Sentences with phrase «nanomaterials into»

Our most recent work potentially opens the integration of voltage - sensitive nanomaterials into live cells and tissues in a variety of configurations to achieve real - time imaging capabilities not currently possible.»

The authors emphasize that introducing synthetic nanomaterials into biological environments can trigger unexpected interactions and unpredictable behaviors, hallmarks of soft - matter systems.

So our study looked at whether spider silk's properties could be «enhanced» by artificially incorporating various different nanomaterials into the silk's biological protein structures,» said Pugno.

In addition to Xu, Yan, and Rogers, co-authors of the paper, «Assembly of micro / nanomaterials into complex, three - dimensional architectures by compressive buckling,» include Yan, Kyungin Jang, Wen Huang, Haoran Fu, Jeonghyun Kim, Zijun Wei, Matthew Flavin, Joselle McCracken, Renhan Wang, Adina Badea, Yuhao Liu, 1 Dongqing Xiao, Guoyan Zhou, Jungwoo Lee, Ha Uk Chung, Huanyu Cheng, Wen Ren, Anthony Banks, Xiuling Li, Ungyu Paik, Ralph G. Nuzzo, and Yonggang Huang and Yihui Zhang (Northwestern University).

«It's a union of the archaic with the newest nanomaterial into a single composite structure,» Tour said.

Not exact matches

Nanomaterials used in packaging could leach into food and harm consumers, said Friends of the Earth campaigner Jeremy Tager.

It was monitoring and conducting its own research into nanomaterials.

To gain this new understanding into the behavior of matter at the nanoscale, García - Garibay's research group designed three rotating nanomaterials known as MOFs, or metal - organic frameworks, which they call UCLA - R1, UCLA - R2 and UCLA - R3 (the «r» stands for rotor).

It is still unclear what the impact is on humans, animals and plants of synthetic nanomaterials released into the environment or used in products.

«If we want to take advantage of the promising properties of nanoparticles, we need to be able to reliably incorporate them into larger - scale composite materials for real - world applications,» explained Brookhaven physicist Oleg Gang, who led the research at Brookhaven's Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), a DOE Office of Science User Facility.

Professor Apparao Rao, director of the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute, is also in talks with industrial partners to begin integrating the W - TENG into energy applications.

The researchers developed a simple method for producing a palladium - based nanomaterial that can spur the breakdown of formic acid into hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

The new nanomaterial is extremely moisture sensitive and at the same time chemically stable, transparent and easy to fabricate into nanosheets.

LANP researchers study light - capturing nanomaterials, including metallic nanoparticles that convert light into plasmons, waves of electrons that flow like a fluid across the particles» surface.

Unlike many of the current nanomaterials used to ferry chemotherapies into cells, the ivy nanoparticles don't contain metal, which can be toxic.

A hybrid nanomaterial comprising carbon and nitrogen proves a robust catalyst for light - driven water splitting into H2 and O2.

After the filaments are injected into the body, the resulting hydrogel network functions as a drug depot that slowly degrades by breaking down into spherical nanomaterials called micelles, which are programmed to travel to specific targets.

University of Adelaide researchers have developed a process for turning waste plastic bags into a high - tech nanomaterial.

After years of breaking ground on nanomaterials for batteries and solar panels, in 2010 she joined MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and threw herself into solving the riddles of ovarian cancer.

A team of physicists at the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute have developed a device, called a U-TENG, that is designed to take mechanical motion — like the waves in the ocean, the tap of a foot or the clap of a hand — and transform it into electricity.

Research at the PPPL Laboratory for Plasma Nanosynthesis develops new insight into the use of plasma to synthesize nanomaterials — particles such as carbon nanotubes that are measured in billionths of a meter, are found in everything from swimwear to electrodes and have a tensile strength, or resistance to breaking when stretched, that is stronger than steel.

The National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL) provides knowledge and services to help researchers transition nanomaterials - based cancer treatments from the laboratory into FDA - approved clinical trials.

The development of new methods that use engineered nanomaterials to transport drugs and release them directly into cells holds great potential in this area.

The researchers» analysis of sewage waste containing these particles suggests that much of the nanomaterials from these products are likely making their way back into surface water, where they could potentially cause health problems for aquatic life.

Some of their goals include the unravelling of disease mechanisms by using nanomaterials to track cellular components and probe the chemical niche of the cells, the transformation of adult human cells into induced pluripotent stem cells and the delivery of drugs directly to immune and cancer cells.

Maynard et al. say nanotechnology needs to: develop instruments to assess exposure to engineered nanomaterials in air and water within next 3 - 10 years; create and test ways of evaluating the toxicity of nanomaterials in 5 - 15 years; generate models to predict their possible impact on the environment and human health over the next 10 years; develop ways to assess the health and environmental impact of nanomaterials over their entire lifetime, within 5 years; and, enable risk - focused research into nanomaterials, within the next 12 months.

Occasionally though, researchers focus on combining technologies to create an even better one, like tandem solar cells that also produce hydrogen, or in this case, a new nanomaterial that can harness both thermal energy and light into electricity at the same time.