Sentences with phrase «on nanomaterials»

In the fall of 2004, Anikeeva began doctoral work in optoelectronics at MIT under the supervision of electrical engineer Vladimir Bulović, developing a class of light - emitting devices based on nanomaterials called quantum dots, which are used in displays.

With numerous symposiums and plenary sessions E-MRS Spring Meeting provides a forum to discuss current trends and cutting - edge research on nanomaterials, biomaterials and nanomedicine, semiconductors and nanodevices, material processing and characterization setting up trends and future paths in material research field.

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.

«Some novel research on nanomaterials used to capture carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels actually led us to this discovery,» said McGrail.

A research group led by Chengsi Pan, Postdoctoral Researcher, and Tsuyoshi Takata, NIMS Special Researcher, at the Global Research Center for Environment and Energy Based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN; Director - General: Kohei Uosaki) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; President: Sukekatsu Ushioda), and Kazunari Domen, a professor of the Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (President: Junichi Hamada) newly developed a water - splitting photocatalyst that is operable over a wider range of the visible light spectrum than before.

«Wherever there is abundant sun we can brush on this nanomaterial to harvest solar energy to create clean water,» she says.

«The critical problem in achieving this is the synthesis of stable materials that can release silver ions continuously in the presence of complex species usually present in drinking water that deposit and cause scaling on nanomaterial surfaces.

Not exact matches

Currently, nanomaterials are being mixed with, or applied as a coating on, conventional materials to alter their properties.

Dunkin' Brands shareholders also may vote on whether the company should tell its donut buyers they are consuming nanomaterials, in a new twist.

The laboratory will focus on developing «new nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for electric vehicles and energy storage that are safe, efficient and cost - effective.»

It pinpointed nanosilver in packaging boxes and nanomaterials in fresh produce bags as key examples of products appearing on the market.

NPS programs include engineering, acoustics, nanomaterials, sensor development, robotics, power and propulsion studies, oceanography, meteorology, and space systems; there's even a program focused on free electron lasers.

Second, a cognitive psychology approach is needed to conduct basic science research on the mental representations and operations that may be uniquely challenged in the investigation of nanomaterials.»

We conclude with current explorations in imaging of nanomaterials and biostructures and an outlook on possible future directions in space - time, 4D electron microscopy.

The absorbance and scattering of light is determined by the size, shape and material of the nanomaterial and, more importantly, it is also affected by any medium in close proximity to the nanomushroom, such as cells that have been placed on the slide.

Based on that suggestion, the ORNL team hypothesized that it should be possible to measure a nanomaterial's temperature using an electron microscope with an electron beam that is «monochromated» or filtered to select energies within a narrow range.

«We discovered surprising and never - before - seen evolution and degradation patterns in two key battery materials,» said Huolin Xin, a materials scientist at Brookhaven Lab's Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) and coauthor on both studies.

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

Furgeson and his colleagues said that zebrafish could be used to identify «nanomaterial characteristics that afford minimal or no toxicity and guide more rational designs of materials on the nanoscale.»

(Currently, labels on products for sale in the U.S. are not required to disclose the presence of nanomaterials.

«It's true that many laboratory studies have examined the effect of nanomaterials on human and animal cells.

For example, «we're taking off - the - shelf [medical devices], such as hip implants, which typically have a failure rate after 20 years, and putting nanomaterials on the surface,» explains Tom Webster, chair and professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University and president - elect of the Society for Biomaterials.

«A lot of countries are focused on physical science applications to biosystems,» says Saion Sinha, a professor of physics and electrical engineering at the University of New Haven in Connecticut and a researcher in nanomaterials.

The number of products — including sunscreens, paints, vitamins, food additives, electronics, vehicles and appliances — that use nanomaterials has increased almost 380 percent since 2006, according to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a Washington, D.C. - based non-profit group that tracks nanotechnology.

LONDON, U.K. — Although «gray goo» made of self - replicating nanostuff is unlikely to doom the planet, some kinds of nanomaterials may indeed be hazardous and require a closer look, according to a 12 - month study on nanotechnology published today by the U.K. Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Related sites Resources on the environmental and health effects of nanomaterials The Colvin lab Oberdörster's site

Although this is not the first nanonecklace ever made, the new process provides a more general and controllable way of synthesizing such nanomaterials — a useful development, because manipulating materials on such tiny scales is a challenge.

But controversy is on the rise as critics are calling for bans on research until nanomaterials can be shown to be safe.

«To us it was important to develop an easily scalable technology platform for manufacturing large - area printed and flexible electronics based on organic semiconductors and nanomaterials,» Dr. Abdellah says.

Read the news section of journals and keep a close eye on controversial topics: synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, the use of nanomaterials in medicine.

«What we've produced is a highly active, highly selective (producing almost pure methane without side products) and stable catalyst that will run on solar energy,» says project leader Professor Christian Doonan, Director of the University's Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials.

«Given that our approach does not depend on the particular particle's material and the large variety of particle shapes available - many more than in a child's building block play set - we have the potential to create many diverse types of new nanomaterials.»

One of the most comprehensive reports on nanotech yet produced (published by the UK's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004) found that most nanomaterials present few novel risks.

Yin, an expert on creating nanomaterials, is now working to create smaller metal sulfide particles with more surface area to further increase co-catalyst performance.

They went on to say that the combinations possible with two - component materials greatly expand the number and variety of potential nanomaterials that could be designed.

Last week, it released a long - awaited proposal asking businesses to voluntarily report safety data on engineered nanomaterials.

New research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, demonstrates that by growing nanomaterials, specifically carbon nanotubes, on the surface of the carbon fibres it is possible to impart these necessary properties.

«The results reported by Du et al could have significant impact on the fields of nanomaterials for medical imaging and lighting,» says Prof Manish Chhowalla of Rutgers University, and Editor - in - Chief of Applied Materials Today.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the transfer of triplet excitons from nanomaterials to molecules also creates a feedback mechanism that returns some energy to the nanocrystal, causing it to photoluminesce on long time scales.

Nanomaterials make clothing resist stains and sunscreen turn clear on your skin.

The work was the result of collaboration between Wong's biomedical engineering lab and the lab of Robert Hurt, professor of engineering at Brown, who focuses on carbon nanomaterials.

The reason: nanomaterials are completely unregulated; industry is under no obligation to keep records on potential hazards or anything else.

The nanotechnology team at Deakin's Institute for Frontier Materials has been working on boron nitride nanomaterials for two decades and has been internationally recognized for its work in the development of boron nitride nanotubes and nanosheets.

In the end, the research suggests that greenery enhanced with carbon nanotubes could potentially produce more from sunlight, air and water, although adding such nanomaterials would be both laborious and may have unknown long - term impacts on the vegetation as a whole as well as on the environment.

The EPA plans to issue a report on its findings within two years; the results will be used to regulate chemicals with nanomaterial content under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA).

The scientists discovered a technology that produced a sulfur - carbon nanotube substance that created more conductivity on one electrode, and a nanomaterial coating to create stability for the other.

Although Nanocomp and others developing new nanomaterials are on the right track, one of their main challenges will be mass - producing a product with consistent properties.

These predictions, which were verified by comparisons with high - resolution microscopic images of real molecules on metal surfaces, may lead to controlled, large - scale fabrication of tiny electrical wires and other nanomaterials for future devices.

These images confirm that this approach to direct the placement of nanoparticles on DNA - encoded vertices of molecular frames could be a successful strategy for fabricating novel nanomaterials.

Staff from Brookhaven's new Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) describe how this advanced facility will focus on the development and understanding of nanoscale materials.