French scientists have made light-sensitive memory devices by combining carbon nanotubes and silicon nanowires.
Nanochemistry: Who Owns It ?
So who owns nanochemistry? Should “all” the credit be given to chemistry pioneers of the past 20-30 years or were the foundations of nanochemistry already laid in the field of colloid chemistry, the origin of which can be traced to a century earlier?
What can Nanochemistry do for Photonic Metamaterials?
Professor Geoffrey Ozin gives us his thoughts on nanochemistry and photonic metamaterials.
Superbug-Resistant Bandages
With secondary infections from drug-resistant bacteria a real concern in hospitals worldwide, MIT scientist report a breakthrough that might be able to effect both prevention and cure.
Embedded Rods: Chitin-Silicon Dioxide Nanocomposites
Chitin-silicon dioxide nanocomposite made by self-organization and sol-gel chemistry.
MaterialsViews Interviews: Rod Ruoff
Professor Rod Ruoff, nanoscience researcher at the University of Texas, on his work, his life, and how his knees got him into chemistry…
Solid Spheres
Nanospheres made of aromatic amino acids: The most rigid organic nanostructures to date.
Solid Spheres
Nanospheres made of aromatic amino acids: The most rigid organic nanostructures to date.
Cilia Revolution
University of Southern Mississippi scientists imitated Mother Nature by developing a new, skinny-molecule-based material that resembles cilia, the tiny, hair-like structures through which organisms derive smell, vision, hearing and fluid flow.
Life Before Advanced Materials?
Materials science is now well-established as an interdisciplinary field, but how was it in the early days? Professor Geoffrey Ozin recalls the challenges he faced when scientific research was still very traditionally classified–chemistry, physics, biology, engineering…