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Novel Way to Control Electronic Band Gap in Complex Oxide Materials

If you can't find the ideal material, then design a new one.
Northwestern University's James Rondinelli uses quantum mechanical calculations to predict and design the properties of new materials by working at the atom-level. His group's latest achievement is the discovery of a novel way to control the electronic band gap in complex oxide materials without changing the material's overall composition. The finding could potentially lead to better electro-optical devices, such as lasers, and new energy-generation and conversion materials, including more absorbent solar cells and the improved conversion of sunlight into chemical fuels through photoelectrocatalysis.

31 Jan 2015

Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Computer Simulations Help Study Fundamental Chemical Processes on Sub-Picosecond Timescales

Chemists at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with colleagues at the Central Laser Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and Heriot-Watt University (HWU), can now follow chemical reactions in liquids with unprecedented, atomically resolved detail on sub-picosecond timescales (1 picosecond = 10-12s) – matching the time intervals between molecular collisions.

31 Jan 2015

Nanonics Announce Image Competition to Celebrate Launch of New Website

Nanonics will soon be launching a new, redesigned. To celebrate this exciting milestone, Nanonics Imaging is holding an image contest. Top submissions will be featured on the title banner of their new homepage. Prizes...

From Nanonics Imaging Ltd. 30 Jan 2015

Nanodiamonds Display Valence Holes in Aqueous Solutions

Researchers hope that their properties might be altered to permit nanodiamonds to be used as catalysts for generating hydrogen from sunlight

30 Jan 2015

Metallic Nanostructures Increase Sensitivity of Terahertz Spectroscopy for Study of Nanocrystals

Although terahertz spectroscopy has great potential, especially for environmental monitoring and security screening applications, it previously could not be used effectively to study nanocrystals or molecules at extremely low concentrations.

30 Jan 2015

INRS Professor Honored with Chang Jiang Scholars Award

Professor Federico Rosei of the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has won the Chang Jiang Scholars Award, a highly prestigious distinction for world-class researchers given by the Chinese government. Professor Rosei was honoured for his work in the field of organic and inorganic nanomaterials. This is the first time the award has been given to an INRS faculty member.

28 Jan 2015

Nanomaterials Researcher Honored with 2014 Peter Mark Memorial Award

Joshua Zide, associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, has won the 2014 Peter Mark Memorial Award from AVS, an interdisciplinary society for materials, interface and processing technology.

28 Jan 2015

$STOE Announce New Module for WinXPOW Powder Diffraction Software$

STOE Announce New Module for WinXPOW Powder Diffraction Software

STOE's WinXPOW software now includes a new module for easy evaluation of powder diffraction measurements - SYSTEVAL.

From STOE 26 Jan 2015

Real-Time X-Ray Scattering Techniques Help Observe Key Step in Protein Crystal Nucleation

A major hurdle in structural biology and pharmacology is growing crystals to determine the structure of the biomolecules and pharmaceuticals under study. Researchers at the University of Tübingen, working with colleagues from Oxford and Grenoble, have now observed a key step in the nucleation and growth of some protein crystals.

22 Jan 2015

MIT Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Nanoscale Resolution Microscopy of Large Biological Samples

Researchers from MIT have successfully discovered a technique to physically magnify tissue samples by implanting them in a polymer, which swells on addition with water to enable high-resolution images. Since the late 1500s when the first microscope was invented, scientists have been devising ways to study preserved tissues and cells in a better manner.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20 Jan 2015

Nanoanalysis News

Novel Way to Control Electronic Band Gap in Complex Oxide Materials

Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Computer Simulations Help Study Fundamental Chemical Processes on Sub-Picosecond Timescales

Nanonics Announce Image Competition to Celebrate Launch of New Website

Nanodiamonds Display Valence Holes in Aqueous Solutions

Metallic Nanostructures Increase Sensitivity of Terahertz Spectroscopy for Study of Nanocrystals

INRS Professor Honored with Chang Jiang Scholars Award

Nanomaterials Researcher Honored with 2014 Peter Mark Memorial Award

STOE Announce New Module for WinXPOW Powder Diffraction Software

Real-Time X-Ray Scattering Techniques Help Observe Key Step in Protein Crystal Nucleation

MIT Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Nanoscale Resolution Microscopy of Large Biological Samples

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

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

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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