Scientists create new type of nanocrystal May 24, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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U.S. government scientists have created a new type of nanocrystal that can be used as a laser material. | |
Scientists use nanocrystals as dopants January 23, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
U.S. scientists discovered that nanocrystals can mimic atoms in solid-state devices by altering their electrical properties, thereby acting as dopants. | |
Minority group materials scientists sought December 19, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of U.S. nanomaterials scientists in Maryland is starting a program designed to attract and train materials scientists from minority groups. | |
New nanoassembly technique is created November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 228 vote(s)
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U.S. chemists at Rice University say they have discovered how to assemble gold and silver nanoparticle building blocks into larger structures. | |
Honey, I shrunk the carbon nanotubes November 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of controllably altering the diameter of individual carbon nanotubes. | |
Nano World: Composites with nano-graphite July 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Strong, lightweight plastic-like composites made with highly electrically conductive sheets of carbon just one atom thick could find use in electronics and protect aircraft from lightning strikes, experts told UPI's Nano ... | |
Nano World: Chemical sensing transistors July 22, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Hybrid transistors using stacks of organic molecules for wires and carbon nanotubes as electrodes could serve as ultrasensitive sensors for explosives and other compounds, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
Nano World: Nanomagnets in chips, antenna July 05, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Magnetic particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide promise to help electronics continue to pack ever closer together for more powerful microchips and other devices, experts told UPI's Nano World. | |
University of Missouri gets nano contract June 27, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The University of Missouri-Columbia has been given a $4.79 million Army contract to develop nanotechnologies that will improve military capabilities. | |
Nano World: Stabilizing explosive elements June 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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Capsules only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy ... | |
Nano World: Black silicon for solar power June 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient. | |
Nano World: Self-powered hydrogen sensors June 20, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Nanotechnological, inexpensive sensors that can detect invisible, odorless hydrogen leaks and sound the alarm wirelessly could help safeguard future vehicles and refueling stations based on the gas, experts told UPI's Nano ... | |
Nano World: Metal foams for catalysis June 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Metal foams made of grains and pores only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide are lighter than Styrofoam, enough to float on water. The extraordinarily high surface areas these unprecedented foams possess suggest they ... | |
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