Nanosilver has been used to kill off bacteria for well over a hundred years. But do we understand its effects as well as we think?
By Will Soutter
16 Jul 2012
Printing electronics onto flexible substrates is becoming more and more viable, and nanotechnology is helping to make the manufacturing techniques commercially viable and increase the performance of the printed circuits.
By Will Soutter
7 Jul 2012
An ultracapacitor, also known as a supercapacitor, or electrochemical capacitor, is a device for storing electrical energy.
By Will Soutter
6 Jul 2012
Batteries are devices that store electrical energy by converting it to chemical energy, to be released slowly at a later time.
By Will Soutter
5 Jul 2012
Numerous nanotechnology-enhanced packaging products are starting to appear on the market. This article examines the ways in which packaging will improve as these technologies come into play, and the issues which may hinder their widespread adoption.
By Will Soutter
6 Jul 2012
A respirocyte is a hypothetical nanomachine designed to mimic our red blood cells. This article explores how we could go about making one, and what implications the technology could have.
By Will Soutter
28 Jun 2012
Nanotechnology promises to benefit many different aspects of industry. The automotive industry is certainly no exception. Nano-enhanced materials are already beginning to improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of vehicles, and this effect will only increase in the coming years, as harder, stronger, lighter nanomaterials become commercially available.
By Will Soutter
22 Jun 2012
Carbon nanotubes are one of the most exciting materials available to us - but synthesizing them in industrial quantities is still a challenge.
By Will Soutter
21 Jun 2012
A review of the current and forthcoming nanotechnologies in the military.
By Will Soutter
20 Jun 2012
Efforts to develop and commercialise nanotechnology face a variety of challenges: technical hurdles, availability of capital, environmental, health and safety concerns, and immature manufacturing technology and infrastructure.