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Study Provides New Insights into Pyrite Nanoparticles from Hydrothermal Vents

Last year, University of Delaware scientists made a splash with findings that tiny pieces of pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, from hydrothermal vents travel long distances deep within the Pacific Ocean. Now, they want to know if that is also true in the Atlantic.

24 Oct 2012

Gold Nanostructures Promise More Effective Pollution Monitoring

More effective monitoring of pollution levels in the workplace is on the horizon following the development of a new construction method for microscopic structures made of gold.

23 Oct 2012

Nanotextured Surfaces Enhance Condenser Performance

Condensers are a crucial part of today’s power generation systems: About 80 percent of all the world’s powerplants use them to turn steam back to water after it comes out of the turbines that turn generators....

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 23 Oct 2012

Seashell Technology Expands Range of Silver Nanowire Products

Seashell Technology, a leading supplier of silver nanowires (AgNWs), now offers two additional silver nanowire products to its existing silver nanowire product line: AgNW-25 and AgNW-130.

23 Oct 2012

Nanorod-Groove System Enhances Electric Fields around Nanostructures

Enhanced local electric fields are predominant in nonlinear optical properties, particularly in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which is a sensitive technique used for the detection of trace amounts of chemicals. Analysis of the electric fields around nanostructures indicates that they can provide a basic foundation to obtain greater SERS intensity.

22 Oct 2012

Novel Nanocomposite Coating Advantageous for Solar Thermal Electricity Generation

Martin Joly of the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory successfully defended his PhD thesis on black selective coating for durable thermal solar absorbers and orange coloured interferential filters for photovoltaic collectors. The public defence of his thesis will take place on 22 November 2012.

20 Oct 2012

Nano-Composites Improve Performance of Pirelli Tyres

As McLaren’s sole tyre supplier and technical partner, Pirelli has developed bespoke versions of the P Zero and P Zero Corsa on the new MP4-12C for road and track use respectively. The performance of this “dedicated” tyre were tested last week on the Ascari circuit, near Ronda (Spain), during the presentation of the new supercar.

20 Oct 2012

New Facilities to Explore Neurotechnology and Nanobiophotonics at INRS

Professors Tiago Falk and Fiorenzo Vetrone of INRS (Energy, Materials, and Telecommunications Centre) will soon have new facilities available for exploring the world of neurotechnology and nanobiophotonics.

20 Oct 2012

SWeNT to Present Specialty Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes at SAMPE Tech 2012

SouthWest NanoTechnologies, the world leader in high quality, Single-Wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNT), will present its new SMW™ line of Specialty Multi-wall CNT at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Tech 2012 conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

20 Oct 2012

Multi-Functional, NIR Responsive Gold Nanorods for Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapy Drugs

Excitement around the potential for targeted nanoparticles (NPs) that can be controlled by stimulus outside of the body for cancer therapy has been growing over the past few years. More specifically, there has been considerable attention around near-infrared (NIR) light as an ideal method to stimulate nanoparticles from outside the body.

19 Oct 2012