Materials that contain both the properties of a conductor and an electrical insulator are known as semiconductors.
By Brett Smith
31 May 2016
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was first used in 1986 and uses a cantilever with a sharp tip to scan across a sample to produce a topographic map. The process is now expanding its use over a range of applications.
By Kimberly Lawson
27 May 2016
Companies and researchers are applying nanomaterials to photovoltaics to lower their manufacturing costs and improve their capabilities. This includes improving their efficiency when converting light into electricity.
By Kimberly Lawson
26 May 2016
Discovered less than a decade ago, graphene is a “super material” that has engineers in many different fields excitedly pursing varied uses for it. Graphene is made of carbon in a honeycomb-lattice and is just one atom thick. It is a very good conductor of heat and electricity, virtually transparent
By Brett Smith
18 May 2016
Carbon nanoparticles are nanosized carbon elements created through various methods including carbonization, heating, activation, and grinding.
By Kris Walker
19 Nov 2015
Nanomaterials are, as defined by Standford University's Environmental Health & Safety Department as "materials with a minimum of one external dimension that ranges in size between 1-100 nanometers
By Kris Walker
17 Nov 2015
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) are widely considered the gold standard for nanoparticle characterization. However, choosing which to employ is a complex process as both techniques provide similar but distinct analysis.
By David Williams
4 Sep 2015
As nanotechnology continues to advance in almost every scientific field, its application in industry has been particularly valuable through the growing use of nanocomposites. A nanocomposite can be a one, two or three-dimensional matrix in which particles (<100 nm in size) have been added to improve a particular property of the material. The presence of these composite materials are able to reinfo
By Benedette Cuffari
13 Aug 2015
The European Science Foundation has defined nanomedicine as “the science and technology of diagnosing, treating and preventing disease and traumatic injury, of relieving pain, and of preserving and improving human health, using molecular tools and molecular knowledge of the human body.”
By Benedette Cuffari
4 Aug 2015
The United Arab Emirates is located between Saudi Arabia and Oman in the Middle East. The total area of the country is 83,600 km2 and it had a population of 9,68m in 2019.