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Unique Properties of Graphene Could Revolutionize Photonic and Opto-Electronic Devices

The importance of graphene can hardly be overstated. Graphene is the thinnest material comprised of atoms. It is only one atomic layer thick and hence an almost ideal representation of a two-dimensional material in our three-dimensional world.

29 Dec 2016

Researchers Use Nanodiscs to Deliver Customized Therapeutic Vaccine for Cancer Treatment

Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors.

27 Dec 2016

Researchers Work on Development of Game-Changing Nanowire Metamaterials

Mechanical engineer Liping Wang imagines an energy sector enhanced by greater control over thermal radiation. To work toward this objective, he is designing and constructing a host of custom electromagnetic materials.

26 Dec 2016

Nanoscale Interactions Help Create Self-Assembled Materials with Unprecedented Complexity

Building nanomaterials with features spanning just billionths of a meter requires extraordinary precision. Scaling up that construction while increasing complexity presents a significant hurdle to the widespread use of such nano-engineered materials.

23 Dec 2016

Researchers Study New Opportunities Provided by Silver Nanoclusters

Small clusters of silver atoms arranged with atomic level precision are capable of becoming more versatile and useful due to a simpler way to hold them together.

21 Dec 2016

New Method Traps Potentially Harmful Gases within Microscopic Organo-Metallic Structures

A team of researchers at UT Dallas has developed a novel method for trapping potentially harmful gases within microscopic organo-metallic structures.

15 Dec 2016

Rice University Researcher Uses Light to Push Boundaries of Experimental Nanoscience

Rice University nanophotonics researcher Isabell Thomann uses lasers, light-activated materials and light-measuring nanoscale tips to push the boundaries of experimental nanoscience, but light is providing the pull in her latest study.

15 Dec 2016

Predictive Modeling of 2D Materials Made Possible by Machine Learning

The field of machine learning focuses on training computers to identify patterns in data and generate new predictions. This has helped doctors to diagnose diseases and stock analysts forecast the rise and fall of financial markets more accurately. And now, materials scientists have pioneered another significant application for machine learning - helping to speed-up the discovery and progress of new materials.

8 Dec 2016

Ultrathin Protective Layer Offers Better Stability to Perovskite Solar Cell

Recent findings reveal that incorporating a few nanometers of a thin layer of aluminum oxide can protect a perovskite solar cell against the effects of humidity, which is still a significant hinderance to the commercial application of this new type of solar cell.

6 Dec 2016

Researchers Study Electron Pair Mimicry for Nanotechnology Applications

Control plays a significant role in nanotechnology. Control over the distances between nanoparticles and also the arrangements can allow customized interaction strengths in order to harness properties in devices such as plasmonic sensors.

5 Dec 2016

Nanomaterials News

Unique Properties of Graphene Could Revolutionize Photonic and Opto-Electronic Devices

Researchers Use Nanodiscs to Deliver Customized Therapeutic Vaccine for Cancer Treatment

Researchers Work on Development of Game-Changing Nanowire Metamaterials

Nanoscale Interactions Help Create Self-Assembled Materials with Unprecedented Complexity

Researchers Study New Opportunities Provided by Silver Nanoclusters

New Method Traps Potentially Harmful Gases within Microscopic Organo-Metallic Structures

Rice University Researcher Uses Light to Push Boundaries of Experimental Nanoscience

Predictive Modeling of 2D Materials Made Possible by Machine Learning

Ultrathin Protective Layer Offers Better Stability to Perovskite Solar Cell

Researchers Study Electron Pair Mimicry for Nanotechnology Applications

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 Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

New Technique Boosts Efficiency of Eco-Friendly Solar Cells

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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