A colorimetric assay system based on urine and nanoparticles for mercury detection has been developed by researchers from Nanyang Technological University.
Researchers watch chalcopyrite solar cells grow in real time
Team manage to observe growth of thin-film solar cells in real time and to study the formation and degradation of defects that compromise efficiency.
Swedish Energy Agency provides $6M loan to Sol Voltaics
Loan will further the commercial development of Solink nanomaterial.
Effects of nanowires on fibroblast dynamics
Bigger is not necessarily better: when it comes to culturing fibroblasts on nanowire substrates, there are several reasons to reconsider the use of long nanowires.
Using nanoparticles to discern chirality
A team of scientists has developed a new, simpler way to discern molecular handedness, known as chirality, using gold-and-silver cubic nanoparticles.
NCSU launches master degree in nanoengineering
Program is intended to meet the growing demand for workers who can keep pace with emerging nanotechnologies.
Growing polymer nanofibres with ease
New research describes a device and method which enables the ambient temperature production of 100nm fibres in a commercially attractive way.
Quantum dots & nanotubes make alternative transistors
New electronics harness quantum tunnelling to create transistors without semiconductors.
Mark Allen is first scientific director of Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Mark G. Allen has been named the inaugural scientific director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.
Plasmonic transducer can measure motion on the nanoscale
Researchers confine plasmons in a resonant cavity only 20 nanometers wide to precisely measure mechanical motion smaller than the size of an atom.