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SERS of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanoparticles

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has the potential to allow single-molecule detection sensitivity. This capability presents new approaches for studying the biophysical and biomedical properties ...





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Blood-Compatible Nanoscale Materials Possible Using Heparin

Blood-Compatible Nanoscale Materials Possible Using Heparin

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 04, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials have potential for use as medical devices ...


New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty

New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with support from the ...


New Process Creates 3-D Nanostructures with Magnetic Materials

New Process Creates 3-D Nanostructures with Magnetic Materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a process to build complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures of magnetic materials such as nickel or nickel-iron ...


Hybrid composite for root canal treatment

Hybrid composite for root canal treatment

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. ...


Researchers develop new method for producing transparent conductors

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UCLA have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene-carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices. These ...


Nano World: Blood-compatible nanomaterial

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 16, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Artificial kidneys and other medical devices could soon employ carbon nanotubes and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide made highly blood compatible via anticoagulants, experts told UPI's Nano World.


Tailoring surgical glues for specific applications

Tailoring surgical glues for specific applications

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical adhesives, which can be used to seal tissues after an operation or to repair wounds, are becoming increasingly important parts of a doctor's toolkit. However, their one-size-fits-all ...


Mate choice in plants

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created Jun 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In flowering plants, the female reproductive organ, the pistil, comprises the stigma, style, and ovary. The stigma catches pollen shed by the male anthers. If the pollen is compatible, it will germinate and send tubes through ...


New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics

New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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


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Spinning natural proteins into fabrics for new wound-repair products

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Scientists in Israel are reporting the first successful spinning of a key natural protein into strong nano-sized fibers about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair. The advance could lead to a new generation ...



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