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Study Reveals a Simple Strategy to Improve the Structural Order and Performance of Nanosheet Films

Coordination nanosheets are a new and emerging class of two-dimensional materials, rapidly gaining importance in the field of nanomaterials. They consist of metal ions and organic ligand molecules, linked to each other to form one framework, via coordination bonds.

22 Feb 2022

Investigating Nuclear Reactor Cladding

In an article recently published in the open-access journal Materials, the researchers presented a strategic approach for the non-destructive magnetic investigation of the cladded nuclear reactor blocks.

21 Feb 2022

Aluminum Nanoparticles React Rapidly with Water to Produce Large Amounts of Hydrogen

Aluminum is a highly reactive metal that can strip oxygen from water molecules to generate hydrogen gas. Its widespread use in products that get wet poses no danger because aluminum instantly reacts with air to acquire a coating of aluminum oxide, which blocks further reactions.

21 Feb 2022

A Nanomaterials-Engineered Penetrating Sealer can Better Protect Concrete from Moisture and Salt

A nanomaterials-engineered penetrating sealer developed by Washington State University researchers is able to better protect concrete from moisture and salt – the two most damaging factors in crumbling concrete infrastructure in northern states.

17 Feb 2022

DNA Used to Assemble Complex Nanoparticle Structures

In nature, DNA contains the instructions for the cells that allow life to grow, thrive, and reproduce. Researchers see great potential in DNA for its ability to direct assemble of a wide range of customized artificial materials. Scientists have developed a way to design and assemble artificial DNA objects tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair.

11 Feb 2022

Research Uncovers the Key to Controlled Fabrication of Cerium Oxide Mesocrystals

A research team from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces reports to have found the key to controlled fabrication of cerium oxide mesocrystals. The research is a step forward in tuning nanomaterials that can serve a wide range of uses -;including solar cells, fuel catalysts and even medicine.

9 Feb 2022

Researchers Invent “Smart” 3D-Printed Braces to Support Better Scoliosis Treatment Procedure

The developers of a unique type of lightweight 3D-printed back brace that can sense how well it fits patients claims it could result in better scoliosis therapy.

8 Feb 2022

Wyatt Technology Announces Advances in Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Technology with Walk-up Measurements

February 8, 2021, Santa Barbara, CA. Wyatt Technology, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization, introduces advanced walkup capabilities in DLS technology with...

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 8 Feb 2022

Tiny Concentric Nanocircles Self-Assemble into an Optical Material

A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has demonstrated tiny concentric nanocircles that self-assemble into an optical material with precision and efficiency.

4 Feb 2022

Shortening Curing Times and Expanding Stereolithography Feedstocks with Wire Grid Polarizers

In a recent study published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, researchers developed new wired grid polarizers for monochrome liquid crystal device (LCD) used for the patterning of ultraviolet light (UV) in vat polymerization stereolithography.

2 Feb 2022

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Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology News

Study Reveals a Simple Strategy to Improve the Structural Order and Performance of Nanosheet Films

Investigating Nuclear Reactor Cladding

Aluminum Nanoparticles React Rapidly with Water to Produce Large Amounts of Hydrogen

A Nanomaterials-Engineered Penetrating Sealer can Better Protect Concrete from Moisture and Salt

DNA Used to Assemble Complex Nanoparticle Structures

Research Uncovers the Key to Controlled Fabrication of Cerium Oxide Mesocrystals

Researchers Invent “Smart” 3D-Printed Braces to Support Better Scoliosis Treatment Procedure

Wyatt Technology Announces Advances in Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Technology with Walk-up Measurements

Tiny Concentric Nanocircles Self-Assemble into an Optical Material

Shortening Curing Times and Expanding Stereolithography Feedstocks with Wire Grid Polarizers

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