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Infrared Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials Work Wins Best Paper 2007 Award

Research work using infrared spectroscopy to examine monolayers at solid-solid interfaces wins author Best Paper 2007 Award.

13 Feb 2008

Wisconsin Calles for a State Registry of Nanoscale Materials, What is Being Produced and in What Quantities

Growing concern over the potential risks that nanotechnology might pose to the environment and human health have some lawmakers and state agencies looking into how they might regulate the technology, which is already bei...

12 Feb 2008

Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized Using Commercially Available Polymer Resins

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have sucessfully produced high yields of carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymer resins as precursors using a patented technique.

8 Feb 2008

Clariant Launches New Web Site After Introduction of Nano-Zeolites

Clariant, a world-leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, focuses its scientific efforts in nano-technology on the manufacture and applications of a variety of nano-porous zeolites with exceptional physical properti...

8 Feb 2008

Controlling Electrical Conductivity in Carbon Nanotube Composites

New measurements by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered an intriguing wrinkle. For a given CNT concentration, the electrical properties of the composite can be tuned from being a conductor to a non-conductor simply by changing processing conditions.

7 Feb 2008

Cost and Energy Efficient Process Intensification Module Technology for Commercial Solvent Stripping

NanoDynamics Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary NDFusion provides process intensification (PI) module technology for commercial solvent stripping applications. The company’s state-of-the-art rotating tube r...

6 Feb 2008

Guides to Nanotechnology Published by BSI

Don’t know your nanorod from your nanoribbon? Want to find out what nanomaterials are in the products you buy? Could the safe handling of nanomaterials be improved? Nine new nanotechnology publica...

6 Feb 2008

Research Grant for Improving Food Safety with Nanotechnology

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading manufacturer of nano metals and alloys for applications in renewable energy, portable power, defense, electronics and other markets demanding advanced materials, today announced that it has...

6 Feb 2008

Modeling Technique Explains Why a Single Nanotube Performs Better than Sensors Containing Several Nanotubes or Flat Planar Sensors

A new modeling technique explains for the first time why a single nanotube performs better than sensors containing several nanotubes or flat planar sensors and refutes a popular explanation for why smaller sensors work b...

6 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Safety Examined in Report that Looks at the Effectiveness of Conventional Protection Against Nanoaerosols

Are conventional protective devices such as fibrous filter media, respirator cartridges, protective clothing and gloves also efficient for nanoaerosols? Long before the final conclusions of toxicology research studie...

4 Feb 2008