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Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion Nanotechnology / Materials August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Oxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armor.

New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime Nanotechnology / Materials August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology developed in the UK.

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics Nanotechnology / Materials July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as ...

Nanojewels made easy Nanotechnology / Materials July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing through the submicroscopic ...

Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is Nanotechnology / Materials July 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 10 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing ...

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity Nanotechnology / Materials July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 60 vote(s) \| User comments: 19 Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material ...

Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 (PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom.

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| User comments: 21 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters Nanotechnology / Materials July 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from ...

Controlled growth of truly nanoscale single crystal fullerites for device applications Nanotechnology / Materials July 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Surrey researchers have found a way to make ultra-small pure carbon crystals entirely formed from the spherical carbon ‘buckyball’ molecule known as C60. The method used involves mixing two ...

Multitasking nanotechnology Nanotechnology / Materials July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Confocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic response.

Swerve left to avoid that satellite Nanotechnology / Materials July 09, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Think you have trouble getting rid of the clutter in your living room? After more than 50 years of launching rockets and satellites into space, the human race now has to deal with the clutter left behind -- or is it "above"? ...

Improving Quantum Dot Synthesis Nanotechnology / Materials July 09, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble quantum dots for biomedical applications. By using a laboratory ...

Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices Nanotechnology / Materials July 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce ...

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Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion Nanotechnology / Materials August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Oxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armor.

New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime Nanotechnology / Materials August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology developed in the UK.

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics Nanotechnology / Materials July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as ...

Nanojewels made easy Nanotechnology / Materials July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing through the submicroscopic ...

Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is Nanotechnology / Materials July 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 10 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing ...

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity Nanotechnology / Materials July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 60 vote(s) \| User comments: 19 Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material ...

Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 (PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom.

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| User comments: 21 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters Nanotechnology / Materials July 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from ...

Controlled growth of truly nanoscale single crystal fullerites for device applications Nanotechnology / Materials July 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Surrey researchers have found a way to make ultra-small pure carbon crystals entirely formed from the spherical carbon ‘buckyball’ molecule known as C60. The method used involves mixing two ...

Multitasking nanotechnology Nanotechnology / Materials July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Confocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic response.

Swerve left to avoid that satellite Nanotechnology / Materials July 09, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Think you have trouble getting rid of the clutter in your living room? After more than 50 years of launching rockets and satellites into space, the human race now has to deal with the clutter left behind -- or is it "above"? ...

Improving Quantum Dot Synthesis Nanotechnology / Materials July 09, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble quantum dots for biomedical applications. By using a laboratory ...

Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices Nanotechnology / Materials July 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce ...

Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion

New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics

Nanojewels made easy

Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity

Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material

'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters

Controlled growth of truly nanoscale single crystal fullerites for device applications

Multitasking nanotechnology

Swerve left to avoid that satellite

Improving Quantum Dot Synthesis

Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

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