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Making Gold from Nanocellulose

When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties.

11 Aug 2020

Filter Paper Made of TiO2 Nanowires Traps and Destroys Pathogens

Paper masks are being made highly compulsory as part of the measures to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic. Although there is no doubt about their relative effectiveness, their extensive use has several disadvantages.

10 Aug 2020

Kavli Lectures: The Art of Building Small and Innovating for Industrial Impact

The art of molecular nanoscience and innovation in polymeric materials for industrial use will be the topics of a pair of Kavli Lectures at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo. The meeting will take place Aug. 17-20 with the theme of “Moving Chemistry From Bench to Market.”

10 Aug 2020

New Nanoparticle Technology Reveals Common Marker of Heart Disease

A new technique developed by scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) integrates high-precision protein measurement with sticky nanoparticles to capture and study a common marker associated with heart disease, revealing details that were not accessible before.

7 Aug 2020

New Nano-Structuring Technique to Process Surfaces on Atomic Scale

Researchers (TU Wien) (Vienna) have developed a nano-structuring method that can be employed to perforate specific layers of a material in a highly precise way, while others are left completely unaltered, although the projectile penetrates all layers.

4 Aug 2020

New Method to Synthesize Manganese Dioxide with Specific Crystalline Structure

A team of researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has investigated an innovative yet simple technique to produce manganese dioxide that has a particular crystalline structure known as ß-MnO2.

3 Aug 2020

New Method Improves Performance, Efficiency of Ultrafine Bimetallic Nanoparticles

Supported bimetallic catalysts are an important class of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis.

3 Aug 2020

New Technique to Synthesize 3D Nanocarbons

A team of scientists led by Kenichiro Itami, Professor and Director of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, has developed a new method for the synthesis of three-dimensional nanocarbons with the potential to advance materials science.

3 Aug 2020

New Technique to Assemble Nanomaterials Enables High Light Field Amplification

Whether in innovative high-tech materials, more powerful computer chips, pharmaceuticals or in the field of renewable energies, nanoparticles - smallest portions of bulk material - form the basis for a whole range of new technological developments.

31 Jul 2020

Researchers Report a New Way to Stimulate Fluid Flow at Nanoscale

The movement of fluids through small capillaries and channels is crucial for processes ranging from blood flow through the brain to power generation and electronic cooling systems, but that movement often stops when the channel is smaller than 10 nanometers.

29 Jul 2020