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First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat
(02 Dec 2009)
Just as a gecko sheds its tail, metal-alloy particles endure 850 degrees Celsius by ditching weaker components, researchers report in Nature Materials
A University of Pittsburgh team overcame a major hurdle plaguing the development of nanomaterials such as those that could lead to more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic. The researchers reported Nov. 29 ...
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Pitt-led researchers create nanoparticle coating to prevent freezing rain buildup
(02 Nov 2009)
Inspired by water-resistant lotus leaves, the Pitt-developed solution repels freezing rain and provides the first evidence of anti-icing ability in superhydrophobic coatings
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 ...
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Pitt researchers harness carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery systems, oxygen sensors
(19 Aug 2009)
Researchers describe carbon nanocapsules for drug and energy storage in Advanced Materials, creation of highly sensitive oxygen sensors in Nature Chemistry
Two nanoscale devices recently reported by University of Pittsburgh researchers in two separate journals harness the potential of carbon nanomaterials to enhance technologies for drug or imaging agent delivery and energy storage systems, in one ...
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Zero in on ozone with fluorescent solution that detects harmful molecule in air and body
(26 Jun 2009)
Personal ozone detectors and biomedical indicators could result from a chemical probe that glows bright green when exposed to ozone
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a fluorescent substance that glows bright green when exposed to even minute amounts of ozone in the air and in biological samples such as human lung cells. A molecule consisting of three ...
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Test identifies toxic platinum and palladium without time-consuming sample pretreatment
(18 Nov 2008)
Fluorogenic solution glows green within four hours when even minute traces of poisonous Pd(II) and Pt(IV) are present
The painstaking process of detecting toxic species of platinum and palladium mixed in with the form of platinum essential to certain pharmaceuticals could be reduced to one simple step, University of Pittsburgh researchers report in the American ...
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Breakthrough in nanotechnology by uncovering conductive property of carbon-based molecules
(22 Apr 2008)
Newfound ability of organic molecules to conduct electricity opens door to smaller, cheaper and more powerful technologies
University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic - or carbon-based - molecules exhibit the properties of atoms under certain circumstances and, in turn, conduct electricity as well as metal. Detailed in Science, the finding ...
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