Global demand for a more green and sustainable economy has impacted several industries, including the nanotechnology and materials field. ‘Green’ synthesis of materials has become a new area of ...

Antimicrobial resistance and increasing healthcare costs have inspired researchers to create innovative and effective antimicrobial therapies. Much focus has been placed upon 'nanoparticle-based ...

Nanoprecipitation, also known as solvent displacement or interfacial deposition, is a widely used method for the synthesis of nanoparticles. It involves the precipitation of a dissolved material from ...

A University at Buffalo engineer has developed a novel method for assembling nanoparticles into three-dimensional structures that one day may be used to produce new nanoscale tools and machines. The ...

A collaborative study by researchers from three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has found that adding tetrapod-shaped nanoparticles to certain synthetic plastics can significantly reduce their ...

Across the semiconductor industry, ensuring cleanrooms and mini-environments are sufficiently monitored for particle sizes down to 100 nm is a common practice. Most industries have adopted this ...

The use of nanoparticles to improve feed efficiency and poultry health has significant potential to reduce the spread of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Lubricants are essential for optimal equipment efficiency and performance. However, in order for the latter to be achieved, lubricants have to be well developed and optimized.