Organization: University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)
This technology is a method for remote sensing of environmental toxins and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The novel device developed by UC San Diego could be utilized for environmental sensing and as an end-of-service-life indicator in personal respirators and protection devices. By coupling previous porous silicon crystal technology with optical fibers, UC San Diego researchers have created a small, pinpoint fiber-optic sensor platform that detects organic vapors through a filter bed of activated carbon. The sensor system, ...
Nanomotor Based Fabrication and Patterning of Defined Nanostructures
Organization: University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)
UC San Diego researchers have developed methods and devices for fabricating or patterning nanostructures on surfaces using nanomotors. In one example, catalytic nanowire motors move along predetermined paths to fabricate nano-objects in the presence of the relevant reaction precursors and a catalyst confined to the motor surface. Guided motion of the functionalized nanomotors, enabled by electric or magnetic fields or other means, thus leads to localized reaction in specific locations along the nanomotor path and the ‘writing’ of ...
Functionalized Environmentally Benign Nanoparticles
Organization: North Carolina State University
Formation of polymers on nanostructures under X-ray irradiation
Organization: University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Researchers at UC Davis have developed methods of formation of a polymer from a monomer on a metal-based nanoparticle under X-ray irradiation or the dissolution of metal ions from this nanoparticle under X-ray irradiation, and more specifically methods of enhancing formation of a polyanilne polymer from an aniline monomer on a silver core - gold shell nanoparticle under X-ray irradiation and release of Ag ions from this core-shell nanoparticle. X-rays are highly penetrating, and nanomaterials can pinpoint the growth of polymers down to ...
Organization: Auburn University
CytoViva is a leading provider of advanced optical microscopy and hyperspectral imaging technologies. These technologies have been specifically designed for nanomaterials, nanomedicine and life science related research. CytoViva Imaging Technology provides: - Real-time optical imaging of nanomaterials and biologicals - Spectral imaging analysis of nanomaterials and cellular features
