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High Performance Field Effect Transistors Made at Room Temperature with Thin Films of Carbon 60

Using room-temperature processing, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have fabricated high-performance field effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60, also known as fullerene. The ability to produc...

27 Nov 2007

Nanoparticles Created That Can Move Across Oil and Water Interface and Transport Gold Across the Boundary

Achieving the desired effect is often only a question of the right place and the right moment - and this also applies to drugs. In order to be transported in the bloodstream, they need to be water-soluble. However, in or...

26 Nov 2007

Sandia Observe Buckyball Birth - Confirm Smalley's Hypothesis

Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia's Jianyu Huang has seen one being born. Buckyballs - more formally known as buckminsterfullerene C-60 - are carbon-linke...

From Sandia National Laboratories 22 Nov 2007

Optimizing Magnet Manufacture using Nanotechnology

Magnetic materials, also known as magnets, have a wide range of applications in daily life. They are part of the core of electric engines, from those used in cars to CD systems. Computers´ hard disks are made of a ...

22 Nov 2007

UMass Amherst Nanomedicine Institue to Develop Nanostructures for Biomedical Research

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is host to a new nanomedicine institute focused on developing super-tiny structures for biomedical research. The institute was launched with $200,000 in start-up funds from UMass P...

21 Nov 2007

New van der Waals Force Study Means Knowledge of Thin Film Interactions Needs to be Revised

The van der Waals force, a weak attractive force, is solely responsible for binding certain organic molecules to metallic surfaces. In a model for organic devices, it is this force alone that binds an organic film to a m...

21 Nov 2007

Nanotech Becomes a Commercial Reality With $50 Billion in Product Sales

For two decades, the term “nanotechnology” has been primarily associated with an R&D race spanning the public and private sectors. But nanotech is now shifting from discovery to commercialization, with $5...

21 Nov 2007

Understanding of Actuator Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Bring Micro Machines Closer

Imagine machines smaller than microscopic in size working around us, in us and for us. Imagine them seeking out diseases, cleaning the environment and making the world a better place. Just as a car is a combination of a ...

21 Nov 2007

Environmental Defence Points Nanotechnology Initiative at New Model for Restructuring in Order to Better Handle Nanotech Risks

Amid growing public concern that the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is not effectively addressing the potential risks of nanotechnology, Environmental Defense pointed to a precedent and potential model to resol...

21 Nov 2007

Improved Wettability of Carbon Nanotubes Opens the Door to New Possibilities

Carbon nanotubes have long been touted as the wonder material of the future but their wonder properties can also be their downfall. The non reactive nature of carbon nanotubes means they can be difficult to incorporate i...

21 Nov 2007

Nanomaterials News

High Performance Field Effect Transistors Made at Room Temperature with Thin Films of Carbon 60

Nanoparticles Created That Can Move Across Oil and Water Interface and Transport Gold Across the Boundary

Sandia Observe Buckyball Birth - Confirm Smalley's Hypothesis

Optimizing Magnet Manufacture using Nanotechnology

UMass Amherst Nanomedicine Institue to Develop Nanostructures for Biomedical Research

New van der Waals Force Study Means Knowledge of Thin Film Interactions Needs to be Revised

Nanotech Becomes a Commercial Reality With $50 Billion in Product Sales

Understanding of Actuator Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Bring Micro Machines Closer

Environmental Defence Points Nanotechnology Initiative at New Model for Restructuring in Order to Better Handle Nanotech Risks

Improved Wettability of Carbon Nanotubes Opens the Door to New Possibilities

Biochar-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Enhanced Water Treatment

Gold Nanoparticles to Restore Vision in Retinal Disorders

New Nanocage Material Removes Up to 90% of Toxic PFAS from Water

Enhancing Chitosan Films with Silanized Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Sustainable Applications

Light-Induced Symmetry Shifts Enable New Advances in Nanomaterials

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

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