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Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

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Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce ...


A better image for plastic solar cells

July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | No comments yet

A new way to help technologists develop efficient and inexpensive plastic electronic devices, such as plastic solar cells and a new type of transistor was showcased by physicist Andrea Liscio, who is supported ...


Gold, DNA Combination May Lead To Nano-Sensor

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

The ability to use genetic material to assemble nanoscopic particles of gold could be an important step toward creating tiny “spies” that will be able to infiltrate individual cells and report back in real time on the cell’s ...


Researchers form metal nanoparticles into porous structures

June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 1

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.



In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures

June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | User comments: 3

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.


Researchers develop new technique for fabricating nanowire circuits

June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

Scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborating collaborating with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating ...


Nanotubes could aid understanding of retrovirus transmission between human cells

June 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells — a fact that may explain ...


New Process Creates 3-D Nanostructures with Magnetic Materials

June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | No comments yet

Materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a process to build complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures of magnetic materials such as nickel or nickel-iron ...


Water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes

June 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Researchers have identified a signature for water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, helping them understand how water is structured and how it moves within these tiny channels.


Use of nanomaterials in food packaging poses regulatory challenges

June 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | No comments yet

Report uses product scenarios to examine the oversight and regulatory pathways to commercialization
Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs), which contain novel properties that offer potential benefits for use in ...


New ORNL process brings nanoparticles into focus

June 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...


University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale

June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | No comments yet

They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably ...


UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and develop superconductors

June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 29 vote(s) | User comments: 3

A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades.


CSIRO scientist discovers natural 'invisible' gold

June 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 27 vote(s) | No comments yet

The search for these natural but 'invisible' nanoparticles is important. If they can be proved to exist, the knowledge will help give us a deeper understanding of how gold can be transported and deposited by geological processes, ...


Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections

June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 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 ...


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