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Scientists Make Thin Films From Avocado Leaves

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports focuses on the development of nanoscale lead sulfide (PbS) thin films using avocado leaf extracts via the chemical bath deposition technique.

14 Jul 2022

Graphene Nanobuds Could Be the Next-Generation LIB Material

promising advanced carbon materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

14 Jul 2022

One-Step Synthesis of Biocompatible Nanohybrids With Tannic-Acid Based Liquid Exfoliation

A new method of producing biocompatible nanohybrids made of boron nitride and tannic acid was published in a recently published study.

14 Jul 2022

New Metrological Technique Uses Stress for Nanotomography

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues in Russia and Spain have reported a proof-of-concept demonstration of a new radiation-safe method for mapping the internal structure and stress distribution in samples of materials at the nanoscale, with a resolution about 100 times higher than that of the currently available techniques: X-ray and neutron tomography.

14 Jul 2022

Integrated Graphene to Invest £8M in Scaling-up World’s First Market-ready Graphene

Integrated Graphene, a Scotland-based technology development and integration company, has announced plans to invest up to £8 million in scaling up its revolutionary 3D Graphene foam, Gii®, manufacturing process to meet surging global demand from the human diagnostics and energy markets.

From Integrated Graphene 14 Jul 2022

Nanotechnology: Agriculture's Double-Edged Sword To Fighting Disease

A new study presents an overview of the advantages of applying nanotechnology to plant viral disease management as well as the detrimental impacts of nanotechnology on the ecosystem.

13 Jul 2022

SESORS Comes One Step Closer to Clinical Use

Determining the exact location of an object within a tissue sample via surface-enhanced spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SESORS) imaging is an emerging research interest, and is critical to its clinical expansion.

13 Jul 2022

New Self-Powered, Wristwatch-Style Health Monitors are Made Possible by Triboelectric Nanogenerators

A new self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor invented by researchers at the University of California, Irvine can keep track of a wearer's pulse and wirelessly communicate with a nearby smartphone or tablet – without needing an external power source or a battery.

13 Jul 2022

Nanotechnology Utilized in New Enhanced Oil Recovery Method

A novel enhanced heavy oil recovery approach was presented by integrating a conventional weak alkaline (sodium carbonate) alkaline–surfactant–polymer (ASP) flooding technique with silica nanoparticles.

12 Jul 2022

How Silicate Nanoparticles Help Save Historic Buildings

Constructions made of porous rock may weather over time. TU Wien (Vienna) researchers have now thoroughly examined how silicate nanoparticles can help save them for the first time.

12 Jul 2022