All Articles Tagged As: coatings

Researchers develop ultra-simple method for creating nanoscale gold coatings (6/24/2010)

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new, ultra-simple method for making layers of gold that measure only billionths of a meter thick. The process, which requires no sophisticated equipment and works on nearly any surface including silicon wafers, could have important implications for nanoelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing. ...> Full Article

Nanotech yields major advance in heat transfer, cooling technologies (6/13/2010)

Researchers at Oregon State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a new way to apply nanostructure coatings to make heat transfer far more efficient, with important potential applications to high-tech devices as well as the conventional heating and cooling industry. ...> Full Article

Scientists address 'wrinkles' in transparent film development (4/2/2010)

A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research at NIST and North Dakota State University. ...> Full Article

Incorporating biofunctionality into nanomaterials for medical, health devices (3/24/2010)

A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has published a paper explaining how to use atomic layer deposition to incorporate "biological functionality" into complex nanomaterials, which could lead to a new generation of medical and environmental health applications. For example, the researchers show how the technology can be used to develop effective, low-cost water purification devices that could be used in developing countries. ...> Full Article

Researchers create nanoparticle coating to prevent freezing rain buildup (11/1/2009)

Preventing the havoc wrought when freezing rain collects on roads, power lines, and aircrafts could be only a few nanometers away. A University of Pittsburgh-led team demonstrates in the Nov. 3 edition of Langmuir a nanoparticle-based coating developed in the lab of Di Gao, a chemical and petroleum engineering professor in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, that thwarts the buildup of ice on solid surfaces and can be easily applied. ...> Full Article

New nanostructure technology provides advances in eyeglass, solar energy performance (9/23/2009)

Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better. Ultimately, the technique may provide a way to make solar cells more efficiently produce energy. ...> Full Article

Self-healing surfaces (8/5/2009)

The engineers' dream of self-healing surfaces has taken another step towards becoming reality -- researchers have produced a electroplated layer that contains tiny nanometer-sized capsules. If the layer is damaged, the capsules release fluid and repair the scratch. ...> Full Article

Team to study applicability of solar cell coatings (7/3/2009)

A project under way at the US Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of the nation's future energy strategy. ...> Full Article

Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency (11/21/2008)

Ames Laboratory project seeks to reduce friction and extend tool life ...> Full Article

Nanoscale coating protect products - and the economy (10/21/2008)

Researcher creates smart coatings that fortify materials ...> Full Article

Researchers Target Tumors with Tiny 'Nanoworms' (5/9/2008)

Researchers have developed nanometer-sized "nanoworms" that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body's immune defense system and-like tiny anti-cancer missiles-home in on tumors. ...> Full Article

Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors (5/7/2008)

Researchers have found a way of producing carbon nanotubes in which they instantly form a highly sensitive ready made electric circuit ...> Full Article

U of M signs agreement with nanotechnology company in flood-devastated Rushford (4/23/2008)

Technologies developed at the University of Minnesota will be used by Rushford Hypersonic on products in the industrial tooling and coating applications industries ...> Full Article

Scientists develop low-cost, 'green' antimicrobial paint (1/24/2008)

Researchers have developed a low-cost, environmentally friendly technique for embedding antimicrobial silver nanoparticles into vegetable oil-based paints ...> Full Article

Researchers Develop Darkest Manmade Material (1/23/2008)

Researchers in the US have created the darkest material ever made by man ...> Full Article

Smaller is Stronger - Now Scientists Know Why (1/3/2008)

As structures made of metal get smaller - as their dimensions approach the micrometer scale (millionths of a meter) or less - they get stronger. Scientists discovered this phenomenon 50 years ago while measuring the strength of tin "whiskers" a few micrometers in diameter and a few millimeters in length. Many theories have been proposed to explain why smaller is stronger, but only recently has it become possible to see and record what's actually happening in tiny structures under stress. ...> Full Article

Super water repellent could cause big wave in market (12/1/2007)

A water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities. ...> Full Article

Researchers looking for new anti-corrosion coatings based on nanotechnology (10/19/2007)

Scientists claim they are in advanced stages of research ...> Full Article