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New Report on Role of Nanotechnology in the Energy Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Role of Nanotechnology in the Energy Industry" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 18 May 2013

Researchers Make Progress in Engineering Band Gap Property into Graphene

Graphene has dazzled scientists, ever since its discovery more than a decade ago, with its unequalled electronic properties, its strength and its light weight. But one long-sought goal has proved elusive: how to engineer into graphene a property called a band gap, which would be necessary to use the material to make transistors and other electronic devices.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 17 May 2013

Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Block Reflected Light to Stop Thin-Film Interference

Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the "thin-film interference" phenomenon commonly observed in nature. This can potentially improve the efficiency of thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronic devices.

From North Carolina State University 17 May 2013

Researchers Achieve Bilateral Formation of Inorganic Nanomaterials in a Controlled Environment

Nanomaterials exhibit unique properties that can only unfold when the structures of the material are very small – that is, at the nanoscale. In order to exploit these special properties such as, for example, specific quantum effects it is very important to produce predefined nanostructures in a controlled way and interpret the formation of their shape.

17 May 2013

Nano Labs Develops Nanotechnology to Convert Eggshells into Hydroxyapatite

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to announce today the development of a new nanotechnology to convert eggshells into hydroxyapatite, which is a material employed for endodontics, restorative dentistry and other applications in orthopedics and prosthesis.

17 May 2013

New Tool to Measure Contribution of Color Phonons to Thermal Conductivity of Solids

U of T Engineering researchers, working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could lead eventually to smaller, more powerful electronic devices.

17 May 2013

New Mechanism of Self-Assembly from DNA-Tethered Nanorods

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that DNA "linker" strands coax nano-sized rods to line up in way unlike any other spontaneous arrangement of rod-shaped objects.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 17 May 2013

Stanford Engineers Make Nanoscavengers Become Ultraresponsive to Magnetism

Among its many talents, silver is an antibiotic. Titanium dioxide is known to glom on to certain heavy metals and pollutants. Yet other materials do the same for salt. In recent years, environmental engineers have sought to disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water using nanoscale particles of these active materials.

16 May 2013

MAGIQ Technique Generates Nanometer-Scale Oil Droplets in Water

A new process for generating nanometer-scale oil droplets in water has been reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie by Japanese researchers, who have developed a technique they named MAGIQ (monodisperse nanodroplet generation in quenched hydrothermal solution).

15 May 2013

Nano Letters Publishes HyperSolar’s Solar Powered Nanoparticle Technology to Produce Hydrogen from Water

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced that an overview of its patent pending technology using solar powered nanoparticles to produce hydrogen from water has been published in “Nano Letters,” the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society.

15 May 2013