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Motorised microscopic matchsticks move in water with sense of direction
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Chemists, physicists and computer scientists at the University of Warwick have come together to devise a new powerful and very versatile way of controlling the ...
Molecules pass through nanotubes at size-dependent speeds
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Like a pea going through a straw, tiny molecules can pass through microscopic cylinders known as nanotubes. This could potentially be used to select molecules a...
Functioning 'mechanical gears' seen in nature for the first time
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
The juvenile Issus - a plant-hopping insect found in gardens across Europe - has hind-leg joints with curved cog-like strips of opposing 'teeth' that intermesh,...
Airbrushing Could Facilitate Large-Scale Manufacture of Carbon Nanofibers
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University used airbrushing techniques to grow vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on several different metal substrates,...
Breakthrough in sensing at the nanoscale
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-...
Accidental nanoparticle discovery could hail revolution in manufacturing
Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)
A nanoparticle shaped like a spiky ball, with magnetic properties, has been uncovered in a new method of synthesising carbon nanotubes by physicists at Queen Ma...
Researchers produce nanostructures with potential to advance energy devices
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
New types of nanostructures have shown promise for applications in electrochemically powered energy devices and systems, including advanced battery technologies...
Researchers figure out how to 'grow' carbon nanotubes with specific atomic structures
Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)
Move over, silicon. In a breakthrough in the quest for the next generation of computers and materials, researchers at USC have solved a longstanding challenge w...
Size Matters as Nanocrystals Go Through Phases
Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)
Understanding what happens to a material as it undergoes phase transformations - changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas or a plasma - is of fundamental scien...
New breakthrough for structural characterization of metal nanoparticles
Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at the Xiamen University in China and the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland have characterized a series of stable 1.5 nm metal nanoclusters contain...
Plasma-treated nano filters help purify world water supply
Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)
The study paves the way for the next generation of portable water purification devices, which could provide relief to the 780 million people around the world wh...
New tests for determining health and environmental effects of nanomaterials
Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)
A group of international experts from government, industry and academia have concluded that alternative testing strategies (ATSs) that don't rely on animals wil...
Toxic nanoparticles might be entering human food supply
Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)
Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics and other industries has increased. For example, fa...
Graphene nanoscrolls are formed by decoration of magnetic nanoparticles
Aug 23, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at Umea University, together with researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, show in a new study how nitrogen doped graphene can be...
First time: NJIT researchers examine dynamics of liquid metal particles at nanoscale
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Two NJIT researchers have demonstrated that using a continuum-based approach, they can explain the dynamics of liquid metal particles on a substrate of a nanosc...
SU Chemists Develop 'Fresh, New' Approach to Making Alloy Nanomaterials
Aug 15, 2013 (SPX)
Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to synthesize nanomaterials with stainless steel-like interfaces. Their discovery may change h...
Heterogeneous nanoblocks give polymers an edge
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
Building structures by mixing lego bricks of two different sizes is child's play. However, studying polymers endowed with an alternating nanostructure made of h...
Size matters in nanocrystals' ability to adsorb release gases
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
More efficient catalytic converters on autos, improved batteries and more sensitive gas sensors are some of the potential benefits of a new system that can dire...
Gold nanoparticles improve photodetector performance
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
The mineral molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), which, when solid, behaves in many ways like grease, has semiconducting properties that make it a promising alternative...
Water clears path for nanoribbon development
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
New research at Rice University shows how water makes it practical to form long graphene nanoribbons less than 10 nanometers wide. And it's unlikely that many o...
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