Nanoparticles are one of the most common nanomaterial forms, appearing in many different compositions and sizes. The ability to tune and create nanoparticles with specific functional properties has ...

Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

Scientists working to enhance brain-computer interface (BCI) technology—which allows people to control devices with their ...

Despite the growing importance of obtaining accurate estimates of size, size distribution and concentration of nanoscale particles in an increasingly wide range of applications, existing techniques ...

When designing a nanoparticle-enabled drug delivery system, many intersecting considerations must be taken into account, such as the target location of the drug payload, the method of delivery, uptake ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanocatalysis is a rapidly growing field which involves the use of nanomaterials as catalysts for a variety of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis applications. Heterogeneous ...

Researchers from the Tohoku Univerisity, Japan, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany, critically review the use of surfactant-coated nanoparticles in the fields of nanomedicine and food ...

This protein coronas form a new surface on the nanoparticle that actually would be 'seen' by biological entities (e.g. cells) rather than the pristine surface of the synthesized nanoparticle itself.

The unusual electrical, optical and chemical properties of nanoparticles make them ideal materials in developing technologies ranging from biomedical imaging to solar cells. Even so, industrial ...

Learn how copper additives (particularly copper oxides, salts, and nanoparticles) form tribofilms, reduce friction, and ...