EPFL researchers have developed a method for accurately determining the toxicity of nanomaterials. By using optical techniques, they are able to measure the concentration of the oxidizing substances produced by a damaged ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 9, 2013
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(Phys.org) —While there has been much research lately on the development of flexible electronic devices that can be integrated into clothes, glasses, watches, and even skin, the limiting factor of this technology is the ...
Nanomaterials are the heart of the smaller, better electronics developed during the last decade, as well as new materials, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, energy storage, and clean water. However, exposure to nanomaterials ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Nanomaterials made of particles with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter hold enormous promise for creating more efficient batteries, fuel cells, catalysts, and drug-delivery systems. Seeing how the ...
Nanophysics
Oct 1, 2013
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University of Adelaide researchers have developed a process for turning waste plastic bags into a high-tech nanomaterial.
Nanomaterials
Sep 25, 2013
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new theoretical model that will speed the development of new nanomaterial alloys that retain their advantageous properties at elevated temperatures.
Condensed Matter
Sep 16, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A Kansas State University chemical engineer has discovered that a new member of the ultrathin materials family has great potential to improve electronic and thermal devices.
Nanomaterials
Sep 5, 2013
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Researchers at the Xiamen University in China and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have characterized a series of stable 1.5 nm metal nanoclusters containing 44 metal atoms, stabilized by 30 organic thiol molecules ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 4, 2013
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New metamaterial has been developed exhibiting hundreds of times greater strength than pure metals. Researchers from KAIST have developed a composite nanomaterial. The nanomaterial consists of graphene inserted in copper ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 26, 2013
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An RMIT University research collaboration with top scientists in Australia and Japan is advancing next generation solar cells.
Nanomaterials
Aug 23, 2013
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