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Univeristy of Alicante Nanoscientists Develop Cost-Effective Method to Produce Black Titania

Nanoscientists at the Univeristy of Alicante have modified a commonly-used compound, titanium dioxide, turning it from white to black to boost its efficiency. And they have done so in a way that improves on existing methods, making environmental applications a real possibility.

15 Feb 2016

Scientists Discover Unusual Behavior of Electrons in Graphene

Electrons which act like slow-pouring honey have been observed for the first time in graphene, prompting a new approach to fundamental physics.

12 Feb 2016

Development of Nanowire Lasers Could Open New Research Frontier for Optoelectronics

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have found a simple new way to produce nanoscale wires that can serve as tiny, tunable lasers.

12 Feb 2016

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Understanding of Graphene’s Basic Properties

Graphene is going to change the world — or so we’ve been told.

12 Feb 2016

Research Team Uses Light Reflection of Interface Nanostructures for Non-Toxic Ink Printing

From dot-matrix to 3-D, printing technology has come a long way in 40 years. But all of these technologies have created hues by using dye inks, which can be taxing on the environment. Now a team reports in ACS Nano the development of a colorless, non-toxic ink for use in inkjet printers. Instead of relying on dyes, the team exploits the nanostructure of this ink to create color on a page with inkjet printing.

11 Feb 2016

Researchers Develop Sensitive Ricin Biosensors Based on Aptamers

Tiny rocketlike particles that move around on their own in a hydrogen peroxide solution can detect trace amounts of the lethal toxin ricin within minutes (ACS Sens. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5b00300). They could someday provide a quick, easy way to detect the bioterrorism agent in food and water samples without having to bring them back to a lab. The particles, made of graphene oxide and platinum, carry sensor molecules that glow when they bind to ricin.

11 Feb 2016

New Study Suggests Graphene Sheets Efficiently Shield Chemical Interactions

A collaborative research proposed that graphene sheets are capable of effectively shielding chemical interactions. This occurrence holds promise for applications such as the quality improvement of 2D materials by "de-charging" charged defect centers located on the surface of carbon materials. The ability to control the selectivity and activity of the supported metallic catalysts on the carbon substrate is another key feature.

9 Feb 2016

New Nanoparticle Therapy Holds Potential for Safe Treatment of Liver Cancer

Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have reported on an experimental nanoparticle therapy, which incorporates low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and fish oil to selectively destroy liver cancer cells without affecting the healthy cells.

9 Feb 2016

Professor from Northwestern University to Deliver Presentation on Low-Dimensional Nanomaterial Heterostructures

Mark Hersam, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, will present “Processing and Properties of Low-dimensional Nanomaterial Heterostructures” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, in Moulton Hall, room 214. The talk is part of the Spring 2016 Physics Colloquium.

8 Feb 2016

Scientists Trap and Arrange Nanoparticles to Mimic Crystalline Structure of Diamond

Using bundled strands of DNA to build Tinkertoy-like tetrahedral cages, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have devised a way to trap and arrange nanoparticles in a way that mimics the crystalline structure of diamond. The achievement of this complex yet elegant arrangement, as described in a paper published February 5, 2016, in Science, may open a path to new materials that take advantage of the optical and mechanical properties of this crystalline structure for applications such as optical transistors, color-changing materials, and lightweight yet tough materials.

5 Feb 2016

Nanomaterials News

Univeristy of Alicante Nanoscientists Develop Cost-Effective Method to Produce Black Titania

Scientists Discover Unusual Behavior of Electrons in Graphene

Development of Nanowire Lasers Could Open New Research Frontier for Optoelectronics

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Understanding of Graphene’s Basic Properties

Research Team Uses Light Reflection of Interface Nanostructures for Non-Toxic Ink Printing

Researchers Develop Sensitive Ricin Biosensors Based on Aptamers

New Study Suggests Graphene Sheets Efficiently Shield Chemical Interactions

New Nanoparticle Therapy Holds Potential for Safe Treatment of Liver Cancer

Professor from Northwestern University to Deliver Presentation on Low-Dimensional Nanomaterial Heterostructures

Scientists Trap and Arrange Nanoparticles to Mimic Crystalline Structure of Diamond

Revolutionizing Superconductivity: 60K Temperature Findings

New Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Understanding the Potential of Nanotechnology

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

New High-Energy X-Ray Imaging Technique for Nanomaterials

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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