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Carbon Nanotube Technology Used to Create Strong Water Desalination Membranes

Researchers from Shinshu University, Japan, have created strong reverse osmosis membranes that can tolerate large-scale water desalination. The results of their research were published in early February in Scientific Reports.

12 Apr 2018

Researchers Study the Behavior of Gold Nanoparticles Under Very High Temperatures

A nanomaterials expert has been investigating how small gold particles survive when they are subjected to extremely high temperatures.

9 Apr 2018

Light-Activated NanoZymes Control Hospital-Acquired Infections

Scientists created an innovative artificial enzyme that uses light to destroy bacteria and someday could be used in fighting against infections.

5 Apr 2018

New Technology for Combining Multiple Metals into Uniformly Mixed Nanoparticles

Researchers combined nearly eight different metals, including those that were not considered capable of mixing into single, uniformly mixed nanoparticles.

5 Apr 2018

Innovative Nanofilms Enable Holographic Storage of Enormous Data

The need for high-density data storage is met by innovative nanoparticle-based films that can holographically store over 1000 times more data than a DVD.

4 Apr 2018

Helical Nanographene to Find Applications in Nanomechanics

For the first time, researchers have described the successful production of hexa-peri-hexabenzo[7]helicene, or “helical nanographene".

2 Apr 2018

Conducting Polymer with Rusty Core for Energy Transfer and Storage

Although known as a nanoflower, upon brushing one’s cheek against the microscopic petals of conducting polymers, it is felt to be hard, cool, and rusty.

30 Mar 2018

Opto-Thermoelectric Nanotweezers Could Revolutionize the Field of Medicine

It is hard to visualize humans controlling nanoscale objects according to their own will or even manipulate their own biological matter at a cellular scale by using light.

29 Mar 2018

Thermoelectric Properties of Tin Selenide Nanostructures

Single crystal tin selenide is a thermoelectric material & a semiconductor; it can instantly change waste heat to electrical energy or be used for cooling.

29 Mar 2018