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Researchers Pair Crystalline Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles and Laser Beams for Photothermal Delivery

UT Arlington physics researchers may have developed a way to use laser technology to deliver drug and gene therapy at the cellular level without damaging surrounding tissue. The method eventually could help patients suffering from genetic conditions, cancers and neurological diseases.

25 Jun 2014

Silica Nanospheres in Disco Clams Act as Flashing Reflectors

Four years after falling in love with the disco clam – a cute little mollusk known for its underwater light show – Lindsey Dougherty has discovered the secret of its mirrored lips.

25 Jun 2014

Ultra-Thin Dielectric Layer Facilitates Charge Carrier Extraction from Organic Semiconductors into Metal Contacts

Organic semiconductors allow for flexible displays (OLEDs), solar cells (OPVCs), and other interesting applications. One common problem in these devices, however, is the interface between the metallic contacts and the organic semiconductor material, where undesirable losses occur.

24 Jun 2014

Ultrasound Triggers Self-Healing Hydrogels to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs Noninvasively

Current drug-delivery systems used to administer chemotherapy to cancer patients typically release a constant dose of the drug over time - but a new study challenges this "slow and steady" approach and offers a novel way to locally deliver the drugs "on demand," as reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

24 Jun 2014

Researchers Review Studies on Nanotwinned Metallic Materials

Dr. Xinghang Zhang, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently published a review article, titled “Growth twins and deformation twins” in the May issue of Annual Reviews of Materials Research (2014). The journal has an impact factor of 16 and is well recognized in the Materials Science community.

23 Jun 2014

Mechanical Invisibility Cloak Prevents Objects from Being Touched

In the past years, invisibility cloaks were developed for various senses. Objects can be hidden from light, heat or sound. However, hiding of an object from being touched still remained to be accomplished. KIT scientists have now succeeded in creating a volume in which an object can be hidden from touching similar to a pea under the mattress of a princess. The results are now presented in the renowned Nature Communications journal.

23 Jun 2014

Saudi Arabian Prince Visits NanoMech

It is not every day that a Saudi Arabian Prince requests to visit a business in Northwest Arkansas, but that is just what happened recently when Prince Saud bin Khalid Al-Faisal piloted his own plane in to visit NanoMech.

From VinTech Nano Materials 23 Jun 2014

Etching Nanoscale Spikes into Silicon Enables More Sunlight to Reach Solar Cells

Rice University scientists have created a one-step process for producing highly efficient materials that let the maximum amount of sunlight reach a solar cell.

20 Jun 2014

mPhase Signs CRADA with US Army to Advance Smart Nanobattery Technologies

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (XDSL), today announced that it has signed a 3 year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for scalable smart reserve cell technologies with the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.

From MyPebble 20 Jun 2014