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The Cheap Approach: Manipulating Polymer Nanofibers with Inexpensive Salts
Optimum operational parameters have been obtained for fabricating electrospun PVA fibers.
Nanoplasmonics – Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
A recent concept article gives a round-up of how nanoplasmonic technology can be employed to control optical properties by use of appropriately shaped nanostructures.
Rogach, Talapin and Shevchenko on 'Organisation of Matter on Different Size Scales'
Prof. Andrey Rogach, Prof. Dmitri Talapin and Dr. Elena Shevchenko look back on 10 exciting years of nanocrystal superstructures.
Embedded Rods: Chitin-Silicon Dioxide Nanocomposites
Chitin-silicon dioxide nanocomposite made by self-organization and sol-gel chemistry.
Nanostructured, Functional and for Commercial Use
The sample size of nanomaterials with functional properties has been limited to just a few millimeters. This fact has limited their commercial use, so far.
MaterialsViews Interviews: Rod Ruoff
Professor Rod Ruoff, nanoscience researcher at the University of Texas, on his work, his life, and how his knees got him into chemistry…
Solid Spheres
Nanospheres made of aromatic amino acids: The most rigid organic nanostructures to date.
Solid Spheres
Nanospheres made of aromatic amino acids: The most rigid organic nanostructures to date.
Cilia Revolution
University of Southern Mississippi scientists imitated Mother Nature by developing a new, skinny-molecule-based material that resembles cilia, the tiny, hair-like structures through which organisms derive smell, vision, hearing and fluid flow.
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