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Quantum dot recipe may lead to cheaper solar panels Nanotechnology / Materials May 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet Rice University scientists today revealed a breakthrough method for producing molecular specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way for better, cheaper solar energy panels.

Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper Nanotechnology / Materials August 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 163 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.

NIST atom interferometry displays new quantum tricks Nanotechnology / Materials May 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating a famous experiment originally done with light while ...

Variable nanocomposites Nanotechnology / Materials December 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet What appear under an atomic force microscope to be tiny rings with little bits missing are actually nanoscopic rings made of double-stranded DNA with a little gap in the form of a short single-stranded fragment. As Michael ...

Are nanobots on their way? Nanotechnology / Materials April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 [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 Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections Nanotechnology / Materials March 01, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 201 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an ...

New 'layered-layered' materials for rechargeable lithium batteries Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach to increasing the capacity and stability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

Nanowire Coating for Bone Implants, Stents Nanotechnology / Materials August 17, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, ...

With a jolt, 'nanonails' go from repellant to wettable Nanotechnology / Materials January 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet Sculpting a surface composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can ...

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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.

'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters Nanotechnology / Materials July 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from ...

Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell Nanotechnology / Materials March 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 112 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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 ...

Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections Nanotechnology / Materials June 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower ...

Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes Nanotechnology / Materials August 03, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers from the University of Delaware and Washington University in St. Louis have figured out how to train synthetic polymer molecules to behave--to literally “self-assemble” --and form into long, multicompartment ...

Scientists design new super-hard material Nanotechnology / Materials April 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 85 vote(s) \| No comments yet Ultra-hard materials are used for everything from drills that bore for oil and build new roads to scratch-resistant coatings for precision instruments and the face of your watch.

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Quantum dot recipe may lead to cheaper solar panels Nanotechnology / Materials May 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet Rice University scientists today revealed a breakthrough method for producing molecular specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way for better, cheaper solar energy panels.

Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper Nanotechnology / Materials August 13, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 163 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.

NIST atom interferometry displays new quantum tricks Nanotechnology / Materials May 25, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating a famous experiment originally done with light while ...

Variable nanocomposites Nanotechnology / Materials December 06, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet What appear under an atomic force microscope to be tiny rings with little bits missing are actually nanoscopic rings made of double-stranded DNA with a little gap in the form of a short single-stranded fragment. As Michael ...

Are nanobots on their way? Nanotechnology / Materials April 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 [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 Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections Nanotechnology / Materials March 01, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 201 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an ...

New 'layered-layered' materials for rechargeable lithium batteries Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach to increasing the capacity and stability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

Nanowire Coating for Bone Implants, Stents Nanotechnology / Materials August 17, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, ...

With a jolt, 'nanonails' go from repellant to wettable Nanotechnology / Materials January 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet Sculpting a surface composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can ...

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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.

'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters Nanotechnology / Materials July 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from ...

Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell Nanotechnology / Materials March 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 112 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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 ...

Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections Nanotechnology / Materials June 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower ...

Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes Nanotechnology / Materials August 03, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers from the University of Delaware and Washington University in St. Louis have figured out how to train synthetic polymer molecules to behave--to literally “self-assemble” --and form into long, multicompartment ...

Scientists design new super-hard material Nanotechnology / Materials April 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 85 vote(s) \| No comments yet Ultra-hard materials are used for everything from drills that bore for oil and build new roads to scratch-resistant coatings for precision instruments and the face of your watch.

Quantum dot recipe may lead to cheaper solar panels

Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper

NIST atom interferometry displays new quantum tricks

Variable nanocomposites

Are nanobots on their way?

New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections

New 'layered-layered' materials for rechargeable lithium batteries

Nanowire Coating for Bone Implants, Stents

With a jolt, 'nanonails' go from repellant to wettable

Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces

'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters

Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell

Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections

Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes

Scientists design new super-hard material

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