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Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Incorporated Into Polymer Thin Films for Electronically Controlled Drugs

Potential side effects of many of today's therapeutic drugs can be downright frightening - just listen carefully to a drug commercial on TV.

6 Feb 2014

New Report Analyzes Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Carbon Nanotubes Market Report, 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 5 Feb 2014

High Order Crystallinity and Dispersion Behavior of Miller Graphite Hold Potential to Produce Top-Quality Graphene Materials

Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to report the results of the first in a series of laboratory characterization tests being conducted by Evans Analytical Group (EAG) on its Miller high-purity hydrothermal graphite. The crystallinity results reported herein were obtained using Raman spectroscopy, which definitively determines the degree of crystallinity of certain materials, including graphite.

5 Feb 2014

NaturalNano to Receive New Funding to Upgrade General Super Plating Facility

NaturalNano, Inc. announced today that NaturalNano (NNAN) will receive $825,000 in new funding. This will support the expansion and upgrade of the manufacturing capacity at General Super Plating facility in Syracuse NY which NNAN has agreed to acquire last week for stock.

5 Feb 2014

Researcher Gets Grant to Develop Nanoparticle System for Self-Healing of Arterial Walls

A UT Arlington bioengineer has received a four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to create a nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls following angioplasty and stenting procedures to treat coronary arterial disease.

5 Feb 2014

Rapid Smartphone-Based Mercury Testing and Mapping Using Gold Nanoparticles

A team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a smartphone attachment and application to test water for the presence of mercury, a toxic heavy metal. The new platform could significantly reduce the time and cost of the testing, and it could be particularly useful in regions with limited technological resources.

From University of California, Los Angeles 5 Feb 2014

Perfect Sheets of Diamond May be Possible Without any Pressure

Perfect sheets of diamond a few atoms thick appear to be possible even without the big squeeze that makes natural gems.

4 Feb 2014

Nano-Porous Aerogels Could Help Improve Cars

One day, Union College’s Aerogel Team’s novel way of making “frozen smoke” could improve some of our favorite machines, including cars.

4 Feb 2014

NSERC Honors INRS Nanomaterial Researcher with E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Award

Federico Rosei, professor at the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre, is the recipient of an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honours awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). An internationally renowned researcher, Professor Rosei has made a name for himself through his pioneering work on advanced materials, which has enormous technological potential in electronics, photonics, life sciences and energy conversion.

4 Feb 2014

Nano-Porous Silver Electrocatalyst Converts CO2 with 92% Efficiency

A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — to carbon monoxide with 92 percent efficiency. The carbon monoxide then can be used to develop useful chemicals.

3 Feb 2014