-2 viruses inside the body and use the body’s own immune system to kill them.

28 Apr 2021

New Nanocomposite Could Prevent Pollution by Arsenic, Copper Ions in Swine Urine

The development of livestock husbandry has led to the discharge of a huge amount of arsenic (As) and copper (Cu) ions together with swine urine into water bodies and soil.

26 Apr 2021

New Discovery Could Help Fine-Tune Nanoparticle Alloys for Specific Uses

There's gold in them thar nanoparticles, and there used to be a lot of silver, too. But much of the silver has leached away, and researchers want to know how.

23 Apr 2021