Nanochemistry

News and Updates

Atomic-Scale Movies Reveal That Catalyst Nanoparticles Undergo Internal Changes to Forge Carbon Nanotubes

September 20, 2017

Lights, camera, catalysis! Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made some of...

Even Better than DNA Origami

September 01, 2017

DNA is the stuff of life, but it is also the stuff of nanotechnology. Because molecules of DNA with complementary...

Turning Back Time: Watching Rust Transform into Iron

April 04, 2017

Using a state-of-the-art microscopy technique, experimenters at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (...

Graphene Lid Revitalizes Imaging Technique

March 31, 2017

By capping liquids with graphene, an ultrathin sheet of pure carbon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards...

Publications

Interfacial Electrochemistry in Liquids Probed with Photoemission Electron Microscopy

December 20, 2017

Author(s):

Slavomir Nemsak, Evgheni Strelcov, Tomas Duchon, Hongxuan Guo, Johanna Hackl, Alexander Yulaev, Ivan Vlassiouk, David Mueller, Andrei A. Kolmakov

Studies of the electrified solid-liquid interfaces are crucial for understanding of the biological and electrochemical systems. Until recently, the use of...

Sucrose density gradient centrifugation for efficient separation of engineered nanoparticles from a model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans

October 11, 2017

Author(s):

Monique E. Johnson, Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Elijah J. Petersen, Shannon K. Hanna, Karen E. Murphy, Lee L. Yu, Bryant C. Nelson, Michael R. Winchester

This protocol describes a strategy for separating Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) from engineered nanomaterials, a critical step for accurate...

Toward 3D printed hydrogen storage materials made with ABS-MOF composites

September 26, 2017

Author(s):

Megan C. Kreider, Zeeshan Ahmed, Makfir Sefa, James A. Fedchak, Julia K. Scherschligt, Michael Bible, Nikolai N. Klimov, Bharath Natarajan, Hartings Mathew

The push to advance efficient, renewable, and clean energy sources has brought with it an effort to generate materials that are capable of storing hydrogen...

In Situ Time-Resolved Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy for Probing Metal- Organic Framework Thin Film Growth

September 21, 2017

Author(s):

Berc Kalanyan, Junjie Zhao, Heather F. Barton, Brent A. Sperling, Gregory N. Parsons

In situ chemical measurements of solution/surface reactions during metal-organic framework (MOF) thin film growth can provide valuable information about the...

Projects & Programs

Schematic showing DNA origami in a laser beam

Tools & Instruments

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

The Material Measurement Science Division at NIST performs surface chemical analysis using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscoy (XPS) with capabilities for routine...

Nanochemistry

News and Updates

Atomic-Scale Movies Reveal That Catalyst Nanoparticles Undergo Internal Changes to Forge Carbon Nanotubes

Even Better than DNA Origami

Turning Back Time: Watching Rust Transform into Iron

Graphene Lid Revitalizes Imaging Technique

Publications

Interfacial Electrochemistry in Liquids Probed with Photoemission Electron Microscopy

Sucrose density gradient centrifugation for efficient separation of engineered nanoparticles from a model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans

Toward 3D printed hydrogen storage materials made with ABS-MOF composites

In Situ Time-Resolved Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy for Probing Metal- Organic Framework Thin Film Growth

Projects & Programs

DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures

Fundamental Interaction Mechanisms of Engineered Nanomaterials with DNA

Tracking Nanoparticles as Optical Indicators of Device Dynamics

Tools & Instruments

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy