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Federal Bureau of Prisons Uses Nansulate Liquid Coating from Industrial Nanotech

Industrial Nanotech, a provider of nanoscience energy-saving solutions has declared that the Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities established in 1930 uses the company’s Nansulate patented protective and thermal insulation coatings.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 16 Nov 2011

Researchers Develop Silicon-Graphene Composite Electrode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Northwestern University engineers have developed a silicon-graphene composite electrode that makes lithium-ion batteries to retain their charge to a period 10 folds more than that of existing technology and also allows them to be recharged 10 folds quicker than that of existing batteries.

16 Nov 2011

Researchers Develop Efficient Upconversion Process in Nanoparticles

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in partnership with scientists at the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have developed an efficient upconversion technique in nanoparticles, paving the way to efficiently control light emission utilized in imaging applications.

16 Nov 2011

Researchers Discuss Role of Nanostructures to Solve Issues of Health, Environment and Energy

Around 160 researchers from 26 nations have participated in the 2011 International Symposium on Clusters and Nanostructures conducted by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond to address the function of nanostructures and clusters in resolving the issues faced by health, environment and energy.

15 Nov 2011

University of Arizona Researchers Discover Novel Active Metamaterial

University of Arizona researchers discovered a new active metamaterial that integrates semiconductors into conventional metamaterial structures yet retains negative refraction and has increased power gain.

14 Nov 2011

Nanowires Can Help Enhance Solar Cell Quality and Performance

Researchers at University of Illinois claim that miniature nanowires can aid engineers in producing high-performance photovoltaic cells and other electronic devices. Xiuling Li, electrical and computer engineering professor at the university, leads the research group.

14 Nov 2011

NASA Scientists Produce Carbon Nanotube Coating with Excellent Absorbent Capabilities

Engineers at NASA have developed a black material, which can absorb over 99% of the UV, visible, IR, and far-IR light that falls on it. The NASA team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., presented their findings at the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference.

14 Nov 2011

Researchers Probe Structural Phase Transition of Shape Memory Nanospheres

Physicists from the University of Constance, Peter Nielaba and Daniel Mutter, have observed some changes in shape memory materials at the nanometric scale. These observations have been published as an article in the European Physical Journal B.

9 Nov 2011

Industrial Nanotech Introduces Nansulate Cool Ride for Motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles

Industrial Nanotech has expanded its patented Nansulate series of protective, energy saving and hi-tech insulation coatings with the introduction of new protective coating product called Nansulate Cool Ride to decrease surface temperatures of exhausts of all-terrain vehicles, motorbikes and sport bikes.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 9 Nov 2011

Researchers Directly Compare Two Graphene Doping Techniques for First Time

Scientists at the Nanotechnology Research Center of the Georgia Institute of Technology have for the first time directly compared two basic techniques that can be utilized for chemically doping two-dimensional graphene sheets for the production of interconnects and devices.

9 Nov 2011

Nanomaterials News

Federal Bureau of Prisons Uses Nansulate Liquid Coating from Industrial Nanotech

Researchers Develop Silicon-Graphene Composite Electrode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers Develop Efficient Upconversion Process in Nanoparticles

Researchers Discuss Role of Nanostructures to Solve Issues of Health, Environment and Energy

University of Arizona Researchers Discover Novel Active Metamaterial

Nanowires Can Help Enhance Solar Cell Quality and Performance

NASA Scientists Produce Carbon Nanotube Coating with Excellent Absorbent Capabilities

Researchers Probe Structural Phase Transition of Shape Memory Nanospheres

Industrial Nanotech Introduces Nansulate Cool Ride for Motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles

Researchers Directly Compare Two Graphene Doping Techniques for First Time

Novel Semiconductor Born from Graphene and Glass

Novel Liquid Crystal Process Unlocks High-Purity Carbon Nanotubes for Motor Applications

Rapid Biomimetic Nanovaccine for Personalized Cancer Therapy

Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Body Heating

3D SiOx-Embedded Porous Carbon Nanofiber Hosts for Dendrite-Free Lithium Batteries

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

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