 NIST Demos Industrial-Grade Nanowire Device Fabrication October 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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In the growing catalog of nanoscale technologies, nanowires—tiny rows of conductor or semiconductor atoms—have attracted a great deal of interest for their potential to build unique atomic-scale electronics. ... | |
 An Unconventional Metal August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors. In this week's issue of the journal Nature (August ... | |
 Turning Waste Material into Ethanol August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from researchers at the U.S. ... | |
Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Oxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armor. | |
 Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes’ potential as a super material is blighted by the fact that when first made they often take the form of an unprepossessing pile of sooty black mess in the bottom of a test tube. Now researchers ... | |
Are nanobots on their way? April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 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 ... | |
 New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. | |
 IBM researchers quell nanoscale interference March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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IBM researchers have discovered a way to use graphite effectively in building nanoelectonic circuits vastly smaller than those in silicon-based computer chips. | |
Nanotubes Go With the Flow January 23, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes are attractive candidates for use as the active elements in the next generation of electronic devices. However, it has proven incredibly difficult to align nanotubes within device architectures. | |
 Researchers develop darkest manmade material January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man. | |
 Experiments reveal unexpected activity of fuel cell catalysts December 13, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have unveiled important details about a class of catalysts that could help improve the performance of fuel cells. With the goal ... | |
True properties of carbon nanotubes measured August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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For more than 15 years, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been the flagship material of nanotechnology. Researchers have conceived applications for nanotubes ranging from microelectronic devices to cancer therapy. Their atomic ... | |
Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom. | |
 Researchers form metal nanoparticles into porous structures June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid.
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In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid. | |
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