Nanomaterials found in consumer and health-care products can pass from the bloodstream to the brain side of a blood-brain barrier model with varying ease depending on their shape - creating potential ...

Researchers for the first time have found that the electric field changes the fracture toughness of nanomaterials. Mechanical properties of nanomaterials can be altered due to the application of ...

Cellulose nanomaterials, derived from abundant renewable biomass, have attracted considerable attention owing to their exceptional mechanical properties and sustainability credentials. At the ...

The challenges faced by researchers in modifying properties of nanomaterials for application in devices may be addressed by a simple technique, thanks to recent innovative studies conducted by ...

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are learning how the properties of water molecules on the surface of metal oxides can be used to better control these minerals ...

(Nanowerk News) Mechanical properties of nanomaterials can be altered due to the application of voltage, University of Wyoming researchers have discovered. The researchers, led by TeYu Chien, a UW ...

Bioinspired nanomaterials are synthetic materials designed to mimic the structure, properties, and functions of biological systems at the nanoscale. By learning from nature's time-tested strategies, ...

MXenes are 2D nanomaterials that exhibit high conductivity, high surface area, high functionalization, a site of hydroxide, and many other interesting properties. They were only discovered in 2011, ...

Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials offer routes towards the realization of smart and high-performing (opto)electronic (nano)devices, sensors and logic gates. Meanwhile photochromic molecules ...

In this interview, Dr. Aphrodite Tomou, Technical Manager at Goodfellow, talks to AZoM and explains why Nanomaterials are superior in comparison to other conventional materials for the automotive ...

The promise of nanomaterials to deliver unprecedented mechanical properties, along with tailorable electrical and thermal conductivity for composites, has been heralded for decades. Because of their ...

Mechanical properties of nanomaterials can be altered due to the application of voltage, University of Wyoming researchers have discovered. The researchers, led by TeYu Chien, a UW assistant professor ...