Younan Xia has joined Johns Hopkins University as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

What is the Quantum Size Effect? The quantum size effect (QSE) is a phenomenon observed in nanomaterials where their electronic, optical, and magnetic properties deviate from those of the bulk ...

Cellulose nanomaterials, derived from abundant renewable biomass, have attracted considerable attention owing to their exceptional mechanical properties and sustainability credentials. At the ...

The WHO estimated the annual mortality from drug-resistant diseases to be approximately 700,000, which could increase to 10 million annually by 2050 (World Health Organization, 2019). This major issue ...

Carbon has four electrons in the outer electron layer, making a valence of four, through which it can form either single, double, or triple covalent bonds with other elements. The ability to create a ...

Extensive research on various nanomaterials during the past several years has revealed that many materials behave differently on the nanoscale than on the "macroscale." Researchers from Johns Hopkins ...

Nanomaterials found in consumer and health-care products can pass from the bloodstream to the brain side of a blood-brain barrier model with varying ease depending on their shape - creating potential ...

Nanomaterials, which are materials with structures and properties with sizing at the scale of nanometers, have emerged as the vanguard of innovation, promising groundbreaking applications across ...

Understanding Nanotechnology Materials PDF Resources So, you’re looking into nanotechnology materials and want to get your ...

This diagram illustrates a proposed conceptual framework for nanochemistry, which has emerged with the evolution of the field. The new “degrees of freedom” of surface, size, shape, self-assembly, ...

Nanomaterials have broad biomedical applications. Although their physicochemical properties, such as shape, size, elasticity, and surface chemical composition, are known to be pivotal in the design of ...