CEP: News Update
Electronic Skin Lights Up When Touched; Nature-Inspired Windows Cool Themselves Down; First Commercial Production of Cellulosic Biofuel Begins; Water-Splitting Process Produces H2 Isothermally; and more
Nanomaterials
CEP: News Update
Hot Off the Press: The World’s First 3D-Printed Battery; Nonmetal Compound Catalyzes CO2-to-Methanol Reaction; Iron Catalyst Gives Hydrogenation a Green Makeover; and more
CEP: News Update
Inkjet-Printed Graphene Rolls Out; UV Treatment Improves Membrane Selectivity; Additive Sweetens the Prospects for Organic Electronics; Protective Coating Connects Electronics and Living Tissue; and more.
Nanotechnology: A Guide to Nano-Objects
Michael Wong, Sravani Gullapalli
Rapid change in the field of nanotechnology can make it hard to keep track of the latest nanomaterial developments. Here's a primer on the most common shapes, sizes, and compositions of nano-objects.
CEP: News Update
News Feature: Graphene Marches Down a Long Road to Commercialization A Stretchable, Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery Makes its Debut Defects Strengthen Magnesium Alloys Gold Lights the Way to Quantum-Dot Solar Cells Japan Taps into Fire Ice A Phase-...
CEP: News Update
Now Available: High-Performance Carbon Nanotube Fibers; Nanowire-Based Solar Cell Achieves Record Performance; Fireflies Share Their Light Tricks with LEDs; Tissue Adhesives Are Inspired by the Prickly Porcupine; New Coating Shields Against Nearly All Liquids; and more.
CEP: News Update
Global Relationships Take Center Stage at the 2012 Annual Meeting; No Boiling Needed: Nanoparticles Convert Sunlight into Steam; Hydrogen Power Goes Mobile; Carbon Nanotubes Team Up with Graphene; New Process Brings Bendable Electronics Closer to Reality; and more.
CEP: Update
Oxide Catalysts Get Selective; New Catalyst Challenges Platinum; Quick-Release Tape Peels with Ease; Electronic Skin Mimics the Human Epidermis
Carbon Nanotubes and Other Nanostructured Materials
Virtual Local Section Webinar
Jul 28, 2011
Daniel Resasco
The discovery of fullerenes in 1985 sparked the interest of researchers in novel crystalline forms of carbon.
Using Catalytic Nanoparticles to Clean Water
NSEF Webinar
Apr 15, 2010
Michael Wong
In this talk, I will describe our work in improving the feasibility of these NP catalysts for groundwater remediation and in understanding how the gold enhances the Pd catalytic activity so dramatically.
Nanotechnology: What is it? What are the opportunities?
AIChE Webinar
Mar 11, 2008
Meyya Meyyappan
Nanotechnology deals with the creation of materials, devices and systems through the manipulation of nanoscale matter, and takes advantage of novel and interesting properties that may arise.
CEP: News Update
New Battery Takes Charge of its Power; Nanomaterial Reversibly Stores Hydrogen; Nanoparticles Sneak Past the Brain’s Armor ; and more
CEP: News Update
Slippery Surface Is Too Slick for Bacterial Films; New Materials Put the Brakes on Infection; ITO Flexes Its Muscles; Control Wrinkles with this Simple Method; and more
Nanoarchitectured Ni-ZrO2 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production From Steam Reforming of Ethanol
Oct 18, 2011
Jinlong Gong
Hydrogen has been considered as an important alternative energy vector and a bridge to a sustainable energy future. Production of hydrogen efficiently and economically from renewable sources, however, remains a challenge. Among diversified hydrogen production technologies, steam reforming of...
Removal of Rhodamine B Dye with Fe/Mn Co-Doped Titania Nanotubes
Oct 17, 2011
Daniel H. Chen
Fe/Mn co-doped titania nanotubes has been synthesized by solution combustion followed by the hydrothermal treatment. Combustion synthesis has emerged as a facile and economically viable technique for the preparation of advanced ceramics, catalysts and nanomaterials. Stoichiometric amounts of...
Novel Quaternary Ammonium Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Stable, High Capacity Si Nanowire Based Li-Ion Battery
Oct 16, 2011
Vidhya Chakrapani
In recent years, there has been interest in silicon nanowires as an anode for Li-ion battery because of its large gravimetric capacity of 4200 mAh/g. 1D nanostructure are essential because they permit radial strain relaxation of mechanical stress which occurs due to the volumetric expansion (>...
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