Scientists carve 3D microstructures in carbon nanotube forests
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Using a focused laser beam to selectively burn regions of a dense forest of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), researchers have demonstrated a method that may enable rapid prototyping of nanotube microstructures.
Molecules autonomously propelled by polymerizing DNA strands
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have fabricated a motor that runs autonomously, and is powered only by the free energy of DNA hybridization. The molecular motor was inspired by bacterial ...
Carbon nanotubes' electronic properties optimized for future applications
Aug 27, 2007 |
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While researching the unique electrical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), researchers have demonstrated the nanotubes’ ability to capture and store one electron per 32 carbon atoms in ...
Proposed 'Nanomechanical' Computer is Both Old-School and Cutting-Edge
Aug 03, 2007 |
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A group of engineers have proposed a novel approach to computing: computers made of billionth-of-a-meter-sized mechanical elements. Their idea combines the modern field of nanoscience with the mechanical engineering principles ...
Scientists Make Flexible, Polymer-Based Data Storage
Aug 01, 2007 |
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The future of the electronics industry is believed by many to lie in organic materials – polymers that conduct electricity. Because they are ultra lightweight, flexible, and low-cost, they may lead to a whole new class of ...
Controlling nano color and shape with pH adjustments
Jul 30, 2007 |
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Scientists have recently discovered that the shape, color, and optical properties of silver nanoparticles can be controlled using a method that is easy, inexpensive and takes just minutes. Simply by adjusting ...
See-through transistor fabricated for future e-displays
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Scientists have recently taken an important step toward the development of “see-through” flexible electronic displays by fabricating fully transparent, high-speed nanowire transistors. This piece of circuitry, ...
Simple Method Yields Complex Micro- and Nanoparticle Shapes
Jul 26, 2007 |
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In applications from drug delivery to electronics, polymer particles several billionths to millionths of a meter in size could play key roles. But before many of these uses can be realized, scientists must ...
Physicists create first superconductor hybrid nanoscale heat transistor
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Low temperature research has been at the forefront of cooling applications for quite some time. One project, a nanoscale heat transistor, has been built in Finland in cooperation with an Italian researcher at the Helsinki ...
Indium arsenide may provide clues to quantum information processing
Jul 23, 2007 |
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“We’re not saying we’ve built a quantum computer,” Andreas Fuhrer tells PhysOrg.com, “but this is an important first step towards spin manipulation via the spin-orbit interaction.”
