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Researcher Gets Grant to Develop Nanoparticle System for Self-Healing of Arterial Walls

A UT Arlington bioengineer has received a four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to create a nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls following angioplasty and stenting procedures to treat coronary arterial disease.

5 Feb 2014

Rapid Smartphone-Based Mercury Testing and Mapping Using Gold Nanoparticles

A team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a smartphone attachment and application to test water for the presence of mercury, a toxic heavy metal. The new platform could significantly reduce the time and cost of the testing, and it could be particularly useful in regions with limited technological resources.

From University of California, Los Angeles 5 Feb 2014

Perfect Sheets of Diamond May be Possible Without any Pressure

Perfect sheets of diamond a few atoms thick appear to be possible even without the big squeeze that makes natural gems.

4 Feb 2014

Nano-Porous Aerogels Could Help Improve Cars

One day, Union College’s Aerogel Team’s novel way of making “frozen smoke” could improve some of our favorite machines, including cars.

4 Feb 2014

NSERC Honors INRS Nanomaterial Researcher with E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Award

Federico Rosei, professor at the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre, is the recipient of an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honours awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). An internationally renowned researcher, Professor Rosei has made a name for himself through his pioneering work on advanced materials, which has enormous technological potential in electronics, photonics, life sciences and energy conversion.

4 Feb 2014

Nano-Porous Silver Electrocatalyst Converts CO2 with 92% Efficiency

A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — to carbon monoxide with 92 percent efficiency. The carbon monoxide then can be used to develop useful chemicals.

3 Feb 2014

New Report on Thin Film PZT for Semiconductor Applications

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Thin Film PZT for Semiconductor Application Trends & Technology Update Report" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 3 Feb 2014

New X-Ray Method May Help Study Catalysts at the Atomic Level

A new X-ray method will enable the development of more efficient catalysts. The method opens up new opportunities to work on atomic level in a number of areas of materials science. Researchers from Lund University are among those behind the new method.

3 Feb 2014

Adept Armor Unveils Nanotechnology-Based Fabric Guard and Glass Guard

Adept Armor, a company that produces safe and effective solutions that help make products waterproof, has just announced the launch of two new products: Adept Armor (TM) Fabric Guard and Adept Armor (TM) Glass Guard.

31 Jan 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Market for Graphene 2013

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Graphene 2013: Forecasts from 2010 to 2020" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 31 Jan 2014

Nanomaterials News

Researcher Gets Grant to Develop Nanoparticle System for Self-Healing of Arterial Walls

Rapid Smartphone-Based Mercury Testing and Mapping Using Gold Nanoparticles

Perfect Sheets of Diamond May be Possible Without any Pressure

Nano-Porous Aerogels Could Help Improve Cars

NSERC Honors INRS Nanomaterial Researcher with E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Award

Nano-Porous Silver Electrocatalyst Converts CO2 with 92% Efficiency

New Report on Thin Film PZT for Semiconductor Applications

New X-Ray Method May Help Study Catalysts at the Atomic Level

Adept Armor Unveils Nanotechnology-Based Fabric Guard and Glass Guard

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Market for Graphene 2013

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

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

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

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

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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