The strongest organic nanomaterial?

The strongest organic nanomaterial? A revolutionary new spherical nanostructure, fully derived from simple organic elements, yet strong as steel, has been developed and characterized at the laboratories of Ehud Gazit of Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Itay Rousso of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Graphene Researchers Geim and Novoselov Win Nobel Prize in Physics [Updated]: Scientific American

Graphene Researchers Geim and Novoselov Win Nobel Prize in Physics [Updated]: Scientific American Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both of the University of Manchester in England, shared the prize for their work producing and characterizing the material, which is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon resembling a nanoscale chicken wire. The new physics laureates were announced October 5 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

CNT antenna for solar cell efficiency

CNT antenna for solar cell efficiency Using carbon nanotubes (hollow tubes of carbon atoms), MIT chemical engineers have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could form antennas that capture and focus light energy, potentially allowing much smaller and more powerful solar arrays.

Cheaper better fuel cells with Carbon Nanotube membrane

Cheaper better fuel cells with Carbon Nanotube membrane A Florida State University engineering professor's innovative research with nanomaterials could one day lead to a new generation of hydrogen fuel cells that are less expensive, smaller, lighter and more durable — advantages that might make them a viable option for widespread use in automobiles and in military and industrial technology.

I-Micronews - NANOMATERIALS : UCLA AND MESA+ to collaborate on nanotechnology research...

I-Micronews - NANOMATERIALS : UCLA AND MESA+ to collaborate on nanotechnology research... The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA and MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Twente, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) on September 14th. This agreement unites two of the world’s leading institutes of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

I-Micronews - NANOMATERIALS TECHNO: Carbon nanotubes twice as strong as once thought...

I-Micronews - NANOMATERIALS TECHNO: Carbon nanotubes twice as strong as once thought... New studies on the strength of these submicroscopic cylinders of carbon indicate that on an ounce-for-ounce basis they are at least 117 times stronger than steel and 30 times stronger than Kevlar

I-Micronews - NANOMATERIALS TECHNO: Surface materials: Super clean glass...

I-Micronews - NANOMATERIALS TECHNO: Surface materials: Super clean glass... Gao Han and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering1 have now fabricated a transparent palladium-functionalized TiO2 nanotube array on a glass substrate. They studied how the photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 nanotube array changes as the wall thickness or height of the nanotubes was adjusted, and identified the nanotube configuration that gave the highest photocatalytic activity.