News from the NNI Community - Research Advances Funded by Agencies Participating in the NNI

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have shed new light on how water interacts with graphene, a single, thin layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal honeycomb lattice. The researchers' findings could hold implications for a variety of applications, including sensors, fuel cell membranes, water filtration, and graphene-based electrode materials in high-performance supercapacitors.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have shed new light on how water interacts with graphene, a single, thin layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal honeycomb lattice. The researchers' findings could hold implications for a variety of applications, including sensors, fuel cell membranes, water filtration, and graphene-based electrode materials in high-performance supercapacitors.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at the University of Dayton have created a less expensive 3-D printing method on the nanoscale that can manufacture nanostructures and erase mistakes. 3-D printing has been used widely by engineers and designers for years for the rapid prototyping of custom projects, but until now, 3-D printing on a nanoscale was costly, challenging, and difficult to correct manufacturing mistakes.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at the University of Dayton have created a less expensive 3-D printing method on the nanoscale that can manufacture nanostructures and erase mistakes. 3-D printing has been used widely by engineers and designers for years for the rapid prototyping of custom projects, but until now, 3-D printing on a nanoscale was costly, challenging, and difficult to correct manufacturing mistakes.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

A Rutgers-led team has created titanium dioxide nanoparticles that exhibit unusual "blinking" behavior and may help to produce methane and other fuels. The nanoparticles stay charged for a long time and could benefit efforts to develop quantum computers.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

A Rutgers-led team has created titanium dioxide nanoparticles that exhibit unusual "blinking" behavior and may help to produce methane and other fuels. The nanoparticles stay charged for a long time and could benefit efforts to develop quantum computers.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Texas A&M University have invented a technology that can prevent lithium batteries from heating and failing. Their carbon nanotube design for the battery's conductive plate, or anode, enables the safe storage of a large quantity of lithium ions, thereby reducing the risk of fire. The researchers said that this new anode architecture will help lithium batteries charge faster than commercially available batteries.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Texas A&M University have invented a technology that can prevent lithium batteries from heating and failing. Their carbon nanotube design for the battery's conductive plate, or anode, enables the safe storage of a large quantity of lithium ions, thereby reducing the risk of fire. The researchers said that this new anode architecture will help lithium batteries charge faster than commercially available batteries.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

A research team led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has developed a new approach called nano-radiomics that uses complex analyses of imaging data to assess changes in the tumor microenvironment that cannot be detected with conventional imaging methods. Nano-radiomics combines imaging technology using a nanoparticle contrast agent, with radiomics for computational mining of 3D imaging data. This approach provides the promise of a new noninvasive means to enhance current imaging methods in measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of cellular immunotherapies designed to specifically target the tumor microenvironment.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

A research team led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has developed a new approach called nano-radiomics that uses complex analyses of imaging data to assess changes in the tumor microenvironment that cannot be detected with conventional imaging methods. Nano-radiomics combines imaging technology using a nanoparticle contrast agent, with radiomics for computational mining of 3D imaging data. This approach provides the promise of a new noninvasive means to enhance current imaging methods in measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of cellular immunotherapies designed to specifically target the tumor microenvironment.