Facile synthesis of nanoparticles with multiple functions advanced in Singapore

Metals that dissolve in water successfully extracted, transferred into layer of organic solvent that floats on water

15-Jul-2009 - Nanostructured materials have garnered great interest worldwide due to their unique size-dependent properties for chemical, electronic, structural, medical and consumer applications. Singapore's Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has discovered a new environmentally friendly ...

Singapore researchers first to transform carbon dioxide into methanol

'Green' method for sequestration and conversion of greenhouse gas

22-Apr-2009 - Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have succeeded in unlocking the potential of carbon dioxide - a common greenhouse gas - by converting it into a more useful product. In the international chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, the IBN researchers report ...

Singapore scientists synthesize gold to shed light on cells' inner workings

21-Apr-2009 - Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging have been synthesized by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), one of the research institutes of Singapore's A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research). Measuring less than 1 nanometer in ...

First tri-continuous mesoporous Silica complex structure developed in Singapore

Technology useful for catalysis, separation and drug delivery

07-Apr-2009 - Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed the first tri-continuous mesoporous material using a unique surfactant template. This completely new porous structure previously been predicted only mathematically. In the current Nature Chemistry, the IBN scientists ...

Scientists harness the power of pee

Singapore researchers create first battery powered by urine

18-Aug-2005 - Physicists in Singapore have succeeded in creating the first paper battery that generates electricity from urine. This new battery will be the perfect power source for cheap, disposable healthcare test-kits for diseases such as diabetes. This research is published in the Institute of Physics' ...

Nanotechnology Breakthrough For IBN

26-Apr-2005 - Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a new method to control both sized and morphology of nanoparticles. The technique, called fluorocarbon-mediated synthesis, is able to produce nanoparticles of 50-300 nm and tuneable pore sizes of 5-30 ...