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Nanoparticles can be Assembled into Processable Superlattice Wires

Describing and controlling the material’s structure-function relationship has been the Holy Grail of materials science through the years. Nanoparticles are an appealing group of components to be used in functional materials because they display size-dependent properties, such as superparamagnetism and plasmonic absorption of light.

25 Sep 2017

Carbon Nanofiber Supercapacitor Produced Without a Flammable Electrolyte Solution

Drexel University researchers have developed a fabric-like material electrode capable of making energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors and batteries, faster and less susceptible to disastrous meltdowns and leaks.

21 Sep 2017

New Technique to 3D Print High-Strength Aluminum Alloys

HRL Laboratories, LLC, has now brought about a revolution in metallurgy by announcing that Researchers at the renowned facility have created a technique for successfully 3D printing high-strength aluminum alloys—including types Al6061and Al7075—that makes room for additive manufacturing of engineering-relevant alloys.

21 Sep 2017

Innovative Approach for Chirality Controlled Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A team of Researchers at Tohoku University have come up with a novel strategy for manipulating chirality of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). By applying this method, preferential synthesis of (6,4) SWNTs has been achieved for the first time.

20 Sep 2017

LMU Chemists Modify the Synthesis of a Molecular Motor

Smart nanomachines are experiencing a futuristic growth. LMU chemists have now altered the synthesis of a molecular motor in order to decrease the speed of its light-driven rotation, thus allowing the researchers to thoroughly analyze the mechanism of motion.

20 Sep 2017

Research on the Rich Behavior of 2D Materials

The rich behavior of two-dimensional (2D) materials, like electrons, molecules, or atoms that are limited to move on a flat surface, was celebrated by the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics.

18 Sep 2017

Graphene-Enveloped Nanocrystals for Storing Hydrogen in Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have synthesized a powdery mixture of metal nanocrystals enveloped in single-layer carbon atom sheets.

15 Sep 2017

Test Strips with Platinum-Coated Gold Nanoparticles for Better Cancer Detection

A home pregnancy test is the most common test strip for diagnosis. Pregnant women have progressively increasing levels of the biomarker human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is easily traceable in urine. A thin, colorful strip of antibodies will appear when hCG is present.

15 Sep 2017

New Tunable Nanoparticle Layer can Switch Between a Mirror and Window

Researchers have made a filter capable of changing between a window and a mirror by finely tuning the distance between nanoparticles in a single layer.

12 Sep 2017

High-Intensity Laser Source Used to Image Free Nanoparticles

In a collaborative research project, researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), the Technische Universität Berlin (TU), and the University of Rostock have succeeded for the first time to image free nanoparticles in a laboratory experiment using a high-intensity laser source.

11 Sep 2017