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New Academic Journal Focuses on Discoveries in Applied Nanomaterials

T. Randall Lee, Cullen Distinguished University Chair and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, will oversee a new academic journal focused on discoveries involving the use of nanotechnology in applied materials.

26 Oct 2017

Researchers Develop Nano-Sized Molecular Machines Capable of Exerting Measurable Force

Researchers at the University of Twente’s research institute MESA+ are constructing molecular machines capable of exerting a measurable force at nanoscale and in fluid environment.

26 Oct 2017

Investigating the Use of Nanotechnology to Remove Toxic Chemicals from Soil

Nanotechnology has a significant role in eliminating toxic chemicals from the soil. At present, over 70 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites are adopting or investigating the use of nanoparticles to degrade or eliminate environmental pollutants.

25 Oct 2017

Researchers Confirm Brownian Motion in Nanoparticles for the First Time

Thermal noise and friction have a strong impact on transitions—such as folding of a protein or a chemical reaction—that take place in nanoscale systems. Nearly eight decades earlier, Hendrik Kramers, a Dutch physicist, proposed that these transitions take place often at intermediate friction, an impact called Kramers turnover.

25 Oct 2017

Scientists Investigate Individual Nanoparticles to Synthesize Superior Nanomaterials

A technique that enables mapping of individual responses of nanoparticles in distinctive contexts and situations has been developed by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark.

24 Oct 2017

Nanodiamonds Successfully Used in Aiding Recovery from Root Canal Procedure

Root canal treatment may soon be more effective because of a miniature but powerful ally that could inhibit infection after treatment.

24 Oct 2017

New Way for Increasing the Sensitivity of Detecting Volatile Compounds

A new way to increase the sensitivity of detecting volatile compounds, especially chlorine, using metallic nanoparticles, has been developed by researchers from the Faculties of Chemistry and of Materials Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The work features in the Talanta journal.

20 Oct 2017

Precise Evaluation of Optical Consonants of Gold Thin Films

MIPT scientists have performed ultra-precise evaluations of the optical constants of extremely thin gold films with thicknesses of 20-200 billionths of a meter in the optical range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

19 Oct 2017

Iridium-Coated Gold Nanoparticles as Probes for Optical Imaging of Blood Flow

Researchers have developed gold nanoparticles that can be coated to monitor the flow of blood in the smallest blood vessels inside the human body, where the size of the nanoparticles is not more than 100 nm.

11 Oct 2017

New Research Paves Way for Better 2D Catalysts

Researchers at Rice University have investigated deeply into atom-thick catalysts that create hydrogen to pinpoint precisely where it is coming from. Their findings could speed-up the development of 2D materials for energy applications, such as fuel cells.

6 Oct 2017