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New Process to Make Inch-Wide Films of Densely Packed, Chirality-Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes.

5 Apr 2016

Scientists Unravel Mechanism Behind Nanoparticle Growth into Cubic Shape

Use of nanoparticles in many applications, e.g. for catalysis, relies on the surface area of the particles. Now scientists show how originally spherical nucleus can transform into cube with high surface-to-volume ratio. These nanocubes are available to be used in practice, and may interest many designers of new materials. The research has recently been reported in ACS Nano.

5 Apr 2016

Scientists Use Microspheres to Fabricate Artificial Molecules

A new method to develop complexly arranged tiny objects combined with microspheres has been discovered by a group of scientists at IBM Research Zurich and ETH Zurich. These tiny objects are only a few micrometres in size and are formed in a modular manner, allowing their design to be programmed so that every single component displays a wide variety of physical properties. This is followed by introducing the micro-objects into a solution through a very simple step after the fabrication process.

5 Apr 2016

Researchers Find Way to Make Ruthenium Nanoframes

The world is run by catalysts. They clean up after cars, help make fertilizers, and could be the key to better hydrogen fuel. Now, a team of chemists, led by Xiaohu Xia from Michigan Technological University, has found a better way to make metal catalysts.

4 Apr 2016

Researchers Develop Paperlike Battery Electrode Using Graphene and Silicon Oxycarbide Glass

A paperlike battery electrode developed by a Kansas State University engineer may improve tools for space exploration or unmanned aerial vehicles.

1 Apr 2016

Rice University Professor to be Honored with Two Coveted Nanotechnology Awards

Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and founding chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, has been chosen to receive two major honors in his field: the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award in Nanotechnology from the Houston Technology Center and the 2016 NANOSMAT Prize.

1 Apr 2016

Scientists Develop Triple-Stage 'Cluster Bomb' to Deliver Chemo Drug through Nanoparticles

Scientists have devised a triple-stage "cluster bomb" system for delivering the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, via tiny nanoparticles designed to break up when they reach a tumor.

30 Mar 2016

Study Provides Key Insights into How Ions Travel Through Nanopores

EPFL researchers have shown that a law of physics having to do with electron transport at nanoscale can also be analogously applied to the ion transport. This discovery provides insight into a key aspect of how ion channels function within our living cells.

29 Mar 2016

Reporter Nanoparticles Help Differentiate Between Drug-Resistant and Drug-Sensitive Tumors

Being able to detect early on whether a cancer therapy is working for a patient can influence the course of treatment and improve outcomes and quality of life. However, conventional detection methods – such as PET scans, CT and MRI – usually cannot detect whether a tumor is shrinking until a patient has received multiple cycles of therapy. A new technique developed in pre-clinical models by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) offers a new approach and a read out on the effectiveness of chemotherapy in as few as eight hours after treatment.

29 Mar 2016

Newly Discovered Nature-Inspired Polymers Spontaneously Assemble into Hollow Crystalline Nanotubes

When it comes to the various nanowidgets scientists are developing, nanotubes are especially intriguing. That’s because hollow tubes that have diameters of only a few billionths of a meter have the potential to be incredibly useful, from delivering cancer-fighting drugs inside cells to desalinating seawater.

29 Mar 2016