News tagged with silver nanoparticles

Killer paper for next-generation food packaging

Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of "killer paper," a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage. The paper, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study improves understanding of method for creating multi-metal nanoparticles

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University sheds light on how a technique that is commonly used for making single-metal nanoparticles can be extended to create nanoparticles ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gold and silver nano baubles

They might just be the smallest Christmas tree decorations ever. Tiny spherical particles of gold and silver that are more than 100 million times smaller than the gold and silver baubles used to decorate seasonal fir trees ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Buried silver nanoparticles improve organic transistors

Out of sight is not out of mind for a group of Hong Kong researchers who have demonstrated that burying a layer of silver nanoparticles improves the performance of their organic electronic devices without requiring complex ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists unravel human-ecosystem interactions

Whether it is a single rock being overturned or an entire mountaintop being removed, humans play a continuous role in environmental processes, and vice versa. Ecological scientists will discuss findings on human-ecosystem ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gold nanoparticles create visible-light catalysis in nanowires

(PhysOrg.com) -- A scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory has created visible-light catalysis, using silver chloride nanowires decorated with gold nanoparticles, that may decompose organic molecules ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop environmentally friendly way to produce propylene oxide using silver nanoclusters

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new class of silver-based catalysts for the production of the industrially useful chemical propylene oxide that is ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Silver proves its mettle for nanotech applications

The self-assembling properties of the DNA molecule have allowed for the construction of an intriguing range of nanoscale forms. Such nanoarchitectures may eventually find their way into a new generation of ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Silver nanoparticles may one day be key to devices that keep hearts beating strong and steady

Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine's Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Knocking nanoparticles off the socks

Scientists in Switzerland are reporting results of one of the first studies on the release of silver nanoparticles from laundering those anti-odor, anti-bacterial socks now on the market. Their findings, scheduled ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Silver nanoparticles show 'immense potential' in prevention of blood clots

Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4

New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ink developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows them to write their own silver linings.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Beaming new light on life: From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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