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How are Nanoparticles Used in Fiber Optics?

Article - 18 Sep 2018

Researchers have found that the incorporation of nanoparticles into optical fibers has allowed for advantageous features, such as improved refractive index and an ability to manipulate light, to be...

Upconverting Nanoparticles (UCNPs): Replacement for Conventional Bioimaging Probes

Article - 9 Jul 2018

Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs): Replacement for conventional bioimaging probes

Imaging Individual Microtubules in Vitro using Fluorescence Microscopy and AFM

Article - 13 Oct 2015

This article demonstrates how the NanoWizard® AFM allows the acquisition of high quality AFM and fluorescence images of microtubules polymerized in vitro.

The Production of Nanoparticles Using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

Article - 10 Nov 2014

NTA provides information on particle size distribution of samples in liquid suspension using the properties of Brownian motion and light scattering.

Looking to the Future: Advances in Nanotechnology

Article - 11 Dec 2013

AZoNano talks to Travis Earles from Lockheed Martin discussing future innovations within nanotechnology as well as the advanced research being undertaken at Lockheed Martin.

Nano-Machines Behave Like Human Muscle

Article - 30 Oct 2012

Recently, a CNRS team from the Institut Charles Sadron headed by Nicolas Giuseppone, professor at the Université de Strasbourg, along with researchers from the Laboratoire de Matière et Systèmes...

Responsive Microgel Composite Colloids for Plasmonic Sensing

Article - 2 Aug 2011

This "Thought Leader' article from Prof Luis M. Liz-Marzan discusses a novel and efficient method to coat CTAB-capped gold nanoparticles, opening up new avenues toward the fabrication of miniaturized...

Small-Gap Fullerenes from Aldrich Materials Science

Article - 16 Jul 2011

Aldrich Materials Science, in partnership with TDA Research, is pleased to introduce purified Small-Gap Fullerenes (SGFs). The small band gap properties of these fullerenes are excellent for use in...

A New Word to Describe the Nanoparticle-Human Body Interaction

Article - 9 Jan 2011

A new word was invented in 2002: "Nanopathology", and that name was used as the title of an FP5 European Commission Project coordinated by Dr. Antonietta Gatti aimed at verifying the "impact of micro...

Planetary Nanomedicine: Does the World Need a Global Artificial Photosynthesis Project?

Article - 1 Dec 2010

Many exciting areas of nanotechnology research are converging on artificial photosynthesis. The connection between the health of our plant and the humans it sustains is now part of a growing field...