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Commercial Scale Large-Area Graphene Now Available from Bluestone Global Tech in 24"x300" Films

Bluestone Global Tech (BGT) announces the addition of 24”x300” graphene films to their Grat-FilmTM product line. This marks the pioneering firm as ‘first-to-win’ in the race to avail graphene in sizes and volumes useful for industrial application.

7 Feb 2013

Nanoarchitectonics Researcher Designs Photocatalyst for Mass Production of Hydrogen

Expected to Accelerate Technologies for Producing Hydrogen from Water using Solar Light

7 Feb 2013

Embedded Nanoparticles Enhance Efficiency of Thermoelectric Devices

Thermoelectric devices — which can either generate an electric current from a difference in temperature or use electricity to produce heating or cooling without moving parts — have been explored in the laboratory since the 19th century.

7 Feb 2013

Soybean Plants May Be Adversely Affected By Nanoparticles

Two of the most widely used nanoparticles (NPs) accumulate in soybeans — second only to corn as a key food crop in the United States — in ways previously shown to have the potential to adversely affect the crop yields and nutritional quality, a new study has found. It appears in the journal ACS Nano.

7 Feb 2013

One-Atom-Thick Triangular Structures Show Promise for Optical Applications

For the first time, scientists have created single layers of a naturally occurring rare mineral called tungstenite, or WS2. The resulting sheet of stacked sulfur and tungsten atoms forms a honeycomb pattern of triangles that have been shown to have unusual light-emitting, or photoluminescent, properties.

6 Feb 2013

UCLA Center for Function Accelerated nanoMaterial Engineering Awarded $5M to Advance Electronics

Five University of California, Riverside professors will receive a total of $5 million as part of a $35 million research center aimed at developing materials and structures that could enable more energy efficient computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices.

From University of California at Riverside 5 Feb 2013

Magnetic Nanoparticles Embedded in Tough Plastics to Study Degradation of Artificial Joints

A Case Western Reserve University chemistry professor has begun imbedding magnetic nanoparticles in the toughest of plastics to understand why more than 40,000 Americans must replace their knee and hip replacements annually.

5 Feb 2013

Gold-Plated Nanoparticle Transports Radioactive Particles Directly to Tumors

We've all heard that "it's not wise to use a cannon to kill a mosquito." But what if you could focus the cannon's power to concentrate power into a tiny space? In a new study, University of Missouri researchers have demonstrated the ability to harness powerful radioactive particles and direct them toward small cancer tumors while doing negligible damage to healthy organs and tissues. The study is being published this week in PLOS ONE, an international, peer-reviewed and open-access publication.

5 Feb 2013

Nickel Nano-Particles May Help Capture and Store Carbon to Reduce CO2 Emissions

A chance discovery that sea urchins use Nickel ions to harness carbon dioxide from the sea to grow their exoskeleton could be the key to capturing tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere.

5 Feb 2013

Smithers Rapra Releases Update on Gold Nanoparticles

Smithers Rapra Publishing announces the release of Update on Gold Nanoparticles: From Cathedral Windows to Nanomedicine. In the last decade, gold nanoparticles have provided a suitable platform for the development of ...

4 Feb 2013