(PhysOrg.com) -- A lab at Rice University has stepped forward with an efficient method to disperse nanotubes in a way that preserves their unique properties -- and adds more.
Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2011
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A unique strategy developed by researchers at Cardiff University is opening up new possibilities for improving medical imaging.
Biochemistry
Feb 17, 2011
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The manufacturing of nanomaterials has been steadily on the rise in the medical, industrial, and scientific fields. Nanomaterials are materials that are engineered to have dimensions less than 100 nanometers and have very ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2010
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The red, metal-laden sludge that escaped a containment pond in Hungary last week could be made less toxic with the help of carbon sequestration, says an Indiana University Bloomington geologist who has a patent pending on ...
Environment
Oct 13, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology with reversible capacity of more than 1,600 milliamp hours per gram (mAh/g) after 40 charging/discharging ...
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2010
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The degree of interconnectivity of molecular frameworks in microporous materials influences their structural flexibility and gas sorption
Materials Science
Sep 20, 2010
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A little wax and soap can help build electrodes for cheaper lithium ion batteries, according to a study in August 11 issue of Nano Letters. The one-step method will allow battery developers to explore lower-priced alternatives ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 12, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since their discovery in the mid 1980s, fullerenes have caused a sensation. The tiny hollow spheres made of 60 carbon atoms, constructed out of pentagons and hexagons like miniature soccer balls, have unusual ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 9, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bring two materials that are not themselves conductive into contact and, exactly at their interface, something remarkable happens: at that precise point, conduction is possible.
Condensed Matter
May 19, 2010
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Two chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have synthesized a new nano-scale scientific tool -- a tiny molecular switch that turns itself on or off as it detects metallic ions in its immediate surroundings.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 13, 2010
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