The empty spaces that form between nanoparticles in self-assembling clusters can act as nanoflasks for speeding up chemical reactions.
28 January 2016
Scientists have shown that microwave impedance microscopy can be used to determine several properties of individual nanotubes.
28 January 2016
Recognizing 60 years of achievements in field emission and atomic scale microscopy.
27 January 2016Julie Cairney, Baptiste Gault and David Larson
New carbon materials are finding a plethora of new applications in environmental and other key technology sectors.
27 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
Encoding images in infrared signals.
25 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Congratulations to our editors listed in Thomson Reuters 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015'.
22 January 2016
A novel type of transparent electrode for use in touchscreens comprises a grid of gold or silver ‘nanowalls’ on a glass surface.
22 January 2016
Copper alloy nanoparticles can be used to produce affordable conductive inks with high oxidation resistance.
21 January 2016
By encasing a hydrogen-producing enzyme within a viral protein shell, scientists have developed a novel fuel cell catalyst.
19 January 2016
Just add water to gold nanodroplets to have them etching straight channels in a surface.
18 January 2016David Bradley
Boron nitride nanotubes produce strong polymer composites than carbon nanotubes.
14 January 2016
Using chains of magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate elastic polymers in three dimensions, scientists have produced novel soft robots.
12 January 2016
New faster high-res AFM that can take real-time videos.
11 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Simple synthesis strategy could enable carbon nanomaterials
to retain their unique properties in three-dimensions.
8 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
Skin-like polymeric material uses carbon nanotubes to bring a sense of touch to robotic and prosthetic devices.
8 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
two innovations could overcome the limitations of carbon nanotube transistors
7 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have created a two-dimensional sheet of boron, analogous to graphene, which they term borophene.
7 January 2016
Encasing sunscreen active ingredient inside sticky polymer nanoparticles stops penetration into the skin.
5 January 2016Cordelia Sealy
New firefighting foam based on silica nanoparticles.
5 January 2016Laurie Donaldson
Scientists have experimentally confirmed that graphene nanoribbons with certain precise widths are metallic rather than semiconducting.
4 January 2016
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3 January 2016