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2D Nanosheets Enable High-Quality Thin Film Orientation Control

A research group at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at NIMS has successfully developed a novel technology to enable oriented growth of high quality perovskite oxide thin films, which are important functional materials, in selected preferred orientation on any type of substrate such as a glass substrate.

From National Institute for Materials Science 2 Dec 2013

Potential New Applications for BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering Platform

BIND Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage nanomedicine platform company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics called AccurinsTM, announced today that the company’s co-founders have published data demonstrating the successful engineering of targeted nanoparticles to cross biological barriers, such as the intestinal barrier, and enter the bloodstream, potentially broadening future therapeutic applications for BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering platform.

28 Nov 2013

BWH and MIT Researchers Develop Method to Administer Nanoparticle Therapeutics Orally

Pop a pill or be poked by a needle? Being able to orally deliver microscopic particles—know as nanoparticles—loaded with medicine is a simple, convenient way to treat patients for various diseases, such as cancer or diabetes.

28 Nov 2013

Study Results Hold Potential for Development of New Generation of Antibacterial Nanomaterials

Learning from nature, researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have revealed the bacterial killing potential of black silicon, leading the way for the development of a new generation of nanostructured antibacterial materials.

27 Nov 2013

Clarkson University Team Receives NSF Grant to Explore Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are used to produce sunscreens, scratch-resistant coatings, deodorants and other products, but researching their health effects began only recently.

27 Nov 2013

Grand Challenges Explorations Awards BUSM/BMC Grant to Develop Nanotech Condom

The department of radiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

27 Nov 2013

Nanorods Regenerate Severed Polymer Gels

When a chair leg breaks or a cell phone shatters, either must be repaired or replaced. But what if these materials could be programmed to regenerate-themselves, replenishing the damaged or missing components, and thereby extend their lifetime and reduce the need for costly repairs?

27 Nov 2013

ICFO Scientists Optically Levitate Nanoparticles in High Vacuum Conditions

A recent study led by researchers of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) achieved the highest force sensitivity ever observed with a nano-mechanical resonator. The scientific results of this study have been published in Nature Physics.

26 Nov 2013

MIT Chemical Engineers Create Synthetic Antibodies Using Carbon Nanotubes

MIT chemical engineers have developed a novel way to generate nanoparticles that can recognize specific molecules, opening up a new approach to building durable sensors for many different compounds, among other applications.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25 Nov 2013

New Book Covers Latest Trends in Applications of Nanotechnology to Thermal-Fluids

"Nanofins - Science and Applications”, a book co-authored by Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee with Dr. Navdeep Singh was recently published by Springer. Dr. Banerjee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Navdeep Singh is one of his former Ph.D. students. Dr. Singh is currently a faculty member at the University of Houston.

25 Nov 2013

Nanomaterials News

2D Nanosheets Enable High-Quality Thin Film Orientation Control

Potential New Applications for BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering Platform

BWH and MIT Researchers Develop Method to Administer Nanoparticle Therapeutics Orally

Study Results Hold Potential for Development of New Generation of Antibacterial Nanomaterials

Clarkson University Team Receives NSF Grant to Explore Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Grand Challenges Explorations Awards BUSM/BMC Grant to Develop Nanotech Condom

Nanorods Regenerate Severed Polymer Gels

ICFO Scientists Optically Levitate Nanoparticles in High Vacuum Conditions

MIT Chemical Engineers Create Synthetic Antibodies Using Carbon Nanotubes

New Book Covers Latest Trends in Applications of Nanotechnology to Thermal-Fluids

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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