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Blood Brothers: Particles Form Strong Bonds in Blood Vessels (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Functionalized nano- and microscale particle systems have become a key component in biomedical applications, from drug delivery to prosthetics. Their small size and potential for modification and functionalization ...
Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a new paper*, is a nano-sized ...
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Microscale Chemical Factory
Jul 04, 2007 |
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Miniaturization is invading the world of chemical syntheses. Since typical chemical syntheses take place in several reaction steps with various separation or purification steps in between, microchemistry has almost always ...
New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods.
Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Researchers are touting the use of liquid crystalline polymers (LCP) as a viable tool for use in devices such as the sought-after lab-on-a-chip technology.
Folding silicone: building on the microscale
Apr 25, 2007 |
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“With classical tools, it is hard to manipulate something so tiny as on the microscale or the nanoscale,” Charlotte Py tells PhysOrg.com. “But here we show how you can use a small drop of water as a micro- ...
Nanoelectrodes can probe microscale environments
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Investigating the composition and behavior of microscale environments, including those within living cells, could become easier and more precise with nanoelectrodes being developed at the University of Illinois.
Laying microscale tiles
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Craftsmen tile walls or floors by hand; but how can you get an ordered monolayer onto a substrate when the "tiles" are microscopically small instead of big and easy to handle? Previously, self-assembly processes have been ...
Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could lead to ...
A hot idea for insulating tiny batteries
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Engineering physics researchers are devising a unique "blanket" that will enable them to squeeze as much electricity as possible from nuclear-powered batteries the size of a grain of coarse salt.
The Future of Car Manufacturing? Sticky 'Velcro' Car Parts
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may sound improbable but plastic car parts could one day be joined together like Velcro, and peeled apart when it comes to recycling or disposal.
Engineers use blood's hydrodynamics to manipulate stem, cancer cells
Jan 23, 2008 |
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A tiny, implantable device has pulled adult stem cells out of a living rat with a far greater purity than any present technique. The test of the device designed by Michael R. King, associate professor of biomedical engineering ...
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