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Nanoscale-Resolution Transmission X-ray Microscopy Helps Track Electrochemical Changes in Battery Materials

Using a new method to track the electrochemical reactions in a common electric vehicle battery material under operating conditions, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed new insight into why fast charging inhibits this material's performance.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 5 Aug 2014

ASU Professor to Lead New Biodesign Institute initiative

Petra Fromme, an Arizona State University professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been appointed by President Michael M. Crow to lead a new Biodesign Institute initiative that will have a significant impact on the fields of bioenergy, enzyme catalysis and drug discovery, called the Center for Applied Structural Discovery.

4 Aug 2014

Racetrack 3D Memory' Device Stores Information in Tall Columns of Thin Magnetized Nanowires

Competition to create the smallest, lightest and cheapest laptop on the market is motivating the ongoing search for a better computer-memory device then the current, conventional 2D hard-disk technology. Mathematicians from the University of Bristol have been analysing the potential of one such initiative: the 'racetrack memory' device, proposed by researchers at IBM.

4 Aug 2014

U.S. GAO Chief Scientist Tours NanoMech's Springdale and Fayetteville Facilities

Today, the Chief Scientist for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Dr. Timothy Persons visited Northwest Arkansas to meet with NanoMech and tour their facilities in Springdale and Fayetteville.

4 Aug 2014

Microtextured Surface Impregnated with Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles Enable Precise Control of Particle Movement

Researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move across them. The work might enable new kinds of biomedical or microfluidic devices, or solar panels that could automatically clean themselves of dust and grit.

4 Aug 2014

Water-Free Synthesis Can Prevent Cause of Surface Barriers of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can take up gases similar to a sponge that soaks up liquids. Hence, these highly porous materials are suited for storing hydrogen or greenhouse gases. However, loading of many MOFs is inhibited by barriers.

4 Aug 2014

Researchers Link Modified Green Fluorescent Protein Molecules to Create Nanofibers

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a novel method for creating self-assembled protein/polymer nanostructures that are reminiscent of fibers found in living cells. The work offers a promising new way to fabricate materials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. The findings were published in the July 28 issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

1 Aug 2014

Teenage Girls Get Introduced to Nanotechnology and Carbon Nanotubes at UT Dallas

Twenty Dallas-area teenage girls recently got hands-on experience with nanotechnology, robots, virtual reality, forensics and space science when they visited UT Dallas for a weeklong summer camp.

1 Aug 2014

Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembly and Packing of Cyanostar Molecules

Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have described the self-assembly of large, symmetrical molecules in bricks-and-mortar fashion, a development with potential value for the field of organic electronic devices such as field-effect transistors and photovoltaic cells.

1 Aug 2014

New Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalytic System Converts CO2 to Methanol Efficiently

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol-a key commodity used to create a wide range of industrial chemicals and fuels. With significantly higher activity than other catalysts now in use, the new system could make it easier to get normally unreactive CO2 to participate in these reactions.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 1 Aug 2014

Nanomaterials News

Nanoscale-Resolution Transmission X-ray Microscopy Helps Track Electrochemical Changes in Battery Materials

ASU Professor to Lead New Biodesign Institute initiative

Racetrack 3D Memory' Device Stores Information in Tall Columns of Thin Magnetized Nanowires

U.S. GAO Chief Scientist Tours NanoMech's Springdale and Fayetteville Facilities

Microtextured Surface Impregnated with Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles Enable Precise Control of Particle Movement

Water-Free Synthesis Can Prevent Cause of Surface Barriers of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Researchers Link Modified Green Fluorescent Protein Molecules to Create Nanofibers

Teenage Girls Get Introduced to Nanotechnology and Carbon Nanotubes at UT Dallas

Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembly and Packing of Cyanostar Molecules

New Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Catalytic System Converts CO2 to Methanol Efficiently

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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