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In a mixing of pasta metaphors, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have used electrostatic attraction to layer reactive biological molecules lasagna-like around spaghetti-like carbon nanotubes. The configuration can accommodate a wide range of applications, from ultra-precise blood-sugar monitoring to infectious-agent detection, said Yuehe Lin, who led the research at the Department of Energy campus’ W.R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.

Silver single crystals were synthesised on a large-scale in water at room temperature in the presence of carboxyl-functionalised carbon nanotubes, without any additional reducing agent, microwave, sonication or irradiations.

Polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have some stirring results to share with researchers and companies developing new, advanced composite materials with carbon nanotubes—mix carefully.

The Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) at the University of Surrey announces the award of new funding in grants from research councils, the DTI, regional development agencies and charities. The funding, associated with collaborative research contracts of total value £7.5 million, supports the range of activities in the ATI including growth of nanomaterials, photonic devices, theory of quantum coherent phenomena and applications of ion beams.

NanoSight Ltd has announced that the Organic Materials Team within AWE Aldermaston has successfully tested and validated NanoSight’s characterisation systems for accurate analysis of nanoparticles in suspension. The team has found that the system offers an excellent way to quickly and reliably assess the dispersion of nanoparticles in a range of aqueous and non aqueous solvents.