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UCF and Nanotech Professor Honored with Annual R&D 100 Awards

R&D Magazine recognized UCF and Jayan Thomas, at its annual R&D 100 Awards. Widely known as the “Oscars of Invention,” the prestigious R&D 100 Awards have a 50+ year history of honoring excellence in technology innovations.

1 Dec 2015

Ion Beams Used to Engrave Nanomagnets

A beam of ions has been used to successfully engrave magnetic regions into an alloy with a resolution of 10 atoms. This new method of producing nanoscale magnets could be widely used in the electronics industry.

25 Nov 2015

Researchers Develop New Nanocarriers for Brain Cancer Treatment

Ting Xu, a polymer researcher from the Materials Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has developed a novel set of nanocarriers that are produced from the self-assembly of polymers and amphiphilic peptides. Amphiphiles are a type of chemical compounds that have both lipophilic and hydrophilic characteristics. Micelles are spherical amphiphile aggregates. These nanocarriers have a structure of coiled-coil 3-helix micelles and hence, referred to as 3HM.

23 Nov 2015

Quantum Dots Show Promise for Deep Brain Imaging

New research has shown quantum dots can be used to map neural networks in the brain by allowing neural signals to be visualised in real time. This breakthrough will allow further insight into neural communication in both normal and abnormal brains.

19 Nov 2015

Researchers Successfully Create Flexo-Electric Nanomaterial

A novel 'flexo-electric' material that generates electricty upon compression has been developed. The material shows significant advantages over piezoelectric materials as it is non-toxic and generates a higher voltage at the nanoscale. It is hoped that the material will be used in self-charging pacemakers and ultra-sensitive sensors.

18 Nov 2015

NASA Develop Spherical Occulter using Super-Black Carbon-Nanotube Coating to Study the Sun’s Corona

A team of NASA scientists are working on the development of an occulter, which blocks light from the sun, for use in a CubeSat mission to measure the sun's coronal mass ejections. To assist in the production of the occulter the researchers have been using carbon nanotubes to achieve the full absorption of light

12 Nov 2015

New Method of Producing Infrared Cameras Developed that can Detect Individual Wavelengths

A novel technology that uses silver nanocubes to bring true color to infrared cameras has been developed which can 'see' in the visible and infrared radiation. This is an improvement on current technology that only measures the intensity of infrared radiation and not the specific frequencies.

12 Nov 2015

Nanomaterials News

UCF and Nanotech Professor Honored with Annual R&D 100 Awards

Ion Beams Used to Engrave Nanomagnets

Researchers Develop New Nanocarriers for Brain Cancer Treatment

Quantum Dots Show Promise for Deep Brain Imaging

Researchers Successfully Create Flexo-Electric Nanomaterial

NASA Develop Spherical Occulter using Super-Black Carbon-Nanotube Coating to Study the Sun’s Corona

New Method of Producing Infrared Cameras Developed that can Detect Individual Wavelengths

Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery System for Improved Drug Delivery with Minimum Side Effects

Flexible, Low-Cost, Graphene-Based Infrared Vision System for Thermal Imaging Applications

Silver Nanoparticle-Integrated Plasma Polymer Coating Prevents Bacterial Infection in Dental Implants

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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