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Using AFM to Study Detail Structures Well Below the Surface

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown that under the right circumstances, surface science instruments such as the AFM can deliver valuable data about sub-surface conditions.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 24 Jun 2010

Dance of Water Molecules

Using Terahertz spectroscopy, RUB-chemists recently detected the surprisingly long-ranged influence of solvated biomolecules on the "dance" of surrounding water molecules. With extensive simulations on a supercomputer, they now succeeded in describing this choreography in detail.

23 Jun 2010

Attaching Water-Soluble Polymer Layer to Nanometer-Sized Silica Spheres Improves Mobility

Porous silica can form stable and biocompatible nanometer-sized hollow spheres, or vesicles, that are suitable for transporting and delivering drugs to their targets in the body. The clinical use of silica vesicles, howe...

23 Jun 2010

Fumed Silica Nanoparticles Help in Developing Consumer Products

A Kansas State University chemical engineer has developed and patented a chemical structure to make all-natural personal care products and purer pharmaceuticals in the laboratory. K-State's Peter Pfromm, in ...

23 Jun 2010

BC5 Material Properties Can be Used to Design New Nano-Electromechanical System

What could be better than diamond when it comes to a superhard material for electronics under extreme thermal and pressure conditions? Quite possibly BC5, a diamond-like material with an extremely high boron content...

23 Jun 2010

Innovative and Versatile Sputter Coater and Carbon Evaporator for SEM Applications

Electron Microscopy Sciences, the premier supplier of preparation equipment for microscopy, is pleased to offer the EMS 150R, a compact rotary-pumped coating system. The EMS 150R boasts high quality performance and flexibility and is ideally suited for SEM and other coating applications.

22 Jun 2010

Thin-Film Material Increases Power Production in Fuel Cells

A surprising MIT laboratory finding about the behavior of a thin sheet of material - less than a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair - could lead to improved ways of studying the behavior of electrodes and perhaps ultimately to improvements in the rate of power production from one type of fuel cell, according to a report published this week.

22 Jun 2010