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CWRU makes nanodiamonds in ambient conditions: Opens door for flexible electronics, implants and more

Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature.

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Clockwise) Microplasma dissociates ethanol vapor, carbon particles are collected and dispersed in solution, and electron microscope image reveals nanosized diamond particles.

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Nano-Cone Textures Generate Extremely "Robust" Water-Repellent Surfaces: Surfaces with differently shaped nanoscale textures may yield improved materials for applications in transportation, energy, and diagnostics

When it comes to designing extremely water-repellent surfaces, shape and size matter. That's the finding of a group of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, who investigated the effects of differently shaped, nanoscale textures on a material's ability to force water droplets to roll off without wetting its surface.

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Side view scanning electron microscope image of a silicon surface textured with (a) cylindrical pillars and (b) nanocones.

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Hubble Watched a Pulsating Stellar Relic

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A Giant Misalignment in a Multiple Planet System

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Graphical sketch of the Kepler-56 system. The line of sight from Earth is illustrated by the dashed line, and dotted lines show the orbits of three detected companions in the system. The solid arrow marks the rotation axis of the host star, and the thin solid line marks the host star equator.

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Modification of Surface of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Biocompatible Materials

Iranian researchers from Isfahan University of Technology changed the properties of the nanoparticles from hydrophilic to hydrophobic by modifying the surface of titanium dioxide nanoparticles with optical active and biocompatible dicarboxylic acids containing various aminoacids.

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Mixing nanoparticles to make multifunctional materials: Standardized technique opens remarkable opportunities for 'mix and match' materials fabrication

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a general approach for combining different types of nanoparticles to produce large-scale composite materials.

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DNA linkers allow different kinds of nanoparticles to self-assemble and form relatively large-scale nanocomposite arrays. This approach allows for mixing and matching components for the design of multifunctional materials.

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An optical switch based on a single nano-diamond: ICFO scientists have shown that a nano-size diamond at room temperature can act as an efficient optical switch controllable with light

A recent study led by researchers of the ICFO (Institute of Photonic Sciences) demonstrates that a single nano-diamond can be operated as an ultrafast single-emitter optical switch operating at room temperature.

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This shows the nanomanipulation of an artificial atom.

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Haydale updates on their graphene inks and GNPs, expects products based on graphene inks by early 2014

Back in June 2013, Haydale (owned by ICL from May 2011) announced that it developed metal-free graphene-based inks. Haydale, established in 2003 with strong links with Swansea University, is developing and marketing carbon materials under the HDPlas brand.

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Football-shaped particles bolster the body's defense against cancer

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have succeeded in making flattened, football-shaped artificial particles that impersonate immune cells. These football-shaped particles seem to be better than the typical basketball-shaped particles at teaching immune cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells in mice.

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T-cells (red) are activated more robustly when they interact with artificial antigen-presenting cells (green) that are elongated (right) versus round (left).

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Rice University mix of graphene nanoribbons, polymer has potential for cars, soda, beer

A discovery at Rice University aims to make vehicles that run on compressed natural gas more practical. It might also prolong the shelf life of bottled beer and soda.

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A composite material created at Rice University is nearly impervious to gas and may lead to efficient storage of compressed natural gas for vehicles. A 65-micrometer-wide polymer film, photographed edge-on with an electron microscope, contains a tiny amount of enhanced graphene nanoribbons that present gas molecules a “tortuous path” to escape.

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