Nanomaterials News

RSS

Magnetic Column Paired with Magnetic Nanoparticle Device May Help Increase use of Immunotherapy

In recent years, researchers have hotly pursued immunotherapy, a promising form of treatment that relies on harnessing and training the body’s own immune system to better fight cancer and infection.

16 Jul 2015

SEMICON West 2015: BESSTECH Showcases Innovative Battery Technology

BESSTECH LLC, a developer of innovative components that improve lithium-ion battery performance with reduced cost, was well represented at leading semiconductor industry tradeshow SEMICON West 2015 as CEO Fernando Gómez-Baquero delivered presentations on July 14 at two of the event’s high-profile gatherings.

16 Jul 2015

Crystalsol Successfully Develops Fully Printed Flexible Solar Cells Using Cambrios Silver Nanowires

Vienna, Austria-based flexible photovoltaic film (PV) innovator, crystalsol GmbH, and Cambrios Technologies, the Sunnyvale, CA-based leader in silver nanowire technology, today announced that crystalsol has successfully developed fully printed flexible solar cells using silver nanowires from Cambrios.

16 Jul 2015

Pyrolyzing Buckyballs May Help Them Confine Greenhouse Gases

Rice University scientists are forging toward tunable carbon-capture materials with a new study that shows how chemical changes affect the abilities of enhanced buckyballs to confine greenhouse gases.

15 Jul 2015

Researchers Discover Giant Anelasticity in Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Researchers from Brown University and North Carolina State University have discovered that zinc oxide nanowires are highly anelastic, and this property could make these materials useful for absorbing vibrations and shocks.

15 Jul 2015

Silver-Ion Infused Lignin Nanoparticles Effectively Kill Bacteria

A research group at North Carolina State University has developed a novel, eco-friendly method to fight bacteria by developing lignin nanoparticles infused with silver ions and coated with a single polyelectrolyte layer. The latest breakthrough may lead to improved efficiency of antimicrobial products utilized in personal care and agricultural applications and can pave the way for better, safer and greener nanotechnology. The study has been published in Nature Nanotechnology.

From North Carolina State University 15 Jul 2015

Second Annual Graphene World Summit to take Place 4–6 November, 2015 in Spain

Smithers Apex, in association with the Graphene Stakeholders Association, is pleased to announce the second Annual Graphene World Summit taking place 04 – 06 November, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. This conference and exhibition will focus on bringing together the scientific and business communities for technical collaboration, scientific exchange, and the successful development and commercialisation of graphene.

14 Jul 2015

Graphene-Based Film Enables Effective Cooling of Electronic Devices

A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new technique which uses graphene-based films to cool electronics efficiently.

13 Jul 2015

New Report on the Global Market for Nanocellulose to 2025

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market For Nanocellulose To 2025" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 13 Jul 2015

Ceapro PGX Technology to be Presented at BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

Ceapro Inc. ("Ceapro" or the "Company"), a growth-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of active ingredients for healthcare and cosmetic industries, announced today that an abstract on its novel Pressurized Gas eXpanded (PGX) platform processing technology will be presented at the 12th Annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology being held July 19-22, 2015, at the Montr? Convention Center, in Montr?, Canada.

13 Jul 2015