Researchers demonstrate a flexible, 1-step assembly of nanoscale structures July 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a one-step, repeatable method for the production of functional nanoscale patterns or motifs with adjustable features, size and shape using a single master "plate." | |
 'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ... | |
Hydrogen generation without the carbon footprint July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy, according to Penn State researchers. ... | |
Carbon Nanotubes heralded as ideal candidates for next generation Nanoelectronics July 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Widely regarded as the wonder material of the 21st century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the intramolecular junctions that connect CNTs for integration have been hailed as the ideal candidates for the next ... | |
 Study reveals principles behind stability and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A report published in the July 8 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties ... | |
 Swiss nano-microscope delivers first images recorded on Mars July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time ever, nanostructures have been measured on another planet. On July 9, the NASA "Phoenix" Mars Probe recorded images with nanometer resolution (one nanometer roughly corresponds ... | |
 Nano-sized electronic circuit promises bright view of early universe July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted ... | |
New nanotech research to enhance future digital imaging July 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A team of researchers from Northeastern’s Electronic Materials Research Institute has published research that has resulted in a new breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, the study of light at the nanoscale level. | |
 Controlling the Size of Nanoclusters: First Step in Making New Catalysts July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new instrument that allows them to control the size of nanoclusters — groups of 10 ... | |
 Researchers report finer lines for microchips: Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger ... | |
 Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind' July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 65 vote(s)
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Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind. | |
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse July 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Most innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented June 19 by a group of Stanford electrical engineers, ... | |
 Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic wavesin nanostructures July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be ... | |
 New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have created a type of nanowire-based information storage device that is capable of storing three bit values rather than the usual two—that is, "0," "1," and ... | |
 New paper offers insights into 'blinking' phenomena July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A new paper by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Bolizsár Jankó provides an overview of research into one of the few remaining unsolved problems of quantum mechanics. | |
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