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Ohio University Expert Wins Grant to Study Adsorption Behavior of Surfactant Molecules on Metallic Nanoparticles

Sumit Sharma, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in Ohio University's Russ College of Engineering and Technology, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development five-year, $511,902 grant to study the adsorption behavior of surfactant, or soap-like, molecules on metallic nanoparticles.

21 May 2021

Scientists Unravel New Type of Atomically Thin Carbon Material

Carbon occurs in different forms in nature. Apart from graphite and diamond, there are some recently discovered forms with surprising properties.

21 May 2021

Nanopore Sequencing Technology can Improve Quality and Accuracy of Biological Data

A new software tool developed by Earlham Institute researchers will help bioinformaticians improve the quality and accuracy of their biological data, and avoid mis-assemblies.

20 May 2021

Combination of Blue-Green Algae and Nanoparticles Shows Promise for Treating Strokes

Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen through photosynthesis.

20 May 2021

New Filter Made from Polymer Nanothreads Captures Nearly 100% Coronavirus Aerosols

A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three kinds of commercial masks out of the water by capturing 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols in an experiment.

19 May 2021

Researchers Investigate Defects in Bottom-Up Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons

Graphene nanoribbons, narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because of the interplay between their crystal and electronic structures.

19 May 2021

Nikalyte deliver NL-UHV Nanoparticle Source to Montan University, Leoben

Nikalyte NL-UHV and NL-QMS (left) and NL-DX3 (right)

From Nikalyte Ltd 19 May 2021

Researchers Construct and Operate New NanoGear

Gears and mechanical transmissions are at home in the Emilia-Romagna region, the Motor Valley of northern Italy.

18 May 2021

World’s First Nanotechnology can Improve the Effectiveness of Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic

World-first nanotechnology developed by the University of South Australia could change the lives of thousands of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) as groundbreaking research shows it can improve the effectiveness of the CF antibiotic Tobramycin, increasing its efficacy by up to 100,000-fold.

17 May 2021

Researchers Use Hybrid Nanocrystals to Harvest Light Energy

Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light energy.

17 May 2021

Scientists Use Deep Learning to “Denoise’ Nanopore Data

Scientists from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research at Osaka University used machine learning methods to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in data collected when tiny spheres are passed through microscopic nanopores cut into silicon substrates.

17 May 2021

New Technique Could Shed Light on Nanoscale Phenomena

A group of researchers has been mastering an innovative and potential method to quantify the strength of individual atomic bonds.

17 May 2021

Mini Nanopositioning Stage based on High Dymamic Voice Coil Motor and Maintenance-Free Air Bearing Slide

PI’s air bearing motion product line is expanding again. The new A-142 high performance compact nano-positioning and linear alignment stage is designed with a voice coil motor and frictionless air bearing slide for...

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 17 May 2021

Atomic Electron Tomography Helps Observe 3D Atomic Structure of Nanomaterials

Atoms are known to be the fundamental building blocks for all kinds of materials. To customize functional characteristics, it is crucial to precisely establish their atomic structures.

13 May 2021

Sensofar and Linkam Develop New Technique for Characterising the Temperature-Induced Topographical Evolution of Nanoscale Materials

Sensofar, a technology company specialising in the field of non-contact surface metrology, has developed a new technique for characterising the evolution of a sample’s surface topography with temperature using the S neox 3D optical profiler and Linnik interferometer coupled with Linkam’s LTS420 temperature-controlled chamber.

From Sensofar Metrology 13 May 2021

Nanotechnology News

Ohio University Expert Wins Grant to Study Adsorption Behavior of Surfactant Molecules on Metallic Nanoparticles

Scientists Unravel New Type of Atomically Thin Carbon Material

Nanopore Sequencing Technology can Improve Quality and Accuracy of Biological Data

Combination of Blue-Green Algae and Nanoparticles Shows Promise for Treating Strokes

New Filter Made from Polymer Nanothreads Captures Nearly 100% Coronavirus Aerosols

Researchers Investigate Defects in Bottom-Up Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons

Nikalyte deliver NL-UHV Nanoparticle Source to Montan University, Leoben

Researchers Construct and Operate New NanoGear

World’s First Nanotechnology can Improve the Effectiveness of Cystic Fibrosis Antibiotic

Researchers Use Hybrid Nanocrystals to Harvest Light Energy

Scientists Use Deep Learning to “Denoise’ Nanopore Data

New Technique Could Shed Light on Nanoscale Phenomena

Mini Nanopositioning Stage based on High Dymamic Voice Coil Motor and Maintenance-Free Air Bearing Slide

Atomic Electron Tomography Helps Observe 3D Atomic Structure of Nanomaterials

Sensofar and Linkam Develop New Technique for Characterising the Temperature-Induced Topographical Evolution of Nanoscale Materials

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