Recent Headlines:

Nanofabrication:

Biomimetic Surface Patterning for Long-Term Transmembrane Access – Scientific Reports

This architecture uses nanometer length-scale surface patterning to replicate the structure and function of membrane proteins, creating a gigaohm seal between the cell and a planar electrode array.

ONR-Sponsored Scientists Create Electrical Wires Using Renewable “Green” Energy Resources – Azo Nano

Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical wires that not only conduct electricity, but are thousands of times thinner than a human hair.

Simulation-Guided Drafting Process Introduces New Possibilities in Nanomanufacturing – AZO Nano

It is difficult to 3D print a structure that is just inches or feet in size. Imagine reducing this product to smaller than a water droplet, even smaller than a human hair, until it is smaller than a standard bacterium.

Nanofabrication vs. Nanomanufacturing – What’s the Difference? – Engineering

A recent paper published in the journal ACS Nano explores the possibilities of true nanomanufacturing and contrasts it with nanofabrication.

Photonics:

Simulation, Experiment Unite Graphene and Plasmonics – Photonics Media

Simulation tools bring the complex physics of two-dimensional materials and plasmonics together in a way that could change the face of optoelectronic devices.

Topological Crystalline Protection in a Photonic System – AIP Scitation

In this work, we propose a mechanism to realize photonic boundary states topologically protected by crystalline symmetry.

Silicon Nanophotonics for Scalable Quantum Coherent Feedback Networks – ARXIV

The emergence of coherent quantum feedback control (CQFC) as a new paradigm for precise manipulation of dynamics of complex quantum systems has led to the development of efficient theoretical modeling and simulation tools and opened avenues for new practical implementations.

Lawrence Berkley & DOE: Surprising Discoveries about 2D Molybdenum Disulfide – Genesis NanoTech

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the effects of illumination on two-dimensional semiconductors at the molecular level.

Packaging:

Nano Applications in Food – Food Packaging Forum

EFSA-commissioned study finds nanotechnology most often used for food additives, food contact materials; nanoencapsulates, silver, titanium dioxide, silica common; increasing use of organic nanomaterials.

Nano-Enabled Packaging for Food & Beverages – Drinkpreneur

Nano-enabled packaging is formed using two basic components: nano-composites and nano-fillers. Nano-composite is a framework or base where nano-fillers such as metals, metal oxides, clays, and carbon nano-tubes can be used to fill in the gaps of the framework.

Nano-enabled Packaging Market Analysis By Technology (Active Packaging, Intelligent & Smart Packaging, Controlled Release Packaging), By Application (Food & Beverages, Pharmaceutical, Personal Care & Cosmetics) And Segment Forecasts To 2024 – Grand View Research

Growing requirement for shelf-stable packaging to drive the market over the forecast period.

Nano Packaging : An Extended Arm of Nanotechnology – Food Marketing & Technology

Packaging that incorporates nano materials should be made smart, which means it should respond to environmental conditions or repair itself or alert a consumer about contaminations.

Bionanocomposite Packaging Materials for Food Applications – Food Marketing & Technology

Biodegradability is not only a functional requirement but also an important environmental attribute. So, biodegradable films are understood to provide better solutions in reducing the plastic solid waste.

You Will Soon be Able to Eat Your Food Packaging – Science News Journal

There are concerns that some of the packaging actually discharge potentially harmful compounds into the food they’re supposed to be protecting.

Bio-Medical:

Nanochips of Tantalum Oxide Nanodots as Artificial-Microenvironments for Monitoring Ovarian Cancer Progressiveness – Nature

Engineered nanochips comprising of Tantalum oxide nanodot arrays of 10, 50, 100 and 200 nm as artificial microenvironments to study the modulation of cancer cell behavior.

Silver Nanoparticles’ Protein ‘Corona’ Affects Their Toxicity – Science Daily

Scientists distinguished how protein ‘corona’ of silver nanoparticles affects their cellular toxicity.

Nanovesicles in Predictable Shapes – Phys Org

Beads, disks, bowls and rods: scientists at Radboud University have demonstrated the first methodological approach to control the shapes of nanovesicles.

Lab Team Spins Ginger into Nanoparticles to Heal Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Phys Org

A recent study by researchers at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center took them to a not-so-likely destination: local farmers markets. They went in search of fresh ginger root.

Plasmonic Nanoheaters Enable Photothermal Cancer Therapy – Photonics Media

In vitro and in vivo studies have positively correlated the heat generation of plasmonic nanoparticles with their potential as cancer-killing agents.

Magnetocontrollability of Fe7C3@C Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles in Living Cells – BioMed Central

A new type of superparamagnetic nanoparticles with chemical formula Fe7C3@C (MNPs) showed higher value of magnetization compared to traditionally used iron oxide-based nanoparticles as was shown in our previous studies.

Delivering Chemotherapy with Nanocarriers – Neurologica Blog

One of the great promises of nanotechnology is that we will be able to send swarms of these microscopic robots into your body to do all sorts of helpful things, like clean plaque from your arteries, repair cell damage, and kill cancer cells.

Materials:

Transition Point in Semiconductor Nanomaterials – Science Daily

Collaborative research has demonstrated that electronic interactions play a significant role in the dimensional crossover of semiconductor nanomaterials.

Defect-Engineered Graphene Improves Supercapacitors – Nano Werk

Making clean energy a large-scale reality entails the integration of renewable energy generation technologies such as solar cells with energy storage devices. This integration is necessary to mitigate the inherent fluctuations associated with photovoltaics.

Nanomaterial Safety Screening Could Become Faster, Cheaper with new Laboratory Test – UCLA Newsroom

Platform developed at UCLA uses lab-on-a-chip technology to predict how hazardous engineered nanomaterials might be.

Recent Progress in the Structure Control of Pd–Ru Bimetallic Nanomaterials – T&F Online

In this review, we describe the recent development in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials.

‘Novel Nanomaterial Controls the Race for the Surface – RMIT University

An RMIT researcher and his collaborators have developed a novel nanosurface to be used in medical devices and implants that will prevent contamination with deadly bacteria.

Sensors:

Thermoelectric Paper Devices Utilize Waste Heat to Power Electronics and Sensors – Nano Werk

The fact that temperature differentials (heat) are ubiquitously present in our environment makes thermoelectric energy harvesting a highly attractive research field.

Nanosensors for Alzheimer’s Diagnosis – Horizon 2020 Projects

To facilitate diagnosis, researchers have generated a new tool for detecting protein conformational activity in living cells.

Development of Nanosensors in Nuclear Waste Water – Medwin Publishers

Studying the bonding nature of uranyl and Plutonyl ion and graphene oxide (GO) is very important for understanding the mechanism of the removal of uranium from radioactive waste water with GO-based materials, lead to the principle of nuclear nanosensor. This article highlights the work of nanosensors in dealing with nuclear waste water discovered by interaction of Graphene and Graphene oxide with uranium and plutonium and their complex.