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Embedded Nanosensors to be Studied at New Research Center at the University of Cincinnati

News - 30 May 2007

The University of Cincinnati (UC) has received $1 million to establish a research center that will allow competing biomedical companies to pool their funding to develop new medical technologies for...

Capturing Complete Quantitative AFM Nanoscale Property Data

Article - 9 Feb 2016

Thomas Mueller, Director of Development Applications in the AFM business unit of Bruker’s Nano Surfaces Division, talks to AZoNano about Bruker's Dimension FastScan AFM and the benefits of using...

Developing Graphene-Based Spin Field Effect Transistors

Article - 20 Nov 2017

Developing a graphene-based spin field effect transistor, conducted at low temperatures in a magnetic environment.

Using Nonlinear Spectroscopic Techniques to Investigate Nanoparticles

Article - 20 Nov 2015

Spectroscopy is a technique that is widely used to determine the identity, composition and properties of samples.

Impacting Science Through Education

Article - 18 Nov 2015

In this interview, Mike Blok, co-founder of Project Nano, an initiative designed to bring nanoscience and nanotechnology into schools using a Phenom desktop scanning electron microscope, speaks about...

Combining Dynamic Light Scattering and Raman Spectroscopy to Characterize Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs)

Article - 5 Oct 2015

DLS and Raman spectroscopy combined in Malvern Panalytical's Helix system offer precise characterization of SWNTs' size and structure.

The Characterisation and Standardisation of Graphene and Other 2D Materials

Article - 16 Jul 2015

Dr. Andrew Pollard, Graphene Research Scientist at NPL, talks to AZoNano about the characterisation and standardisation of graphene and other 2D materials.

Investigating a Commercial Future for Graphene

Article - 13 Jul 2015

Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, talks to AZoNano about the commercial future of graphene.

Nanomaterial Implications for Agricultural Productivity and Food Safety

Article - 15 Jul 2015

The wider use of nanomaterials has increased their release into the environment including soil, water, and air, which may lead to unintended contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water Behaves Like Molasses at The Nanoscale

News - 26 Apr 2007

A Georgia Tech research team has discovered that water exhibits very different properties when it is confined to channels less than two nanometers wide – behaving much like a viscous fluid with...