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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

Book on Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials

Market research solutions provider, Research and Markets has added the book titled "Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials" to its product offering. The book is co-authored by Jörg Kärger, Douglas M. Ruthven and Doros N. Theodorou and published by John Wiley and Sons.

From Research and Markets 10 Aug 2012

Industrial Nanotech Introduces New Nanocoating for Wooden Decks and Railings

Industrial Nanotech, the company leveraging nanotechnology to offer sustainable and energy conserving solutions, has added a new product labeled Nansulate Deck to its patented Nansulate product line.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 10 Aug 2012

New Concept to Explore Room-Temperature Multiferroics

A research team led by Dr. Noriki Terada from the Neutron Scattering Group of the Quantum Beam Unit at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Dr. Yoshihiro Tsujimoto from the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) together with the University of Oxford and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has demonstrated that it is possible to largely control a magnetic material’s dielectric and magnetic properties by replacing nonmagnetic atoms with other atoms.

From National Institute for Materials Science 10 Aug 2012

DNA Codes Enable Production of Gold Nanoparticles in Varied Shapes

Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that the scope of DNA code is not restricted to shaping biological molecules and genetic traits. In experiments conducted by the researchers, the DNA code was found to steer gold nanoparticles to grow into specific shapes.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 10 Aug 2012