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Elegant Method for Producing Self-Organised, Wafer-Thin Carbon Nanolayers

Scientists have developed a promising nanomaterial that may be adaptable for use in a wide range of applications. An international team headed by scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm has developed an elegant method for producing self-organised carbon nanolayers and equipping them chemically with a range of functions.

26 Jun 2014

Researchers Construct Biomimetic Smart Nanochannels for Confined Water

Confined water exists widely and plays important roles in natural environments, particularly inside biological nanochannels.

26 Jun 2014

UniPixel Achieves Breakthrough in Roll-to-Roll Production of Projected Capacitive, Multi-Touch Sensor Film

UniPixel, Inc., a provider of Performance Engineered Films™ to the touch screen, flexible printed electronics and display markets, has achieved roll-to-roll pilot production of its InTouch Sensors™, a projected capacitive, multi-touch sensor film.

26 Jun 2014

Metal Particles in Memristors Don't Stay Put

In work that unmasks some of the magic behind memristors and "resistive random access memory," or RRAM—cutting-edge computer components that combine logic and memory functions—researchers have shown that the metal particles in memristors don't stay put as previously thought.

25 Jun 2014

ORNL Nano-Enabled Synthetic Biology Researcher Named Corporate Fellow

Michael L. Simpson, Lance L. Snead and Gerald A. Tuskan have been named Corporate Fellows of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 25 Jun 2014

Novel Device with Nano-Material Chip Surface May Detect Bladder Cancer Earlier

A multi-institutional research team has received a $480,000 National Science Foundation grant to build an inexpensive device that uses nanotechnology and a simple urine test to detect the most miniscule amount of bladder cancer cells in a patient.

25 Jun 2014

Researchers Pair Crystalline Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles and Laser Beams for Photothermal Delivery

UT Arlington physics researchers may have developed a way to use laser technology to deliver drug and gene therapy at the cellular level without damaging surrounding tissue. The method eventually could help patients suffering from genetic conditions, cancers and neurological diseases.

25 Jun 2014

Silica Nanospheres in Disco Clams Act as Flashing Reflectors

Four years after falling in love with the disco clam – a cute little mollusk known for its underwater light show – Lindsey Dougherty has discovered the secret of its mirrored lips.

25 Jun 2014

Ultra-Thin Dielectric Layer Facilitates Charge Carrier Extraction from Organic Semiconductors into Metal Contacts

Organic semiconductors allow for flexible displays (OLEDs), solar cells (OPVCs), and other interesting applications. One common problem in these devices, however, is the interface between the metallic contacts and the organic semiconductor material, where undesirable losses occur.

24 Jun 2014

Ultrasound Triggers Self-Healing Hydrogels to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs Noninvasively

Current drug-delivery systems used to administer chemotherapy to cancer patients typically release a constant dose of the drug over time - but a new study challenges this "slow and steady" approach and offers a novel way to locally deliver the drugs "on demand," as reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

24 Jun 2014

Nanomaterials News

Elegant Method for Producing Self-Organised, Wafer-Thin Carbon Nanolayers

Researchers Construct Biomimetic Smart Nanochannels for Confined Water

UniPixel Achieves Breakthrough in Roll-to-Roll Production of Projected Capacitive, Multi-Touch Sensor Film

Metal Particles in Memristors Don't Stay Put

ORNL Nano-Enabled Synthetic Biology Researcher Named Corporate Fellow

Novel Device with Nano-Material Chip Surface May Detect Bladder Cancer Earlier

Researchers Pair Crystalline Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles and Laser Beams for Photothermal Delivery

Silica Nanospheres in Disco Clams Act as Flashing Reflectors

Ultra-Thin Dielectric Layer Facilitates Charge Carrier Extraction from Organic Semiconductors into Metal Contacts

Ultrasound Triggers Self-Healing Hydrogels to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs Noninvasively

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

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

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

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

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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