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AGP enters agreement with Nanosphere for the supply of graphene for the production of anti-corrosion paint

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

It was recently reported that Advanced Graphene Products (AGP) has signed a long-term deal with Nanosphere to supply large amounts of graphene, which will be added to the anti-corrosion paint used in the production of innovative next-generation au...

Apr 26, 2022

Electronics can grow on trees thanks to nanocellulose paper semiconductors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team in has created a nanocellulose paper semiconductor with both trans-scalability of structural design and wide electrical property tunability. The structure and function of the nanopaper semiconductor could be customized according to the desi...

Apr 26, 2022

Measuring the 'wettability' of graphene and other 2D materials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Measuring the 'wettability' of graphene and other 2D materials. Microscopic understanding of wettability can be achieved at the molecular level using 'vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy' (VSFG).

Apr 26, 2022

Research reveals a new mechanism to transfer chirality between molecules in the nanoscale field

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

If we compare the right to the left hand, we can see these are specular images—that is, like symmetrical shapes reflected in a mirror—and they cannot superimpose on each other. This property is chirality, a feature of the matter that plays with th...

Apr 26, 2022

Search for Buried Treasure With This DIY Magnetometer

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

In the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, an oddness in the moon’s magnetic field leads scientists to an alien monolith buried under Tycho crater. The notion of being led to a hidden object by virtue of the magnetic anomaly it creates must have rea...

Apr 26, 2022

Gold Nanoparticles May Enhance Healing through Promotion of Key Proteins

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Scientific Reports that demonstrated the effectiveness of gold nanoparticles synthesized using hydrogels as reducing and capping agents for wound healing and antimicrobial applications.

Apr 26, 2022

Finding the Best Nanocatalyst to Make Biodiesel from Microalgae

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Recent research published in the journal Materials Today: Proceedings compares two nanocatalysts for the generation of biodiesel from microalgae, calcium methoxide Ca(OCH3)2 and lithium-ion impregnated calcium oxide (LIICO).

Apr 26, 2022

Determining How Nanofiller Enhances Kevlar-Epoxy Composites

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Materials Today: Proceedings that investigated the effect of different carbon nanotube (CNT) nanofiller concentrations on the impact and...

Apr 26, 2022

Ideal Conditions to Produce High Performance Carbon Nanotube Fibers

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A pre-proof published recently in the journal Carbon investigates shifts in fiber morphologies, particularly inter- and intra-bundle voids, as a result of solution spinning. This thorough examination of fiber creation, according to the authors, of...

Apr 26, 2022

Reversible Patterning of Monolayer Graphene with Easy, Chemical Approach

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a paper printed in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, several optical approaches, paired with a laser direct writing technique, were utilized to photowrite and erase a well-defined chemical...

Apr 26, 2022

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