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Self-assembling highly conductive plastic nanofibers

Researchers from CNRS and the Université de Strasbourg, headed by Nicolas Giuseppone and Bernard Doudin, have succeeded in making highly conductive plastic fibers that are only several nanometers thick. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Silicon-carbon electrodes snap, swell, don't pop

A study that examines a new type of silicon-carbon nanocomposite electrode reveals details of how they function and how repeated use could wear them down. The study also provides clues to why this material ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanofiber breakthrough holds promise for medicine and microprocessors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ions control shape of nanofibers grown on clear substrate

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate. Growing such nanofiber coatings is important for use in novel biomedical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New technique scales up nanofiber production

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new spin on an old technology will give scientists and manufacturers the ability to significantly increase their production of nanofibers, according to researchers at North Carolina State University.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop “net” nanodetector

Bin Ding and his team of researchers at Donghua University, Shanghai, China, have developed a new method of testing for formaldehyde using an electro-spinning netting technique. The process, described in their paper published ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Improving batteries' energy storage

MIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times more energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers inject nanofiber spheres carrying cells into wounds to grow tissue

For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Caught red-handed: Detection of latent fingerprints through release of fluorescein from a nanofiber mat

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a forensic agent dusts a surface with powder or exposes it to the vapors of an iodine chamber, mystery fans know what is going on: This is how latent fingerprints are made visible so ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antibiotics wrapped in nanofibers turn resistant disease-producing bacteria into ghosts

Encapsulating antibiotics inside nanofibers, like a mummy inside a sarcophagus, gives them the amazing ability to destroy drug-resistant bacteria so completely that scientists described the remains as mere ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study finds more efficient means of creating, arranging carbon nanofibers

Carbon nanofibers hold promise for technologies ranging from medical imaging devices to precise scientific measurement tools, but the time and expense associated with uniformly creating nanofibers of the correct ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Radically simple technique developed to grow conducting polymer thin films

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Inspired by a cotton candy machine, engineers put a new spin on creating tiny nanofibers

Hailed as a "cross between a high-speed centrifuge and a cotton candy machine," bioengineers at Harvard have developed a new, practical technology for fabricating tiny nanofibers.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Nanofiber' project aims to turn clothes into generators

Need juice for a dying iPod? You may soon be able to plug the gadget into a shirt, dance the electric slide and be good to go.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Conical nanocarbon structures could lead to flexible, transparent field emission displays

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past several years, researchers have used carbon nanotubes and nanofibers to fabricate a variety of transparent, flexible devices, such as OLEDs, transistors, and solar cells. But ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 4 feature