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Newly Synthesized Fullerene and Diamond Nano-Aggregate Molecule Reveals Exceptional Electronic Properties

A newly synthesized molecule reveals exceptional electronic properties; the results of this study led by researchers from Universite catholique de Louvain and from Stanford University California are published in Nature Communications.

10 Sep 2014

Research on Synthesis, Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods Wins NSF Special Creativity Award

Ounce for ounce, gold nanorods that are commercially available cost about 7,000 times more than bulk gold, but that may change, thanks to an award-winning research program in the laboratory of Rice University chemist Eugene Zubarev.

10 Sep 2014

Brightstar to Distribute Liquipel 360 Total Phone Protection Program

Brightstar Corp., the world’s largest specialized wireless distributor and leader in diversified services for the wireless industry, and Liquipel, the makers of popular Liquipel Watersafe™ technologies, today announced an exclusive agreement for the distribution of Liquipel 360, the total phone protection program that utilizes the best of all the Liquipel™ technologies. Brightstar will also bring all future innovative Liquipel products to market.

9 Sep 2014

NanoStruck Reports Positive Results from Test Work on Silver Mine Tailings

NanoStruck Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce positive results from test work carried out on silver mine tailings utilizing proprietary cyanide free recovery technologies that returned up to 87.6% of silver from samples grading 56 grams of silver per metric ton (g/t).

5 Sep 2014

BCC Research Releases Report on Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery

5 Sep 2014

Researchers Simulate Phenomenon of Magnetite Nanocubes Self-Assembling Into Helical Superstructures

Materials made from nanoparticles hold promise for myriad applications, from improved solar energy production to perfect touch screens. The challenge in creating these wonder-materials is organizing the nanoparticles into orderly arrangements.

5 Sep 2014

Nanophotonic Integrated Circuits Using Silver Nanowire and Atomically Thin Material

A new combination of materials can efficiently guide electricity and light along the same tiny wire, a finding that could be a step towards building computer chips capable of transporting digital information at the speed of light.

5 Sep 2014

Researchers Reveal Unexpected Oxidation Activity of Gold Nanocatalysts

Researchers from the University of Houston and Trinity University have for the first time provided direct evidence of a water-mediated reaction mechanism for the catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide.

5 Sep 2014

Berkeley Lab Announces Licensing of Boron Nitride Nanotube Technology

Nearly 20 years ago researcher Alex Zettl of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) synthesized in his lab a new material never before seen by nature: boron nitride nanotubes, the strongest, lightest, most thermally conducting, and most chemically resistant fiber known to exist. Now a startup has licensed this technology with the aim of manufacturing boron nitride nanotubes for commercial use.

5 Sep 2014

Innovative Method to Build Hybrid Nanostructures and Plasmon-Driven Photocatalysts

An innovative synthesis method developed by a group of researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) allows creating hybrid nanostructures by joining different nanoparticles using an ‘intermedium’ or connector nanoparticle.

3 Sep 2014

Nanomaterials News

Newly Synthesized Fullerene and Diamond Nano-Aggregate Molecule Reveals Exceptional Electronic Properties

Research on Synthesis, Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods Wins NSF Special Creativity Award

Brightstar to Distribute Liquipel 360 Total Phone Protection Program

NanoStruck Reports Positive Results from Test Work on Silver Mine Tailings

BCC Research Releases Report on Nanoparticles in Biotechnology, Drug Development and Drug Delivery

Researchers Simulate Phenomenon of Magnetite Nanocubes Self-Assembling Into Helical Superstructures

Nanophotonic Integrated Circuits Using Silver Nanowire and Atomically Thin Material

Researchers Reveal Unexpected Oxidation Activity of Gold Nanocatalysts

Berkeley Lab Announces Licensing of Boron Nitride Nanotube Technology

Innovative Method to Build Hybrid Nanostructures and Plasmon-Driven Photocatalysts

Amino Acid-Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Therapeutic Potential

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

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

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

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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