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

(Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Purdue University have created a quantum spin wave for light, which can be a carrier of information for future nanotechnologies. Optical spin has possible applications in fiber optics, plasmonics, resonators, and quantum metrology.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a cellular process that allows nanomaterial entry into cells. These findings reveal another mechanism for nanoparticle entry into cells and open up an avenue of studying the interplay among endocytosis, amino acids, and nanomaterial delivery.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a cellular process that allows nanomaterial entry into cells. These findings reveal another mechanism for nanoparticle entry into cells and open up an avenue of studying the interplay among endocytosis, amino acids, and nanomaterial delivery.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz have reported using a new chip-based platform that integrates nanopores and optofluidic technology with a feedback-control circuit to enable an unprecedented level of control over individual molecules and particles on a chip for high-throughput analysis.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz have reported using a new chip-based platform that integrates nanopores and optofluidic technology with a feedback-control circuit to enable an unprecedented level of control over individual molecules and particles on a chip for high-throughput analysis.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have synthesized biocompatible porous nanoparticles that can be loaded with therapeutics and provide targeted and controlled release at precise locations through temperature control.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have synthesized biocompatible porous nanoparticles that can be loaded with therapeutics and provide targeted and controlled release at precise locations through temperature control.

(Funded by the Office of Naval Research)

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that the mechanical properties of layered graphene oxide films can be significantly enhanced by mixing strong, solid graphene oxide flakes with weak, porous graphene oxide flakes. The enhancement of mechanical properties is attributed to the more compliant nature of the soft porous sheets, which act as a binder to improve interlayer packing and load transfer in the multilayer films.

(Funded by the Office of Naval Research)

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that the mechanical properties of layered graphene oxide films can be significantly enhanced by mixing strong, solid graphene oxide flakes with weak, porous graphene oxide flakes. The enhancement of mechanical properties is attributed to the more compliant nature of the soft porous sheets, which act as a binder to improve interlayer packing and load transfer in the multilayer films.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

UCLA researchers loaded nanocapsules with the cancer-fighting drug rituximab to create a drug delivery system that breaks through the blood-brain barrier. The approach could be useful not only for cancers that metastasize to the central nervous system but also for primary brain tumors or other brain diseases.