Tag Archives: nanotechnology

Metamaterials: A possible nano breakthrough

Posted on December 22, 2016 by

    Readers of my blog have probably recognized that I write more about energy than about chemical developments. This is not by choice, but because I have over the last year found little to write about in the chemical world. … Continue reading →

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Intelligent textiles: Another technology breakthrough

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

In my previous post I discussed how chemical companies are trying to cope with how technology is changing the workplace: the need to train insufficiently skilled/ educated workers to use the automated controls and robotics now increasingly used in plants that … Continue reading →

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California water crisis deepens: Graphene membranes could provide a breakthrough

Posted on April 6, 2015 by

This blog has recently featured articles on the growing worldwide water crisis and on the potential of a new material called graphene which has exhibited amazing characteristics (strength, chemical resistance, flexibility) that could lead to breakthroughs in a number of areas. It … Continue reading →

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Nanocrystals for tagging: A possible breakthrough

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

Research carried out at MIT and funded by the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office and National Institute of Health has led to the successful development  of tiny, smartphone-readable particles that, inventors say, could be used to authenticate currency (see also … Continue reading →

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Unusual forms of carbon: Growing Commercial Uses

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

 Richard Smalley’s team’s discovery of Buckyballs( Fullerene) at Rice University in 1985 was a breakthrough in the knowledge of so-called allotropic forms of carbon. Thirty years have now gone by, but commercial applications of these interesting shapes of carbon are still … Continue reading →

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Nanotechnology Breakthroughs or Conversation Pieces?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by

 This is a subject that is perennially mysterious, because it is hard to get your arms around. It is about atomic-sized particles able or targeted to do things that were never done before.  It has been around for many years, yet seems … Continue reading →

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