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Researchers Build Flexible, Solid-State Supercapacitors Using Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

Rice University scientist Matteo Pasquali and his team contributed to two new papers that suggest the nano-infused body of a car may someday power the car itself.

10 Nov 2014

Researcher’s Nanoscale Work Shows Promise to Transform Energy Production, Storage, and Lighting

An avid amateur astronomer during her childhood in Vukovar, Croatia, Silvija Gradeèak, associate professor in materials science and engineering, was not content observing the physical world only from a distance: “I discovered what I really liked about science were experiments, and having the ability to make something with my hands,” she says.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 Nov 2014

LiqTech Subsidiary Develops LED-Based Deep UV Water Disinfection System

LiqTech International, Inc. is pleased to announce that its recently acquired subsidiary, Provital Solutions A/S, has developed a new LED-based Deep UV water disinfection system. We believe our system is the first large scale LED-based UV water disinfection system in the market.

7 Nov 2014

New Farr GSP Dust Collector with Nano Fiber Media for CNC Metal Cutting

A new Farr Gold Series® Package (GSP) dust collector provides high performance capture of dust and fumes generated by CNC laser and plasma cutters.

7 Nov 2014

Researchers Observe Growth of Buckminsterfullerenes in Real Time

Researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universität Tübingen, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and Technische Universität Berlin have observed the self-arrangement of football-shaped carbon molecules into ultra-smooth layers, in real-time, using the PETRA III ultrabright X-ray source at DESY. This study provides insight into basics of the growth process that takes place in buckyballs.

7 Nov 2014

Nanoparticles and Light Can Break Down BPA, Other Pollutants

Many pollutants with the potential to meddle with hormones — with bisphenol A (BPA) as a prime example — are already common in the environment. In an effort to clean up these pollutants found in the soil and waterways, scientists are now reporting a novel way to break them down by recruiting help from nanoparticles and light. The study appears in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

From American Chemical Society 6 Nov 2014

Graphene Nanopores with Built-in Optical Antenna

High-speed reading of the genetic code should get a boost with the creation of the world’s first graphene nanopores – pores measuring approximately 2 nanometers in diameter – that feature a “built-in” optical antenna. Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have invented a simple, one-step process for producing these nanopores in a graphene membrane using the photothermal properties of gold nanorods.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 6 Nov 2014

ABAT and Long Power Systems Launch Superior Fast Charging Nano Lithium Titanate Battery

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc., specializing in the design, manufacture and distribution of eco-friendly rechargeable batteries and related light electric vehicle products today announced the launch of a superior fast charging nano lithium titanate battery.

6 Nov 2014

C3Nano Raises $12M in Series C Funding

C3Nano, the developer of the nanomaterial-based, solution coat-able transparent conductive material Active-grid™, announced today that it has raised $12M in Series C funding. The round was led by Nagase America Corporation and a yet to be disclosed large-cap global industrial company.

6 Nov 2014

Novel Protein Peptide Hydrogel Can Self-Assemble into 3-D Nanofiber Networks

A novel jelly-like substance developed by Kansas State University researchers was recently issued a U.S. patent. The substance may be used for biomedical applications, ranging from cell culture and drug delivery to repairing and replacing tissue, organs and cartilage.

5 Nov 2014