Month: December 2019

Home > News > ZEN gets $1m grant for graphene-enhanced concrete project May 12th, 2019 ZEN gets $1m grant for graphene-enhanced concrete project Abstract:Canada's ZEN Graphene Solutions (TSXV: ZEN) this week received a $1 million grant aimed at accelerating its graphene-enhanced concrete research and development project. Source:mining.com Bookmark: Graphene/ Graphite...

Dec 17, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Gold nanoparticles, which are supposed to be stable in biological environments, can be degraded inside cells. This research conducted by teams from the CNRS, l'Universit de Paris, Sorbonne Universit, and l'Universit de Strasbourg, reveals the ability of cells to metabolize gold, which is nevertheless not...

Home > News > Researchers Confirm Strong Magneto-Optical Resonance in Graphene July 24th, 2019 Researchers Confirm Strong Magneto-Optical Resonance in Graphene Abstract:The interaction between graphene and light suggests that graphene could be used to control infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) waves. Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the...

Dec 16, 2019 (Nanowerk News) A quarter of a century after the discovery of the first extrasolar planet, the CHEOPS space telescope will finally enable researchers to determine what exoplanets are made of. The CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) mission, which will leave this month aboard a Vega rocket from the...

Home > News > This new nanotech could help clean up Earth’s microplastics August 3rd, 2019 This new nanotech could help clean up Earth’s microplastics Abstract:Now, scientists have designed reusable nano-sized reactors — called nanocoils — that can trigger microplastic breakdown. The work, published Wednesday in the journal Matter, could...

Dec 16, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This is the first confirmation that carbon atoms produced inside of stars in the early Universe have spread beyond...

Home > News > Journal Nanotechnology Progress International (JONPI), volume 7, issue 1 out September 16th, 2019 Journal Nanotechnology Progress International (JONPI), volume 7, issue 1 outAbstract:This issue is a special edition covering the African-nano-conference of Focus Nanotechnologyy Africa-US-EU-Africa-Asia and Caribbean Academy of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (FONAI-USEACANN) at Sheraton hotel,...

Dec 16, 2019 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Theranostics – a combination of the words therapeutics and diagnostics – describes an integrated therapeutic platform for cancer treatment that can diagnose a tumor, deliver targeted therapy, and monitor the response to therapy in a single procedure. Theranostic medicine is a step towards personalized medicine...

Home > Press > Growing carbon nanotubes with the right twist: Researchers synthetize nanotubes with a specific structure expanding previous theories on carbon nanotube growth(a) Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could be viewed as single-atom layer thick graphene sheets rolled into a cylinder. Different directions of rolling determine CNTs' properties. (b) Schematic...

Dec 13, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Transparent solar cells (TSC) are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective applications of such devices is their integration into buildings, vehicles, or portable electronics. Therefore, colour-perception and flexibility are important as well as the...