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OCSiAl Becomes the Largest European Supplier of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with its Upgraded REACH Registration

As from April 2020, OCSiAl is able to commercialize up to 100 tonnes annually of its TUBALL™ single wall carbon nanotubes in Europe thanks to the company’s upgraded dossier under the EU’s “Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals” (REACH) legislation, being additionally compliant with the new Annexes on nanoforms.

From OCSIAL Group 24 Apr 2020

How Graphene Sensors from Grolltex are Being Used in the Fight Against COVID-19

Grolltex Inc. has teamed up with the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to create a new testing platform that uses graphene to rapidly detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus.

From Grolltex Inc 23 Apr 2020

A New Biosensor for the COVID-19 Virus Based on Gold Nanoislands

A team of researchers from Empa, ETH Zurich and Zurich University Hospital has succeeded in developing a novel sensor for detecting the new coronavirus. In future it could be used to measure the concentration of the virus in the environment -- for example in places where there are many people or in hospital ventilation systems.

23 Apr 2020

New Self-Sterilizing Air Filtration Technologies Could Include Face Masks and Ventilation

The material can be completely sterilized by electrical current, thus an LIG air filter has the potential to be combined with state-of-the-art air filtration such as HEPA filters. As a result, hospitals, cars, buildings and public transport could all become safer spaces. If such a material is incorporated into a mask a higher level of protection for medical providers, as well as the general population could be possible.

23 Apr 2020

Spider Comb-Inspired Antiadhesive Tools to Control Sticky Nanomaterials

Cribellate spiders spin thousands of tiny nanofibers into sticky threads. To keep from getting caught in their own webs, these spiders use a nonstick comb on their back legs.

23 Apr 2020

WITec Announces Paper Award 2020 Winners

Every year, the WITec Paper Award competition recognizes three exceptional peer-reviewed publications that feature results acquired with a WITec microscope.

From WITec GmbH 22 Apr 2020

Researchers Move Closer to Unraveling the Physics of Quasiparticles in Carbon Nanotubes

A team of researchers from Osaka University, TU Wien, Nanyang Technological University, Rice University, University of Alberta and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale comes closer to unraveling the physics of quasiparticles in carbon nanotubes.

22 Apr 2020

Rapidly Cooling Magnon Particles to Advance Quantum Nanotechnology

The team, led by physicists at the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany and University of Vienna in Austria, generated the Bose-Einstein condensate through a sudden change in temperature: first heating up quasi-particles slowly, then rapidly cooling them down back to room temperature.

22 Apr 2020

'Nanocardboard' Flyers Could be Used to Explore the Skies of Other Worlds

This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter.

22 Apr 2020

Large Area Graphene Nanomesh Achieved by Helium Ion Beam Microscopy

At the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), scientists have been successful in fabricating the suspended graphene nanomesh in a wide area using helium-ion beam microscopy.

21 Apr 2020

Method for Calculating Diffusion of Nanobubbles in Fission Materials

At the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), scientists have devised a technique that accelerates the calculation of nanobubble diffusion in solid materials.

21 Apr 2020

No Fuss Technique for Accurate Characterization of Gluten Protein

An informative applications article from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) technology can be used, with no sample pre-treatment, to separate large gluten proteins and provide accurate molecular weight and molecular size (Rg) data.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 21 Apr 2020