New Nanocomposite Nanostructure Manufacturing Method
The heated probe of an atomic force microscope melts a nanoparticle-polymer composite enabling it to flow onto a surface. The nanocomposite can be used as-is or the nanoparticles released with an oxygen plasma. (Image courtesy of UIUC and NRL.) Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign recently reported a new …