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Scientists Use Nanofillers to Develop Materials with Improved Performance Properties

A research team from the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) together with the L’Urederra R+D Centre and Compuestos y Granzas is developing composite PVC materials using nanofillings.

23 Mar 2012

Quantum Plasmon Study Offers New Engineering Possibilities at Nanoscale

An engineering team comprising Jennifer Dionne and Jonathan Scholl from the Stanford School of Engineering has investigated plasmon resonances of single metal particles that have a diameter of down to 1 nm. The research study will be reported in the journal, Nature.

23 Mar 2012

Cleancoating’s XTI-360 Nanocoating Effectively Prevents Contagious Germ Outbreaks

Cleancoating has claimed that the company’s XTI-360 Active-Shield nanocoating provides the most efficient protection against viruses, harmful MRSA and E. coli bacteria, and other microbes such as noroviruses and hard-to-destroy contagious germs found on surfaces of schools, hospitals, long-term care facilities, cruise ships and other semi-closed environments.

23 Mar 2012

New Technique to Study Structure and Properties of Organic Thin Films

A research team led by Miquel Salmeron from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has detected the transportation pathways of an electrical charge from one molecule to another molecule in an organic thin film, paving the way to develop advanced organic or polymer electronic devices.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 22 Mar 2012