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Bio-Compatible Epoxy Resin Incorporated with Magnetic Nanoparticles for Elongated Tiny Actuators

Scientists have been conducting research on micrometre-sized actuators which one day may make it possible to transport drugs or chemical sensor molecules to specific locations throughout the human body.

20 Nov 2014

Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Honors University of Houston Researcher with Emerging Investigator Award

Debora Rodrigues, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Houston, has received the Emerging Investigator award from the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO).

20 Nov 2014

CIMAV Develops Polymer-Based Nanocomposites Reinforced with Graphite Nanoplatelets for Solar Cells

The Center for Research in Advanced Materials (CIMAV), located in the Research and Technological Innovation Park (PIIT) in Monterrey, in the north of Mexico, has developed reinforced graphite nanoplatelets seeking to improve the performance of solar cell materials.

20 Nov 2014

Ultrananocrystalline Diamond FEC Plug-and-Play Solution Can Operate in High-Electric-Field Environments

On a quest to design an alternative to the two complex approaches currently used to produce electrons within microwave electron guns, a team of researchers from Euclid TechLabs and Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Nanoscale Materials have demonstrated a plug-and-play solution capable of operating in this high-electric-field environment with a high-quality electron beam.

20 Nov 2014

Novel Nanoparticles Can Simultaneously Perform MRI and Fluorescent Imaging in Living Animals

MIT chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescent imaging in living animals. Such particles could help scientists to track specific molecules produced in the body, monitor a tumor’s environment, or determine whether drugs have successfully reached their targets.

20 Nov 2014

Biochemists Create Large Nanoscale Protein Container

UCLA biochemists have created the largest-ever protein that self-assembles into a molecular “cage.” The research could lead to synthetic vaccines that protect people from the flu, HIV and other diseases.

19 Nov 2014

Plastic Logic Adopts Synopsys' IC Validator for Physical Verification of Organic Thin Film Transistor Technology

Synopsys, Inc., a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, and Plastic Logic, a world leader in plastic electronics, today announced that Plastic Logic has adopted Synopsys' IC Validator product for physical verification of Plastic Logic's proprietary organic thin film transistor technology.

From Synopsys, Inc. 19 Nov 2014

Kyocera Develops Hybrid Cermet Materials with MEGACOAT NANO Multilayer Coating Technology

Kyocera Corporation announced that it has developed a new series of hybrid cermet materials offering a 50% improvement in abrasion resistance and fracture resistance over conventional materials used as industrial cutting-tool inserts.

19 Nov 2014

High-Risk, High-Impact Projects Receive Bose Grants

Solar cells made from coal, smart nanoparticles that work with bacteria to fight cancer, and an effort to enhance human cognition by stimulating brain waves are just a few examples of the high-risk, high-impact projects funded by the first round of Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

19 Nov 2014

Controlled Fusion of Semiconductor Quantum Dots Demonstrated Within Nanoreactor Cage

Imagine building a chemical reactor small enough to study nanoparticles a billionth of a meter across. A billion times smaller than a raindrop is the volume of an E. coli cell. And another million times smaller would be a reactor small enough to study isolated nanoparticles.

19 Nov 2014

Nanomaterials News

Bio-Compatible Epoxy Resin Incorporated with Magnetic Nanoparticles for Elongated Tiny Actuators

Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Honors University of Houston Researcher with Emerging Investigator Award

CIMAV Develops Polymer-Based Nanocomposites Reinforced with Graphite Nanoplatelets for Solar Cells

Ultrananocrystalline Diamond FEC Plug-and-Play Solution Can Operate in High-Electric-Field Environments

Novel Nanoparticles Can Simultaneously Perform MRI and Fluorescent Imaging in Living Animals

Biochemists Create Large Nanoscale Protein Container

Plastic Logic Adopts Synopsys' IC Validator for Physical Verification of Organic Thin Film Transistor Technology

Kyocera Develops Hybrid Cermet Materials with MEGACOAT NANO Multilayer Coating Technology

High-Risk, High-Impact Projects Receive Bose Grants

Controlled Fusion of Semiconductor Quantum Dots Demonstrated Within Nanoreactor Cage

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Amino Acid-Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Therapeutic Potential

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

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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