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Researchers Employ Nanopatterning to Combine Functioning Molecular Nanoparticles with Polymers

University of Akron researchers have developed new materials that function on a nanoscale, which could lead to the creation of lighter laptops, slimmer televisions and crisper smartphone visual displays.

26 Jul 2013

Self-Assembled Nanofiber Fabricated from DNA Building Block

An international collaboration including researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador have fabricated a self-assembled nanofiber from a DNA building block that contains both duplex (two-stranded) and quadruplex (four-stranded) DNA.

25 Jul 2013

Gold Rush on New Materials Made Layer by Layer with Atomic Precision

Sparked by wonder material graphene, a “gold rush” on new materials made layer by layer with atomic precision is about to begin, according to Nobel Laureate Andre Geim.

25 Jul 2013

Simple, Eco-Friendly Method to Create Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets

A simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs), which could be used in dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells, is published in Scientific Reports today.

24 Jul 2013

Integran’s Nanoplating Technology Applications Granted US Patent

Toronto-based Integran Technologies Inc. (Integran) today announced US 8,486,319 issued July 16, 2013 describing new applications for its nanoplating technology (Nanovate™ NP) for imprinting polymer surfaces to render them super-hydrophobic and/or self-cleaning.

24 Jul 2013

Thin Film Nano-Coating Provider, HzO, to Demonstrate WaterBlock Technology

HzO, a leader in the field of thin film nano-coating for wearable technologies, will demonstrate its WaterBlock technology for commercial devices at the Wearable Technologies Conference 2013, held in San Francisco on July 22 and 23, and the Wearable Tech Expo, held in New York City on July 24 and 25.

23 Jul 2013

Electrically Driven Laser Devices Realized by Utilizing Carbon Dot-Supported Silver Nanoparticles

Considerable improvement in device performance of polymer-based optoelectronic devices is reported today by researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea. The new plasmonic material, can be applied to both polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) and polymer solar cells (PSCs), with world-record high performance, through a simple and cheap process.

23 Jul 2013

Nanotechnology Researchers Develop Solar-Powered Sterilization System

Rice University nanotechnology researchers have unveiled a solar-powered sterilization system that could be a boon for more than 2.5 billion people who lack adequate sanitation. The “solar steam” sterilization system uses nanomaterials to convert as much as 80 percent of the energy in sunlight into germ-killing heat.

23 Jul 2013

Poster on Solution-Based Nanoengineering of Multifunctional Coatings Earns Outstanding Award

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Hongyou Fan was honored for his “outstanding poster” at the 2013 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in San Francisco. His was one of only 12 posters selected out of 2,147 at the conference.

From Sandia National Laboratories 23 Jul 2013

Scientists Build Most Efficient, Nanosize Structured Absorber of Visible Light

Stanford University scientists have created the thinnest, most efficient absorber of visible light on record. The nanosize structure, thousands of times thinner than an ordinary sheet of paper, could lower the cost and improve the efficiency of solar cells, according to the scientists. Their results are published in the current online edition of the journal Nano Letters.

19 Jul 2013