(Nanowerk News) Water contaminated with bacteria is a large threat to global health. A Chinese research team has described a simple new method of disinfection in the journal Angewandte Chemie ...

Manufacturers have incorporated silver nanoparticles into more than 200 consumer products, including clothing and cosmetics, because of their antibacterial properties. Now researchers analyzing sewer ...

To build electronic devices that can bend, fold, or stretch, engineers need flexible electronic materials. Engineers can choose from a wide range of ductile metals and insulators that deform under a ...

Silver gallium sulfide has high transparency to short wavelengths and the phase-matching and nonlinear optical properties of the material allow various frequency mixing interactions from the visible ...

Scientists in Spain have fabricated a silver bismuth sulfide (AgBiS 2) material with an absorption coefficient that is claimed to be 5-10 times greater than any other material currently used for PV ...