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Role of Functionalized Nanoparticles in Protective Coatings for Easily Scratched Plastics

Dr. Stephanie Castro of Nanofilm, the Ohio nanotechnology company, will be speaking at the Innoplast Solution conference on Plastics Modification: Additives, Compounding and Coatings, to be held March 8-10, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia.

11 Feb 2010

World Gold Council Research Paper Demonstrates Important Applications in Development Using Gold Nanoparticles

World Gold Council (WGC) has today published 'Gold for Good: Gold and nanotechnology in the age of innovation', a research paper detailing new scientific and technological innovations using gold. The report, whic...

11 Feb 2010

Nanotek Instruments Issued Nanocomposite Patent

Nanotek Instruments, parent company of Angstron Materials Inc., has been issued U.S. Patent 7,623,340 for its development of a new high-performing class of meso-porous nanocomposites. The new nanocomposite provides a sup...

10 Feb 2010

Nanoparticles Keeping Hearts Beating Strong and Steady

Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine's Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite. The nanoparticles are part of a new f...

10 Feb 2010

New Helmholtz University Junior Research Group Established

In January 2010, a new Helmholtz university junior research group was set up at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht. The leader of the junior research group is GKSS employee, Dr. Sergio Amancio. Partner university is ...

10 Feb 2010

Using Nanotechnology to Bring About New "Plasma-Facing" Materials for Advanced Thermonuclear Fusion Devices

Two Purdue University researchers are among 69 chosen nationwide by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive awards through the DOE's new Early Career Research Program. Jean Paul Allain, an assistant professor of ...

9 Feb 2010

Make Brittle Materials Ductile, Yet Stronger than Ever

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile -- yet stronger than ever -- simply by reducing their size.

9 Feb 2010

Nanophotocathode for Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen-powered fuel cells and solar energy are the best hope for a more environmentally friendly and resource-sparing energy supply in the future. A combination of the two is considered to be particularly "clean" the production of hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight.

9 Feb 2010

Carbon-22 - The Heaviest Observed Borromean Nucleus

An exotic form of carbon has been found to have an extra large nucleus, dwarfing even the nuclei of much heavier elements like copper and zinc, in experiments performed in a particle accelerator in Japan.

9 Feb 2010

Scientists Observe Electrons in Semiconductor on the Brink of Metal-Insulator Transition for First Time

Princeton-led team of scientists has observed electrons in a semiconductor on the brink of the metal-insulator transition for the first time. Caught in the act, the electrons formed complex patterns resembling those seen in turbulent fluids, confirming some long-held predictions and providing new insights into how semiconductors can be turned into magnets.

9 Feb 2010