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Nanocoating Technology for Moisture Protection of Bluetooth Headphones

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Liquipel, LLC, the industry leader in WaterSafe™ nanocoating technology, and JayBird, the top critics' and athletes' pick for premium Bluetooth headphones today announced a partnership to provide moisture protected Bluetooth headphones to the consumer market.

25 Feb 2013

Gold Nanorods Promise a New Method of Harvesting Sun's Energy

A new method of harvesting the Sun's energy is emerging, thanks to scientists at UC Santa Barbara's Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials. Though still in its infancy, the research promises to convert sunlight into energy using a process based on metals that are more robust than many of the semiconductors used in conventional methods. The researchers' findings are published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

25 Feb 2013

Revelation of Nanoparticle Crystalline Structure Advances Usage of Polymeric Nanoreactors

Now, Dr. Katja Henzler and a team of chemists at the Helmholtz Centre Berlin have developed a synthesis to produce nanoparticles at room temperature in a polymer network. Their analysis, conducted at BESSY II, Berlin's synchrotron radiation source, has revealed the crystalline structure of the nanoparticles.

25 Feb 2013

Scientists Manufacture Highly Efficient LEDs from Silicon Nanocrystals

Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of KIT and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succeeded in manufacturing silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs). They are free of heavy metals and can emit light in various colors. The team of chemists, materials researchers, nanoscientists, and opto-electronic experts presents its development in the “Nano Letters” journal (DOI: 10.1021/nl3038689).

From University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 25 Feb 2013

Knowledge of Nanoparticle Formation Needed to Understand Interactions within the Climate System

Atmospheric aerosol particles affect our climate by slowing down the global warming. After years of studying the international research group led by Academy Professor Markku Kulmala from the University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Finland has succeeded in developing measurement techniques that allow detection of aerosol nucleation starting from the formation of clusters from vapor molecules, and the growth of these clusters into aerosol particles. The results are published in the prestigious Science magazine on 22th of February 2013.

25 Feb 2013

UW-Madison Faculty Honored with Romnes Fellowship for Developing New Methods of Synthesis of Nanomaterials

Eight promising young UW-Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships.

22 Feb 2013

Iterative Approach for Metadynamics to Detect Key Structures of Platinum Nanoclusters

Physicists have gained new insights into the inner intricacies of the structural variations of metallic nanoclusters. This work by Luca Pavan, Cono Di Paola and Francesca Baletto from King's College London, UK, is about to be published in EPJ D. It takes us one step closer to tailoring on-demand characteristics of metallic nanoparticles. Indeed, the geometric structure of these nanoclusters influences their chemical and physical properties, which differ from those of individual molecules and of bulk metals.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 21 Feb 2013

New Technology for Magnetic Cooling of Chips with Lesser Environmental Impact

Luis Hueso, the CICnanoGUNE researcher, together with researchers from the University of Cambridge, among others, has developed a new technology in the magnetic cooling of chips based on the straining of materials. Compared with the current technologies, this advance enables the impact on the environment to be lessened. The work has been published recently in the prestigious journal Nature Materials.

21 Feb 2013

Producer of MOF Nanomaterials to Present at CleanEquity Monaco 2013

MOF Technologies will present at CleanEquity Monaco 2013 on March 7th & 8th at the Sporting d'Hiver, Monaco.

21 Feb 2013

Artificial Egyptian Blue Pigment Provides Route to New Class of Nanomaterials

A bright blue pigment used 5,000 years ago is giving modern scientists clues toward the development of new nanomaterials with potential uses in state-of-the-art medical imaging devices, remote controls for televisions, security inks and other technology. That's the conclusion of an article on the pigment, Egyptian blue, in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

From American Chemical Society 21 Feb 2013