In this interview, Professor Robert Dorey talks to AZoNano about his work on personal energy generation technologies, which will have many applications in the military sector, as well as in consumer devices.
By Will Soutter
15 Aug 2012
In this interview, Dr Elena Polyakova from Graphene Laboratories talks to AZoNano about the challenges of manufacturing graphene on a large scale, and the opportunities for commercial applications of graphene.
By Will Soutter
3 Aug 2012
Dr Mark Munch, President of Bruker Nano Surfaces, talks to AZoNano about the challenges and opportunities for AFM research at the Seeing at the Nanoscale event in Bristol.
For the past decade, scientists and engineers have been gaining increasing control over the properties of matter at the nanometer scale - measuring, predicting and constructing nanoparticles and nanostructures.
By Professor Sonia Contera
28 May 2012
Due to the ever increasing energy demand and growing global concern over the environmental impact of CO2 emissions, there is a need to seek solutions to transit from fossil fuels to sustainable energy.
By Professor Huey Hoon Hng
16 Apr 2012
Thermodynamic relations may be regarded as the motor driving chemical processes (while chemical kinetics represents the brakes).
By Prof Leslie Glasser
5 Dec 2011
The statement that a materials functionality is controlled by defects is perhaps the most recognized paradigm of materials science, solid state electrochemistry, and condensed physics alike.
By Professor Sergei V. Kalinin
27 Nov 2011
Nanotechnology has been well supported in the UK within a rather restricted budget, in ways that have encouraged the effective use of funds and with a clear policy to translate the outputs of basic research into future applications.
By Professor Peter J Dobson
15 Sep 2011
Microfluidics is a research area within MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and is concerned with the control of the flow of fluids measured in micro, nano, or even Pico, litre, quantities.
By Dr Xianghong Ma
11 Sep 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 sensing devices.
By Prof. Luis M. Liz-Marzan
2 Aug 2011