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Never-Before-Seen Configurations of Metal Crystals

Appropriating cellulose fibers from cotton and crystallizing them, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have grown never-before-seen configurations of metal crystals that show promise as components in bios...

29 Mar 2007

Iron Containing Nanoparticles Found to be Toxic to Nerve Cells

Researchers at UC San Diego have discovered that iron-containing nanoparticles being tested for use in several biomedical applications can be toxic to nerve cells and interfere with the formation of their signal-transmit...

29 Mar 2007

Teaching Nanoscience to the Blind

At the root of scientific study are observations made with the eyes; yet in nanoscience, our eyes fail us. The smallest object we can see still looms thousands of times larger than a typical nano-sized structure. Eve...

29 Mar 2007

Copper Nanoparticles Provide More Efficient Catalysts for Improving Performance of Fuel Cells

X-ray studies at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are pointing the way to less costly and more efficient catalysts for improving the performance of fuel cells. The studies, which w...

29 Mar 2007

Nucleobase-Containing Triblock Copolymers as Templates for the Dispersion of Guest Molecules at the Nanoscale

Virginia Tech researchers announced last year that they had created a nanostructured membrane that incorporates DNA base pairs in order to impart molecular recognition and binding ability to the synthetic material. This ...

29 Mar 2007

Nanomechanical Oscillators Provide New Way to Read Nanoscale Vibrations

Nanomechanical oscillators -- tiny strips of vibrating silicon only a few hundred atoms thick -- are the subject of extensive study by nanotechnology researchers. They could someday replace bulky quartz crystals in elect...

29 Mar 2007

Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles Used to Label Endothelial Progenitor Cells

To the delight of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, living cells gobbled up fluorine-laced nanoparticles without needing any coaxing. Then, because of the unusual meal, the cells were ...

29 Mar 2007

Georgia Tech Produces 3D Polymer Line Structures Using New Two-Photon Absorbing Molecules

Producing three-dimensional polymer line structures as small as 65 nanometers wide just became easier with new two-photon absorbing molecules that are sensitive to laser light at short wavelengths, allowing researchers t...

29 Mar 2007

Nanocrystal Research May Lead to New Generation of Vaccines

Maren Roman is taking nanocrystal research to a new level that may lead to a new generation of vaccines and better computer printer ink. The assistant professor in the wood science and forest products department of t...

29 Mar 2007

Ultrathin, Nanoscale Films Composed of DNA for Gene Therapy

Gene therapy - the idea of using genetic instructions rather than drugs to treat disease - has tickled scientists' imaginations for decades, but is not yet a viable therapeutic method. One sizeable hurdle is getting ...

29 Mar 2007

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Exhibit Toxic Effects on Neuronal Cells

29 Mar 2007

World's Smallest Chain-Mail Fabric

Scientists at the University of Illinois have fabricated the world's smallest chain-mail fabric. Combined with existing processing techniques, the flexible, metallic fabric holds promise for fully engineered smart te...

29 Mar 2007

New Brochure on Dynamic Light Scattering Available from Viscotek

A new 8-page technical brochure is available from Viscotek - that describes its recently launched second generation Model 802 Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) instrument. For those new to DLS the new brochure provides b...

28 Mar 2007

Two-Photon Absorbing Molecules Make It Easy to Create 65nm Polymer Line Structures

28 Mar 2007

AFM's Use to Measure Nanscale Vibrations

28 Mar 2007

Nanotechnology News

Never-Before-Seen Configurations of Metal Crystals

Iron Containing Nanoparticles Found to be Toxic to Nerve Cells

Teaching Nanoscience to the Blind

Copper Nanoparticles Provide More Efficient Catalysts for Improving Performance of Fuel Cells

Nucleobase-Containing Triblock Copolymers as Templates for the Dispersion of Guest Molecules at the Nanoscale

Nanomechanical Oscillators Provide New Way to Read Nanoscale Vibrations

Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles Used to Label Endothelial Progenitor Cells

Georgia Tech Produces 3D Polymer Line Structures Using New Two-Photon Absorbing Molecules

Nanocrystal Research May Lead to New Generation of Vaccines

Ultrathin, Nanoscale Films Composed of DNA for Gene Therapy

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Exhibit Toxic Effects on Neuronal Cells

World's Smallest Chain-Mail Fabric

New Brochure on Dynamic Light Scattering Available from Viscotek

Two-Photon Absorbing Molecules Make It Easy to Create 65nm Polymer Line Structures

AFM's Use to Measure Nanscale Vibrations

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Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

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Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

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