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A*Star Awards S$27.5m In Research Grants To Scientists For Research In Sustainable Development

Scientists have been awarded S$27.5 million in research funding for 28 projects in four key areas of Sustainable Development, namely, Carbon Capture + Utilisation, BioEnergy + BioFuels, Sustainable Construction and Susta...

28 Aug 2009

Double-Solvent Approach Makes Electrospray Deposition Better Choice for Fabricating Organic LEDs

Electrospray-deposited polymer films can be used to make organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with better characteristics than those made from spin-coated films, according to Yutaka Yamagata of the RIKEN Center for Intellectual Property Strategies, Wako, and colleagues.

27 Aug 2009

Lipid-Coated Nanocircuits Could Lead to Development of New Classes of Bio-Sensing Tools

A hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components that mimics some of the processes that control the passage of molecules into and out of cells has been created by a team of scientists from UC Davis, Lawrence Li...

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 27 Aug 2009

Metal Catalysts Used to Create Carbon Nanotubes Can Block Key Signaling Pathway in Neurons

Carbon nanotubes hold many exciting possibilities, some of them in the realm of the human nervous system. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue or ferry drugs used to repair damaged neurons associated with disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and perhaps even paralysis.

27 Aug 2009

Method May Help Identify Conditions Needed to Get Current Flowing at Higher Temperatures

A team of U.S. and Japanese scientists has shown for the first time that the spectroscopic "fingerprint" of high-temperature superconductivity remains intact well above the super chilly temperatures at which these materials carry current with no resistance.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 27 Aug 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Introduces SWeNT CG 200

SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT), a leading developer and manufacturer of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) and Specialty Multiwall Nanotubes, today introduced its newest, most electrically conductive grade of SWCNT...

27 Aug 2009

Raytheon Awarded $7 Million Follow-On Contract from Office of Naval Research

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded a $7 million follow-on contract from the Office of Naval Research for work on the Compound Semiconductor Materials on Silicon (COSMOS) program. Funded by the Defense Advanced ...

27 Aug 2009

Industrial Nanotech Receives Reorder of Nansulate Coating from Government Customer

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Greenbuilding Council and the American Solar Energy Society, today announced that the company has received a reorder of their patented Nansulate® LDX lead encapsulation coating from a government customer in Portsmouth, Virginia.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 27 Aug 2009

Europe's Largest Annual Nanotechnology Conference Attracts Many High-Quality Speakers

Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference and exhibition, Nanotech Europe takes place in Berlin, Germany's capital city at the heart of Europe. In its fifth year, Nanotech Europe will be held on 28 - 30 S...

27 Aug 2009

Using Smart Polymer Materials as Sensors to Detect Biological Materials and Pollutants

A University of York scientist has been awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship for her research on smart polymer materials that could eventually be used as sensors to detect biological materials and pollutant...

27 Aug 2009

Nanomaterials News

A*Star Awards S$27.5m In Research Grants To Scientists For Research In Sustainable Development

Double-Solvent Approach Makes Electrospray Deposition Better Choice for Fabricating Organic LEDs

Lipid-Coated Nanocircuits Could Lead to Development of New Classes of Bio-Sensing Tools

Metal Catalysts Used to Create Carbon Nanotubes Can Block Key Signaling Pathway in Neurons

Method May Help Identify Conditions Needed to Get Current Flowing at Higher Temperatures

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Introduces SWeNT CG 200

Raytheon Awarded $7 Million Follow-On Contract from Office of Naval Research

Industrial Nanotech Receives Reorder of Nansulate Coating from Government Customer

Europe's Largest Annual Nanotechnology Conference Attracts Many High-Quality Speakers

Using Smart Polymer Materials as Sensors to Detect Biological Materials and Pollutants

Graphene Antibacterial Coating for Improved Wound Dressings

Almond Shell Waste Powers Sustainable Graphene-Based Sensors

DNA Nanoflower Targets Breast Cancer Cells in Drug Delivery Breakthrough

Overcoming Cancer Drug Resistance: A Novel Gold Nanoparticle Therapy

Piezo Phase Shifter with Tip-Tilt Correction features Sub-Nanometer Resolution

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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