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Nanoparticle Characterization Crucial for Developers of Drug Delivery Systems

News - 26 Jun 2008

Nanoparticle characterization using the Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments is providing essential information for researchers working on drug delivery systems at the UK’s newest School of...

The Scripps Research Institute Awarded Patent that May Lead to Drugs, Bioactive Nanomaterials, Anti-Bacterial Coatings and Responsive Nanomaterials

News - 21 May 2008

The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded U.S. Patent No. US 7,375,234 B2, which covers a broad class of chemical reactions that mimic biological efficiency and opens the door to a new world of...

Characterisation of Porous Materials at Controlled Temperatures

News - 1 Apr 2008

To meet a growing need for temperature-specific measurement capabilities in porous materials characterisation, Oxford Instruments and Quantachrome Instruments (Boynton Beach FL) have collaborated in...

Gold and Other Nanocrystalline Materials Examined and Characterized Using New Measurement Technique Using Nanotechnology Probe

News - 11 Mar 2008

In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble metal is a...

Gold Becomes Magnetic at the Nano Level and May Be Used in Nanocatalysis and as Chemical and Electrical Sensors

News - 4 Mar 2008

Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale. They found that applying an electrical field on a surface-supported gold nanocluster...

Changing the Structure of Gold Nanoclusters and Making Magnetic Gold Nanowires

News - 4 Mar 2008

Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made two important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale. They found that applying an electrical field on a surface-supported gold nanocluster...

Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program to Give Grants for Nanotechnology Development for the Environment and Health

News - 29 Jan 2008

Americans are famous for building big: the tallest sky scraper, the biggest jet, the widest plasma TV screen. But now U.S. entrepreneurs are considering thinking small. Nanotechnology uses particles...

Novel Uranium Based Hydrocarbon Molecule Created

News - 14 Nov 2007

Chemists at the University of Virginia have prepared the first uranium methylidyne molecule ever reported, despite the reactivity of uranium atoms with other molecules. This new molecule is a...

Niobium and Tantalum Differences May Lead to More Optimized Electronic Materials and Photocatalysts

News - 23 Oct 2007

Unexpected differences recently discovered between the elements niobium and tantalum may lead to more optimized electronic materials and photocatalysts. Sandia researcher May Nyman and colleagues...

Titanium Oxide Nanotubes and Nanorods Being Made in New Ways for Applications Like Sunscreens and Catalysts

News - 11 Sep 2007

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of...