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Strem Chemicals, Inc. Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Strem Chemicals, Inc., has been dedicated to providing quality chemicals since its establishment in 1964. We are now proud to announce that Strem’s corporate headquarters in Newburyport, Massachusetts has achieve...

From Strem Chemicals 13 May 2016

Abalonyx Launches Reduced Graphene Oxide Product

Abalonyx has successfully scaled up production of thermally reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in its Tofte, Norway, production facility. This product is now offered to customers in Kg-quantities.

11 May 2016

Functionalized Nanomaterials Could Enable Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture

Climate change is becoming one of the most severe problems ever faced by mankind. The change in global climate, caused due to extreme levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), has led to sudden weather patterns in the form of droughts and floods, which are not only disruptive but are also detrimental to life.

10 May 2016

Innovative Synthetic Method to Produce Molecularly Designed Polymer Membranes

A new fabrication method to make polymer membranes with improved permeance using molecular design has been developed by researchers from Imperial College London.

5 May 2016

Triple-Mode Glow to Fight Counterfeiting

Ink with carbon nanodots luminesces via three different mechanisms

4 May 2016

Nanostructured Filters Hold Potential to Cut Sulfur Emissions by Cargo Ships

One of the major sources causing pollution on our Earth is cargo shipping. Roughly 55,000 ships are used for cargo transport over the oceans every day.

4 May 2016

University of Cambridge Researchers Develop Breakthrough Nanoscale Engine

The tiniest engine of the world, measuring only a few billionths of a meter, has been designed by researchers from the University of Cambridge. The nanoscale engine is capable of self powering itself, using light, paving the way for futuristic nano-robotics that are capable of navigating in water, sensing the surrounding environment, or even combating diseases by entering living cells.

4 May 2016

Researchers Develop Fat-Fighting Nanoparticles that Show Promise for Treating Obesity

Fat-fighting nanoparticles that are capable of directly delivering anti-obesity drugs to fat tissues have been recently developed by scientists at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. When the research team used these nanoparticles to treat overweight mice, the animals lost 10% of their body weight over a period of 25 days and did not show any sign of adverse side effects.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 May 2016

Researchers Explore the Intrinsic Properties of Phosphorene

Phosphorene, a 2D phosphane, has been identified as a promising new material for semiconducting transistors in powerful and faster computers. One disadvantage of using this material is that many of its key useful properties, such as its potential to control electrons, are all anisotropic - they change based on the orientation of the crystal.

3 May 2016

Researchers Successfully Create Stable Version of Phosphorene

Two years ago, Northwestern Engineering’s Mark Hersam discovered a way to stabilize exfoliated black phosphorus — or phosphorene — a layered semiconductor that chemically degrades in open air but shows great promise for electronics. By encapsulating it in aluminum oxide, he was able to stabilize phosphorene’s reactivity to oxygen and water.

3 May 2016