New nanocatalyst kilt fabric might save the planet!
Chemist Tony Ryan from the University of Sheffield and artist/designer Helen Storey, professor at London Design College, have together created a novel clothing label, Catalytic Clothing.
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Chemist Tony Ryan from the University of Sheffield and artist/designer Helen Storey, professor at London Design College, have together created a novel clothing label, Catalytic Clothing.
Simply by touching a small piece of Power Felt – a promising new thermoelectric device developed by a team of researchers in the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials – Corey Hewitt has converted his body heat into an electrical current.
Physicists in Spain and the UK have calculated that graphene – a layer of carbon just one atom thick – could be used to create a perfect absorber of light if it is doped and patterned into a periodic array.
Two independent teams have made ultrathin, carbon-based membranes with extraordinary properties that could be used in a range of applications, from water filtration to petroleum processing.
Scientists from Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, have shown that small ensembles of anisotropic silver nanoparticles trapped within thin films of chitosan operate as excellent plasmonic substrates
Perovskite BaTiO3 nanorods can be synthesized and integrated into simple circuit architectures. S
Researchers in the US have developed a new method to improve the performance of organic semiconductors that involves introducing strain into the crystal lattice of the materials.
The thermal conductivity of graphene strongly depends on the material’s isotopic composition.
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in the US have developed a new, robust nanowire probe and have used it as a non-invasive endoscope to image the inside of living cells.
In 2011, nanomaterials continue to amaze – making objects disappear thanks to the mirage effect, improving the performance of next-generation solar cells, offering more options for energy storage, providing versatile light-absorbing surfaces and expanding the field of bioelectronics.
The first graphene device capable of significant voltage amplification (more than 10 dB) has been fabricated by researchers in Italy.
Researchers at the universities of Massachusetts and Pittsburgh in the US have unveiled a new technique to repair nanosurfaces using oil-based microcapsules filled with a nanoparticle solution.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have invented a new ink based on graphene and have used it to print high-performance, transparent, thin-film transistors and interconnects.
Using colloidal chemistry, researchers at the Institut Català de Nanotecnologia in Spain have invented a new technique for making hollow nanoparticles with sophisticated shapes and compositions.
A new report prepared by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for the U.S. Congress publicly reveals, for the first time, the agency’s concern about China’s near-monopoly on rare earth minerals.
Five years ago, the first issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology was published. Chris Toumey asks, in this article, what progress has been made in efforts to engage the public in decisions about nanotechnology since that first issue.
In this Nanoclast blog piece, Dexter Johnson notes that Iran is hosting, this week, its fourth annual Iran Nano 2011, with tandem public relations materials heralding the event and Iran’s prowess when it comes to nanotechnology.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, at a ceremony to display new Iranian nanotechnology products, that the country’s progress and achievements in the field of nanotechnology play a crucial role in boosting the morale and self-confidence of the country.
A group of researchers from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, have developed new nanomaterials for radioactive waste clean up in water.
Cientifica Ltd., a United Kingdom-based leading supplier of rational information and strategic consulting on emerging technologies from nanotechnology to geoengineering, has released a new report, “Using Emerging Technologies to Address Global Risks”.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States, have demonstrated a material that could be used to capture energy from respiration.