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Nanostructured Hydrogen Storage Materials

The biggest hurdle in employing hydrogen as an alternative fuel source is the practical difficulties involved in its storage. Engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have succeeded in addressing this challenge by synthesizing a nanostructure with extraordinary hydrogen storage capabilities.

17 Aug 2012

New Report Analyzes Production Volumes, Revenues and End User Market Demand for Nanomaterials

Research and Markets has included a new research report titled ‘Nanomaterials Production 2002-2016: Production Volumes, Revenues and End User Market Demand’ to its catalogue.

From Research and Markets 17 Aug 2012

Market Research Study on Nanocoatings

Marketpublsihers.com has published a new market research study conducted by Future Markets on the global Nanocoatings industry. The report is titled “The Global Market for Anti-fingerprint, Anti-bacterial, Anti-fouling, Easy-to-Clean and Self-Cleaning Nanocoatings”.

17 Aug 2012

Study on Microstructures of Plants Helps Develop Bio-Inspired Materials

Compiling and analyzing information on the microstructures of a variety of plants, Lorna Gibson, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has discovered that plants demonstrate a broad range of mechanical properties based on the arrangement of four key building blocks of a cell wall, namely pectin, lignin, hemicelluloses and cellulose.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 16 Aug 2012

Solar Panels Kept Clean by Hydrophobic Nanoparticle Layer

A researcher from the University of Houston has developed a nanoparticle coating for solar panels that makes it easier to keep the panels clean, which helps maintain their efficiency and reduces the maintenance and operations costs.

14 Aug 2012

Even Nanomaterials Have Defects

Defect Structure in Nanomaterials from Woodhead Publishing covers a wide range of nanomaterials including metals; alloys; ceramics; diamond and carbon nanotubes and their composite.

13 Aug 2012

Study Reveals Underlying Material Drastically Affects Graphene’s Behavior

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that when placed over substrates of different materials, graphene’s basic properties such as chemical reactivity and electrical conductivity vary dramatically based on the characteristics of the underlying material.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 13 Aug 2012

Researchers Discover Catalytic Activity of Nanoporous Gold

Dr Keith McKenna, a physicist from the University of York, has played a major role in an intercontinental research, which contributed in establishing gold’s catalytic properties at a nano level. McKenna was part of a research team which found that the catalytic activity of nanoporous gold (NPG) starts from high amounts of surface defects that are present within its three-dimensional structure.

13 Aug 2012

Arkema to Exhibit New Carbon Nanotube Master Batches at NANO KOREA 2012

Arkema, a major provider of multiwall carbon nanotubes, has announced that it will take part in NANO KOREA 2012, a key international exhibition dedicated to nanotechnologies. The exhibition will be conducted from August 16 to 18 at COEX, Seoul, Korea.

From Arkema 13 Aug 2012

New Technique Paves Way to Optimize Graphene for Spintronic Applications

Ramesh Mani, an associate professor of physics at Georgia State University (GSU), and Walter de Heer, Regents' Professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), have developed a new technique to study the spin characteristics of electrons in graphene.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 13 Aug 2012