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USC Awarded $8 Million MGI Grant to Establish Center for Discoveries in Nanomaterials

Priya Vashishta, professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and director of the Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations, along with USC colleagues Aiichiro Nakano, and Rajiv K. Kalia, were awarded an $8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy under The White House Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) to establish a center for long-sought discoveries in nanomaterials.

5 Oct 2015

Quantity, Dimensions of Carbon Black Nanoparticles Crucial for Lithium-Ion Battery Function

A Stanford undergraduate has contributed to a discovery that confounds the conventional wisdom in lithium-ion battery design, pointing the way toward storage devices with more power, greater capacity, and faster charge and discharge capabilities.

5 Oct 2015

Fraunhofer Researchers Collaborate to Develop Quantum Dots Based on Indium Phosphide

Quantum dots have made it possible to substantially increase color quality in LCD displays. However, these cadmium-based nanocrystals have proven to be harmful to the environment.

5 Oct 2015

Graphene & 2D Materials Canada 2015 International Conference to take Place in Montreal

The 1st edition of Graphene & 2D Materials Canada 2015 International Conference & Exhibition will take place in Montreal (Canada): 14-16 October, 2015.

5 Oct 2015

New Type of Nanowire Material Supports Neuron Growth

Neurons thrive and grow in a new type of nanowire material developed by researchers in Nanophysics and Ophthalmology at Lund University in Sweden. In time, the results might improve both neural and retinal implants, and reduce the risk of them losing their effectiveness over time, which is currently a problem.

1 Oct 2015

Novel Technique to Create Dynamic Patterns on Graphene Surfaces

In the television drama “Mission Impossible,” instructions for the mission were delivered on an audio tape that destroyed itself immediately after being played. Should that series ever be revived, its producers might want to talk with Georgia Institute of Technology professor Andrei Fedorov about using his “disappearing circuits” to deliver the instructions.

1 Oct 2015

Nanomaterials Researcher Named MacArthur “Genius” Fellow

Peidong Yang, a University of California, Berkeley, chemist who is trying to capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into a sustainable transportation fuel, has been named a MacArthur “genius” Fellow.

1 Oct 2015

DPS Engineering's U.S. Advanced Technology Group Headquarters to be Established at SUNY Poly CNSE Campus

Further catalyzing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s innovation-focused business growth strategy for New York State, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE) today announced that high-tech architectural and engineering firm DPS Engineering will establish its U.S. Advanced Technology Group headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s $24 billion Albany campus as a result of the governor’s STARTUP-NY initiative.

1 Oct 2015

Light Powers New Motorized Nanocar

New generation of nanocar includes a motor and an easier way to track its movement.

1 Oct 2015

International Research Team Succeeds in Taking Nanoscale Measurements of Intrinisic Graphene Strain

An international collaboration of researchers announced a major development in the characterization of graphene’s structural strain using a non-invasive method.

30 Sep 2015

Nanomaterials News

USC Awarded $8 Million MGI Grant to Establish Center for Discoveries in Nanomaterials

Quantity, Dimensions of Carbon Black Nanoparticles Crucial for Lithium-Ion Battery Function

Fraunhofer Researchers Collaborate to Develop Quantum Dots Based on Indium Phosphide

Graphene & 2D Materials Canada 2015 International Conference to take Place in Montreal

New Type of Nanowire Material Supports Neuron Growth

Novel Technique to Create Dynamic Patterns on Graphene Surfaces

Nanomaterials Researcher Named MacArthur “Genius” Fellow

DPS Engineering's U.S. Advanced Technology Group Headquarters to be Established at SUNY Poly CNSE Campus

Light Powers New Motorized Nanocar

International Research Team Succeeds in Taking Nanoscale Measurements of Intrinisic Graphene Strain

Revolutionizing Superconductivity: 60K Temperature Findings

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

New Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

New High-Energy X-Ray Imaging Technique for Nanomaterials

Amino Acid-Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Therapeutic Potential

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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