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Scientific American May 2007 Charles Q. Choi |
Structured Settings Researchers have taken big steps in creating and using nanostructures that have eluded manipulation in the past. |
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoparticles brought to order US researchers have developed a process that could bring the unusual properties of nanoparticles to a larger scale, by using small molecules to evenly space nanoparticles in a polymer composite. |
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley |
Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials. |
Chemistry World October 18, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticle Reveals Sulfur's Midas Touch Researchers in the US have taken a snapshot of the inside of a gold nanoparticle, shedding crucial new light on one of chemistry's longest-standing questions: how does sulfur bind to gold? |
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Striped nanoparticle controversy blows up A prickly controversy has erupted in the rarefied world of nanoscience revolving around the strength of the evidence that molecules can assemble themselves into discrete stripes around gold nanoparticles. The issue highlights the difficulty of interpreting images of nanoscale objects. |
Chemistry World May 1, 2012 David Bradley |
A colorful way to size up nanoparticles Researchers in China have now developed a straightforward light-scattering technique to estimate the size of gold nanoparticles in the 35 to 110nm range. |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 |
Nanostructures Made Easy Scotland-based chemists have invented a new way to build nanoscale arrays of molecules over a large surface area: a technique that may be key to making nanostructures in sophisticated sensors, catalysts, and tiny computer parts. |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 |
Self-assembly: the natural way to make things In biology, there are a few different ways DNA molecules can be replicated and combined. |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 |
Process prints nanoparticles Researchers have coaxed tiny particles of gold, silver and carbon to assemble into patterns on silicon wafers over areas as large as a square centimeter by using electrical charge patterns to attract and position the nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World January 13, 2011 Mike Brown |
Palladium helps gold catalyst go green Researchers have developed a catalyst that efficiently converts toluene into a useful industrial intermediate in a much greener process than traditional methods. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Chemists Fake Virus Capsids Scientists have made molecular 'tiles' that stick together, mimicking the football-like outer shell of a virus. Such self-assembling molecular capsules would be big enough to hold drug molecules and could provide new ways to make nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World October 7, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
New light shed on 'photothermal' cell death Photothermal therapy - where tiny particles of a metal are introduced into a cell and heated by laser light to kill the cell - might not work in the way people think, researchers in the UK have discovered. |
Chemistry World January 17, 2011 Laura Howes |
Nanoparticle divides to conquer Scientists have made a nanoparticle that breaks up into smaller units once it reaches its target, allowing it to penetrate deeper into tumour tissue and deliver treatment more effectively. |
Chemistry World March 24, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Carbenes beat thiols for robust monolayers Using N-heterocyclic carbenes rather than thiols to bond self-assembled monolayers to gold surfaces makes them much more robust, say researchers in Canada. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2006 Jon Evans |
Buckyballs Worth Their Weight in Gold A team of chemists and physicists has uncovered evidence for the existence of hollow buckyball-like cages made of gold. |
Chemistry World February 3, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
High Throughput Screening for Kinase Inhibitors Researchers have developed a system for assessing the activity of a crucial class of enzymes involved in cellular signalling pathways. |
Chemistry World January 30, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Nanocrystals Get in Shape for Catalysis New research in fine tuning the shape and size of nanoparticles could lead to important advances in catalysis. |
Chemistry World May 8, 2015 Michaela Muehlberg |
Polymers curl up and take control Scientists in Germany have successfully collapsed single polymer chains into dense nanoparticles, to make single-chain nanoparticles, by adding palladium. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Nanoparticle cats drawn at the flick of a switch A new way of using light to reversibly assemble nanoparticles has been developed by scientists in Israel. |
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanomaterials Blossom US researchers have found a new way to use magnetic fields to encourage nanoparticles to self-assemble into unique shapes. |
Chemistry World May 7, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Polymers release insulin in response to glucose trigger Chinese researchers have developed polymer nanoparticles that can release insulin in response to changes in glucose concentration, creating a potential treatment for diabetes. |
Chemistry World January 30, 2008 Jonathan Edwards |
DNA Helps Nanoparticles Crystallize Two papers in Nature have each shown a simple way to build designer crystals from nanoparticles, using DNA as 'glue'. Both methods show promise as a cheap way of mass-producing complex materials like photonic crystals. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2014 David Bradley |
A new gold standard for nano The latest work confirms gold clusters can have super atomic and molecular characteristics. |
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans |
Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists. |
Chemistry World August 9, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
'Genetic code' guides nanoparticle growth Researchers in the US and China have demonstrated that DNA can also be used as a blueprint for the creation of non-biological structures. Their 'genetic code' could pave the way for tailored nanoparticles -- fit for use as catalysts, or in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. |
Chemistry World September 12, 2014 Hayley Simon |
Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise Nanoparticles coated in an amino acid polymer have been found to prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils -- incorrectly folded protein fibers associated with the development of neurodegenerative diseases. |
Chemistry World February 23, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Polymer coat helps nanoparticles penetrate mucus US researchers have shown how biodegradable, medically safe polymer coatings can help nanoparticles penetrate the mucus lining that protects human tissues to deliver drugs efficiently. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2007 Michael Gross |
Flash Memory Enters Another Dimension Researchers in Korea and Australia have used stacked layers of gold nanoparticles to boost the storage density of flash memory. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Nanoparticles make 'self-erasing' images Materials displaying 'self-erasing' color images have been created by chemists in the US, who have studied how certain nanoparticles can assemble and disassemble themselves under different wavelengths of light. |
Chemistry World July 9, 2013 Daniel Johnson |
Stealthy nanoparticles gather to take on tumors A team of Chinese scientists have created nanoparticles that respond to changes in pH, clumping together in acidic conditions. |
Chemistry World September 30, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Solving a Tangled Polymer Problem Being able to predict how polymer chain interact could help to produce plastics with tailor made properties. |
Chemistry World March 26, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Ivy Reveals Gripping Secret Ivy plants secrete nanoparticles to help them grip walls, US-based chemists have discovered. |
Chemistry World January 23, 2011 James Urquhart |
Novel nanoparticle filter Israeli researchers have created a recyclable membrane based on supramolecular linkages that can be used to filter nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World November 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Soybeans Strike Nanogold A simple mix of soybeans, water and gold salts may hold the secret to producing gold nanoparticles without harming the environment, according to one team of US researchers. |
Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Manisha Lalloo |
Antibacterial nanoparticles from bacteria Scientists have found that silver nanoparticles made using bacteria have better antibacterial properties than their chemically synthesised counterparts. |
Chemistry World July 18, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Flexible electronics boost with stretchiest conductor ever made US researchers have made the stretchiest electrical conductor yet using gold nanoparticles embedded in an elastic polymer. The new material can stretch to over five times its size while still conducting well enough to power small devices. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2011 Phillip Broadwith |
Creating a toolbox for nanoparticle synthesis Hybrid nanoparticles made from several different materials that can be built up in a controlled and directed manner have been created by chemists in the US. |
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Ian Le Guillou |
Self-assembling, squeezy nanotubes made Researchers have developed dynamic nanotubes that open and shut depending on temperature. |
Chemistry World November 7, 2010 Laura Howes |
Inhaled nanoparticles, from there to where? US scientists have for the first time shown how the size and surface properties of nanoparticles can affect where they end up in the body after they are inhaled. |
Chemistry World February 28, 2006 Jon Evans |
Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX. |
Chemistry World August 18, 2008 |
Patterning Promise for Next-Gen Computers Breakthroughs in controlling the way polymers self-assemble on surfaces could be key to making the next generation of computer components, say two teams in the US. |
Chemistry World September 2, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoparticles Paint a Finer Picture Swiss scientists have developed a process that can print detailed images using nanoparticles as 'ink', while maintaining their catalytic and optical properties. |
Chemistry World November 24, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Nanostripe controversy in new twist A new paper claims striped structures seen on certain nanoparticles are electron microscope artifacts. |
Chemistry World January 7, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
Upgrading biomass to gasoline Making cheap gasoline from biomass is a step closer, thanks to a new catalyst developed in the US. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2013 Raphael Levy |
Gold nanoparticles for physics, chemistry and biology The varied perspectives in this textbook combine to give an agreeable read and a solid foundation in this topic. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2010 Sally Adee |
"Pac-Man" Process Eats Nanodirt Cleaning up nanoparticles critical to commercializing extreme UV lithography. |
Chemistry World November 25, 2011 Jon Evans |
Cancer diagnosis goes for gold Gold nanoparticles could help diagnose a wide range of different cancers by detecting telomerase activity within cells, say Chinese chemists. |
Chemistry World October 30, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Lab in a Leidenfrost drop Scientists in Germany have been making nanoparticles inside tiny water droplets that levitate above a hot plate on a layer of their own steam. |
Chemistry World September 6, 2010 Mike Brown |
Nanocoat for restoring historic paintings New inorganic nanoparticles that simultaneously restore and preserve ancient artworks have been developed by researchers in Italy. |
Technology Research News June 18, 2003 |
Protein traps nanoparticles Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have adapted a tubular bacterial protein for technological applications by coaxing it to combine with individual luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles. |