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. | |
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. | |
 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. | |
 Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer July 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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By using carbon nanotubes containing gallium for measuring temperature at the nanoscale, scientists have invented a new nanothermometer that works simply by heating and cooling the tubes. | |
 Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology have helped resolve two important questions about an emerging microcircuit ... | |
 Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells April 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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A new approach creates a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories. | |
New method of growing carbon nanotubes to revolutionise electronics August 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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A new method of growing carbon nanotubes is predicted to revolutionise the implementation of nanotechnology and the future of electronics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully grown nanotubes at a ... | |
 Nanoscale 'Coaxial Cables' for Solar Energy Harvesting April 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 117 vote(s)
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Scientists have designed a new type of nanowire – a tiny coaxial cable – that could vastly improve a few key renewable energy technologies, particularly solar cells, and could even impact other cutting-edge, ... | |
 Stretchable Silicon May Inspire a New Wave of Electronics June 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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Scientists have created a form of nanoscale silicon that is stretchable. The new material may help pave the way for a class of stretchable electronic devices, such as “smart” surgical gloves and personal health ... | |
 Single-crystal semiconductor wire built into an optical fiber March 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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An international science team from Penn State University in the United States and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom has developed a process for growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside ... | |
Scientists Create First Non-Carbon Material with Near-Diamond Hardness March 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Research scientists have created the first non-carbon-based material with a hardness approaching that of diamond. Their work could have a significant impact on technologies and industries that rely on diamond as a cutting ... | |
 New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update) February 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 112 vote(s)
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip. | |
For Better Nanowires, Just Add Diamond November 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 431 vote(s)
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Among the positive characteristics of diamond, such as its beauty and unsurpassed hardness, are less well known properties that make it a valuable material in the electronics industry. Now, according to two scientists at ... | |
 Nature’s frugal glues provide insight for optimized adhesives January 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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In trying to create a “glue” that would hold right up to the breaking point of the material being glued, scientists have found that such an ideal adhesive already exists—in bone, abalone shells, and spider ... | |
 New Nanomaterial, 'NanoBuds,' Combines Fullerenes and Nanotubes March 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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Researchers have created a hybrid carbon nanomaterial that merges single-walled carbon nanotubes and spherical carbon-atom cages called fullerenes. The new structures, dubbed NanoBuds because they resemble ... | |
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