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Thursday, Jan 7
Nanohydroxyapatite Coatings, Powders and Platelets Produced via Sol-Gel Methods for Medical Applications...
Nanotechnology has opened up innovative techniques for producing bone-like synthetic nanopowders and hydroxyapatite coatings. Although not called nanopowders, nanoscale materials have existed since the dawn of science using a range of chemical routes.
Wednesday, Dec 23
Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Sums Up the Year 2009
RIA Novosti The Corporation started to accept applications for nanotechnology projects financing beginning April 1, 2008. As of December 22, 2009 RUSNANO received 1356 ... Russia could sell nano products worth $29 bln by 2015RIA Novosti
Monday, Dec 21
Visualisation, Sizing and Counting of Viruses and Phages in Liquid Suspension Using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis from NanoSight...
A new laser-based nanoparticle tracking analysis system is now available which allows nanoscale particles such as viruses and virus aggregates to be directly and individually visualised in liquids in real-time, from which high-resolution particle size distribution profiles can...
Institute for NanoBioTechnology and Engineering in Oncology Center Directors ...
to the field of surface chemistry and nanoscience. His research interests include surface and molecular engineering, and semiconductor quantum dots. ... and more »
Thursday, Dec 17
Nanostart Takes Significant Ownership Position in BioMers
The technology makes use of advanced nanomaterials and fibre-reinforced polymer composite techniques to create translucent arch wires that are just as ... and more »
Sunday, Dec 13
Nanorobots and Microrobots - Potential Applications are Exciting, Many ...
Nanorobots are robots that are nanoscale in size or large robots capable of manipulating objects that have dimensions in the nanoscale range with nanometer ...
Thursday, Dec 10
Environmental and Health Impacts of Nanotechnology
A large number of novel processes occur on the nanoscale, and the unique properties of nanoparticles offer potential benefits in a range of applications, ... Nanotechnology for the EnvironmentNanotechnology and Development News
Tuesday, Dec 8
Applied Nanotech Receives $25000 Order from US Army Engineer Research and ...
panic rooms, bullet resistant doors, and as a blast protection barrier for both military and civilian applications. Applied Nanotech has developed CNT ... and more »
Team Wins Stimulus Funds for Nanoparticle Standardization
of nanoparticles will be studied. These include long, thin tubes of pure carbon called fullerenes, tiny specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, ... and more »
Sunday, Dec 6
Health and Environmental Risks of Nanomaterials
What are the ecological consequences of nanoparticles being released from a product? Thus, for each nano-characteristic, we need to evaluate how we can ...
Nucleic Acid Engineering: Engineering DNA as Both a Genetic and a Generic Material
Thus, DNA provides an ideal platform as an additional materials building block for both nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology. Since the pioneering work of ...
Friday, Dec 4
Using Nanotechnology for Dieting Purposes
In nanomedicine applications, the wafers are equipped with nano-sized pores instead of processors. The pores are slightly larger than the drug molecules ... and more »
Tuesday, Nov 24
Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology...
Attention to possible risks to human health and environment along with other public concerns about social and ethical issues is essential for responsible development of new technologies. NSF funded two national centers devoted to studying the societal implications of emerging nano...
Sunday, Nov 22
DNA for Biosensing Applications...
Although various DNA biosensing techniques have been developed, the demand for higher throughput and sensitivity methods is ever increasing. Nanotechnology offers great potential to meet the need by providing unprecedented tools that can precisely detect, manipulate, and assemb...
Thursday, Nov 5
Engineering of Nanomembranes for Emerging Applications...
Nanoscience and nanotechnology is recognized as the key strategy to improve conventional and develop new membrane technologies by exploring novel nanomaterials and nano-scale processes.
Monday, Oct 26
Putting Plasma to Work - INL Scientist Using Plasma to Mass-Produce Nanoparticles...
Plasma is like a gas, but many of its atoms have been stripped of an electron or two. These positively charged atoms swim about in a crackling-hot sea of negatively charged loose electrons, making plasmas great electrical conductors.
Tuesday, Oct 13
Are Carbon Nanotubes the Ultimate Water Transporters?...
In a hose single water molecule transport is not a dominate feature however the unique properties of, in particular, carbon nanotubes make single water molecule transport a reality.
Functionalizing the Surface of Nanoparticles: The Approaches Used at the Adolphe Merkle Institute...
For their integration into a desired matrix, nanoparticles often require a surface treatment after or during their synthesis to make them compatible with the surrounding matrix material.
Carbon Nanotube Strain Sensors for Structure Health Monitoring in Bridges...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are rolled up sheets of graphite that form into a tube with only one layer of carbon atoms or a tube with many layers of carbon atoms. These carbon nanotubes strain sensors open a new way of developing cheaper multifunctional sensing units for structural health mon...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Particle Size Analyzer - Characterizing the Surface Functionality of Dendrimers as Molecular Nanomaterials by Beckman Coulter...
Dendrimers are representative organic and polymeric nanomaterials used to construct novel devices by accumulative molecular nanomaterials. Dendrimer is a branched polymer whose structure can be precisely controlled. A dendrimer molecule consists of a core and a surface.
Thursday, Oct 1
Using Nanotechnology to Improve Photocatalytic Efficiencies for Water Treatment...
Heterogeneous photocatalysis involves the use of a semi-conducting material which can be excited by the absorption of light. The applications of photocatalysis include water treatment and purification, air treatment and purification, and 'self-cleaning' surfaces.
Gold and Nanotechnology - Exciting New Nanotechnology Applications Being Developed Using Gold by World Gold Council...
What characteristics make gold an ideal material for such wide-ranging applications? The nobility of gold and its resistance to surface oxidation (which would hinder the operation of nano-scale technologies and devices based on other metals) is one important material characteris...
