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'Nanoemulsion' gels offer new way to deliver drugs through the skin: Novel materials made with FDA-approved components could deliver large payloads of active ingredients

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to create nanoemulsions, very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another. They also developed a way to easily convert nanoemulsions to a gel when they reach body temperature, which could be u...

Jun 24, 2019

Novel nanogenerator takes cue from electric eels

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a bionic stretchable nanogenerator (BSNG) that takes inspiration from electric eels.

Jun 24, 2019

Branching out: Making graphene from gum trees

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known to humans. It's also flexible, transparent and conducts heat and electricity 10 times better than copper, making it ideal for anything from flexible nanoelectronics to better fuel cells.

Jun 24, 2019

Nanogenerator's 2500% stretchability sets new record

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

By stretching like a rubber band to more than 25 times its original length, a new nanogenerator has set a new stretchability record. The triboelectric nanogenerator's 2500% stretchability represents a significant increase over the previous be...

Jun 24, 2019

Branching out: Making graphene from gum trees

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly way of producing graphene using one of Australia's most abundant resources, eucalyptus trees.

Jun 24, 2019

Bionic underwater nanogenerator takes cues from electric eels

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a bionic stretchable nanogenerator that takes inspiration from electric eels.

Jun 24, 2019

Researchers Aim to Create Longwave Infrared Photonic Device Technology

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are collaborating with the Army Research Laboratory to create nanophotonic devices that could be used in thermal imaging and resonant...

Jun 24, 2019

Phosphorus-Based Nanomaterial for Sustainable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

An innovative phosphorus-based nanomaterial called phosphorene is turning out to be an important ingredient for efficient and more sustainable state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells (PSCs). As one...

Jun 24, 2019

Nanoemulsions Show Promise for Delivering Topical Medications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemical engineers at MIT have developed a novel method for producing extremely small droplets of liquid suspended inside another liquid, referred to as nanoemulsions. Emulsions like that are...

Jun 24, 2019

Multi-Wavelength Instrument Improves Nanoparticle Analysis Specificity

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Analytik has launched the next generation ZetaView® QUATT, with a multi-wavelength video tracking microscope for rapid analysis of size, concentration, fluorescence, electrophoretic mobility and...

Jun 24, 2019

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