Search results for nanomaterial
Nanocaps help scientists control magnetism reversal
Mar 03, 2006 |
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By fabricating curved “nanocaps” to study nanoscale magnetism, scientists have discovered how to partly control magnetism reversal, which could improve applications such as data storage, recording media and ...
Researchers Produce Best-Yet Dye-Based Solar Cells
Jul 31, 2008 |
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In work that may help solar panels become a more viable source of mainstream power, a research group has created a dye-based solar cell with a high efficiency and high stability, and that lacks the volatile chemicals used ...
New Nanomaterial, 'NanoBuds,' Combines Fullerenes and Nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Researchers have created a hybrid carbon nanomaterial that merges single-walled carbon nanotubes and spherical carbon-atom cages called fullerenes. The new structures, dubbed NanoBuds because they resemble ...
Researchers develop nano-sized 'cargo ships' to target and destroy tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 12, 2008 |
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Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer ...
New carbon nanomaterial shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor ...
Graphene Holds Promise for Spintronics
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Graphene is a nanomaterial which combines a very simple atomic structure with intriguingly complex and largely unexplored physics. Since its first isolation about four years ago, researchers suggest a large ...
At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.
Researchers discover method for mass production of nanomaterial graphene
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a perfect example of the wonders of nanotechnology, in which common substances are scaled down to an atomic level to uncover new and exciting possibilities.
Buckyball birth observed by Sandia nanotech researcher
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia’s Jianyu Huang has seen one being born.
Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...
Nanotech discovery could have radical implications
Nov 30, 2005 |
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It has been 20 years since the futurist Eric Drexler daringly predicted a new world where miniaturized robots would build things one molecule at a time. The world of nanotechnology that Drexler envisioned ...
Flexible OLED display one-step closer with organic light emitting material direct writing
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting methods of pattern transfer available for a number of applications right now is Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT). However, when working with organic material, there are some ...
Researchers Develop Nanoblade
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 25, 2007 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a razor-like material that is truly on the “cutting edge” of nanotechnology. Called nanoblades, these first-of-their-kind magnesium nanomaterials ...
Study finds new nanomaterial could be breakthrough for implantable medical devices
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants. The researchers have found ...
Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light.
