Are nanobots on their way? April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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[The first real steps towards building a microscopic device that can construct nano machines have been taken by US researchers. Writing in the peer-reviewed publication, International Journal of Nanomanufacturing from ... | |
Nanoengineered barrier invented to protect plastic electronics from water degradation April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A breakthrough barrier technology from Singapore A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) protects sensitive devices like organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells from moisture 1000 times ... | |
Sweet nanotech batteries: Nanotechnology could solve lithium battery charging problems April 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players, and mobile phones. Research to be published in the Inderscience publication - International ... | |
 Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 104 vote(s)
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For the first time, researchers have created solar cells made of different-sized quantum dots, each tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging these quantum dots in an ordered pattern, the scientists ... | |
Carbon nanotubes made into conductive, flexible 'stained glass' April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for many high-technology applications due to their exceptional mechanical, thermal, chemical, optical and electrical properties. | |
 Simulations may explain nanoparticles 'pinned' to graphene April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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It was hard to understand how a graphene sheet — a featureless, flat sheet of carbon atoms — lying on an equally featureless iridium surface, somehow converted itself into a kind of muffin tin that formed ... | |
Nanotubes grown straight in large numbers April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Duke University chemists have found a way to grow long, straight cylinders only a few atoms thick in very large numbers, removing a major roadblock in the pursuit of nano-scale electronics. | |
 Nano-scale fuel cells may be closer than we think, thanks to an inexpensive new manufacturing method March 12, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 125 vote(s)
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We live in a world of hand-held devices: iPods, cell phones, PDAs, pagers... the list of essential personal technology keeps expanding, and the natural response is consolidation. It’s rare these days to see ... | |
.jpg "LCDs get brighter with nano polarization recycler") LCDs get brighter with nano polarization recycler September 06, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 114 vote(s)
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LCDs (liquid crystal displays) provide a popular method for lighting screens on everything from computers and TVs to watches, clocks, cell phones and more. However, as scientists Sang Hoon Kim, Joo-Do Park ... | |
 Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Engineers have created the first "active matrix" display using a new class of transparent transistors and circuits, a step toward realizing applications such as e-paper, flexible color monitors and "heads-up" ... | |
 Nanoparticles self-assemble through chemical lithography July 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Nanoparticles – while possessing some amazing properties of strength and power – are also delicate little things, when it comes to manipulating them for use in nanodevices. Many scientists consider that the ... | |
 Silicon nanotubes for hydrogen storage in fuel cell vehicles April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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After powering the micro-electronics revolution, silicon could carve out an important new role in speeding the debut of ultra-clean fuel cell vehicles powered by hydrogen, researchers in China suggest. | |
 Improved Superconductivity in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes March 13, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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A group of researchers from several institutions in Japan has observed superconductivity — a phenomenon in which electrons flow with no resistance — in billionth-of-a-meter sized cylindrical carbon molecules ... | |
Nanotechnology paves way for super iPods April 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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A breakthrough by scientists from the University of Glasgow could see the storage capacity of an iPod increase 150,000 times. | |
 Sandia researcher examines the physics of carbon nanotubes May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes, described as the reigning celebrity of the advanced materials world, are all the rage. Recently researchers at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute used them to make the “blackest ... | |
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