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Multitasking nanotechnology Nanotechnology / Materials July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Confocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic response.

Researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency Nanotechnology / Materials March 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products — from semiconductors ...

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells Nanotechnology / Materials April 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A new approach creates a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures Nanotechnology / Materials January 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, ...

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos Nanotechnology / Materials May 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 25 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

Quantum Dots Reach Clinical Lab Nanotechnology / Materials May 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Bioconjugated quantum dots – luminescent nanoparticles linked to biological molecules – have shown great promise as tools for disease diagnosis and treatment, but their medical use has been limited by the lack of specific ...

Magnetic 'handedness' could lead to better magnetic storage devices Nanotechnology / Materials May 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in the United States and Germany.

Nanotech clay armour creates fire resistant hard wearing latex emulsion paints Nanotechnology / Materials July 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more ...

Copper nanowires grown by new process create long-lasting displays Nanotechnology / Materials April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. The copper nanowires could serve as interconnects in electronic device fabrication ...

Taking nature’s cue for cheaper solar power Nanotechnology / Materials April 04, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| No comments yet Solar cell technology developed by the University’s Nanomaterials Research Centre will enable New Zealanders to generate electricity from sunlight at a 10th of the cost of current silicon-based photo-electric ...

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics Nanotechnology / Materials July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as ...

Scientists grow 'nanonets' able to snare added energy transfer Nanotechnology / Materials September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, Boston College chemists have produced nanonets, a flexible webbing of nano-scale wires that multiplies surface area critical to improving the performance ...

Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics Nanotechnology / Materials December 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 67 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, Princeton engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more powerful cell phones, ...

Graphene sniffs out dangerous molecules Nanotechnology / Materials July 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the world’s thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas.

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Multitasking nanotechnology Nanotechnology / Materials July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Confocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic response.

Researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency Nanotechnology / Materials March 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products — from semiconductors ...

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells Nanotechnology / Materials April 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A new approach creates a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures Nanotechnology / Materials January 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, ...

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos Nanotechnology / Materials May 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 25 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

Quantum Dots Reach Clinical Lab Nanotechnology / Materials May 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Bioconjugated quantum dots – luminescent nanoparticles linked to biological molecules – have shown great promise as tools for disease diagnosis and treatment, but their medical use has been limited by the lack of specific ...

Magnetic 'handedness' could lead to better magnetic storage devices Nanotechnology / Materials May 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in the United States and Germany.

Nanotech clay armour creates fire resistant hard wearing latex emulsion paints Nanotechnology / Materials July 26, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more ...

Copper nanowires grown by new process create long-lasting displays Nanotechnology / Materials April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. The copper nanowires could serve as interconnects in electronic device fabrication ...

Taking nature’s cue for cheaper solar power Nanotechnology / Materials April 04, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| No comments yet Solar cell technology developed by the University’s Nanomaterials Research Centre will enable New Zealanders to generate electricity from sunlight at a 10th of the cost of current silicon-based photo-electric ...

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics Nanotechnology / Materials July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as ...

Scientists grow 'nanonets' able to snare added energy transfer Nanotechnology / Materials September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, Boston College chemists have produced nanonets, a flexible webbing of nano-scale wires that multiplies surface area critical to improving the performance ...

Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics Nanotechnology / Materials December 18, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 67 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Bypassing decades-old conventions in making computer chips, Princeton engineers developed a novel way to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces, clearing the way for new generations of faster, more powerful cell phones, ...

Graphene sniffs out dangerous molecules Nanotechnology / Materials July 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the world’s thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas.

Multitasking nanotechnology

Researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material

Quantum Dots Reach Clinical Lab

Magnetic 'handedness' could lead to better magnetic storage devices

Nanotech clay armour creates fire resistant hard wearing latex emulsion paints

Copper nanowires grown by new process create long-lasting displays

Taking nature’s cue for cheaper solar power

'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics

Scientists grow 'nanonets' able to snare added energy transfer

Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics

Graphene sniffs out dangerous molecules

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