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Researchers Make Strides Toward Understanding Borophene’s Electronic Potential

Now, just months after a Northwestern Engineering and Argonne National Laboratory team discovered the material, another team led by Mark Hersam is already making strides toward understanding its complicated chemistry and realizing its electronic potential.

23 Feb 2017

Ultrasmall Nanoclusters Have Potential to Address Big Issues in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Batteries that are smaller, faster, and more stable are in great demand as devices become smaller and more powerful. Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a superionic solid that could be the starting point of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

22 Feb 2017

Study on 2D Materials May Lead to Flexible Electronic Gadgets

Dr Neil Wilson in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick has developed a new method to measure the electronic structures of stacks of two-dimensional (2D) materials – flat, atomically thin, extremely strong, and highly conductive materials – for the first time.

17 Feb 2017

A Step Towards Stretchable Electronics

The first stretchable integrated circuit made completely using an inkjet printer was developed by engineering researchers at Michigan State University. It opens up the possibility for low-cost mass production of smart fabric.

16 Feb 2017

New Computational Method Improves Nanomaterial Fabrication Control

The control of nanomaterial fabrication could be improved with a new computational method.

15 Feb 2017

New Nanofiber Matrix to Help Produce Improved Quality Stem Cells for Disease Treatment

Culturing a large number of healthy human stem cells may soon be possible using a matrix composed of gelatin nanofibers on a synthetic polymer microfiber mesh.

15 Feb 2017

Unrevealed Characteristics of 2D Materials Could Dramatically Transform Tech Industry

It is a well-known fact that the concept of two-dimensional (2D) materials is a thought-provoking one. Humans exist in a three-dimensional world in which any observed thing has height, depth, and width.

13 Feb 2017

Harvard Researchers Build Small, Hand-Held Spectrometer Using Meta-Lenses

New hand-held spectrometers matching the same performance capacity of large, benchtop instruments have been designed by physicists from Harvard University. The details of the innovation are published in APL Photonics, from AIP Publishing.

10 Feb 2017

Safe Delivery of Therapeutic Genes by DNA Barcoding

Researchers used small snippets of DNA as “barcodes” to develop a new technique for rapidly screening the capability of nanoparticles to selectively deliver therapeutic genes to particular organs of the body. This new technique succeeded in accelerating the development and use of gene therapies for Parkinson’s disease, cancer and heart disease.

8 Feb 2017

New Model Accurately Predicts Electronic Properties of a Combination of 2D Semiconductors

Bandgap is the so-called defining property of a semiconductor, and it is considered to be a barrier that prevents electrons within a particular energy range from passing through a material.

7 Feb 2017

Nanomaterials News

Researchers Make Strides Toward Understanding Borophene’s Electronic Potential

Ultrasmall Nanoclusters Have Potential to Address Big Issues in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Study on 2D Materials May Lead to Flexible Electronic Gadgets

A Step Towards Stretchable Electronics

New Computational Method Improves Nanomaterial Fabrication Control

New Nanofiber Matrix to Help Produce Improved Quality Stem Cells for Disease Treatment

Unrevealed Characteristics of 2D Materials Could Dramatically Transform Tech Industry

Harvard Researchers Build Small, Hand-Held Spectrometer Using Meta-Lenses

Safe Delivery of Therapeutic Genes by DNA Barcoding

New Model Accurately Predicts Electronic Properties of a Combination of 2D Semiconductors

Revolutionizing Superconductivity: 60K Temperature Findings

Enhancing Osteogenesis in hBMSCs Using Single-Layer Graphene Oxide Nanosheets

Archer Improves the Functionality of Its 12CQ Quantum Project with International Partners

New Technique Boosts Efficiency of Eco-Friendly Solar Cells

New Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

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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