This Faraday Discussion will focus on the rapidly evolving field of nanoparticle (NP) self- and driven assembly, with a view to understanding how evolving developments in the fundamentals can be ...

(Nanowerk News) Inspired by suprabiomolecular assembly governed by stacking interactions, researchers have developed a versatile strategy to assemble nanoparticles of diverse sizes and compositions ...

Scientists have developed a new method for controlling the self-assembly of nanometer and micrometer-sized particles. Based on designed DNA shells that coat a particle's surface, the method can be ...

If the promise of nanotechnology is to be fulfilled, nanoparticles will have to be able to make something of themselves. An important advance towards this goal has been achieved by researchers with ...

Nanoparticles can be viewed as a new type of "atom" with size dependent physical, optical and electronic properties that make them suitable for a wide variety of applications. There are many open ...

Manufacturing complex composites and structures using incompatible materials is central to next-generation technologies. In photonics, silica offers passivity, low loss and robustness, making it the ...

AMES, Iowa - New processes that allow nanoparticles to assemble themselves into designer materials could solve some of today's technology challenges, Alex Travesset of Iowa State University and the ...

Researchers have developed a new technique combining vertical small-angle X-ray scattering and optical microscopy to observe the real-time self-assembly of nanoparticles at liquid interfaces, offering ...

This news release is available in German. This was determined using Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) at BESSY II. A thorough examination with an electron microscope (TEM) confirmed their result.

Nanotechnology, while still largely in preclinical stages for drug delivery, is thought to be on the cutting edge of the field as a means to develop highly specific, targeted and unobtrusive ...