Plumbing Carbon Nanotubes January 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Scientists have determined how to connect carbon nanotubes together like water pipes, a feat that may lead to a whole new group of bottom-up-engineered nanostructures and devices. | |
 Nanodisk Codes December 27, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Researchers at Northwestern University have devised a way to use billionth-of-a-meter-sized disks to create codes that could be used to encrypt information, serve as biological labels, and even tag and track ... | |
 'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles December 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Scientists have created a nanoscale device that is capable of detecting one quadrillionth of a gram of biological matter, or about the size of certain viruses. In the future, the sensor may be able to detect ... | |
 Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology December 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 139 vote(s)
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From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many improvements ... | |
 New Flexible, Transparent Transistors made of Nanotubes November 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 77 vote(s)
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The ability to create flexible, transparent electronics could lead to a host of novel applications, such as e-paper and electronic car windshields. Now, scientists have constructed a transistor made of a network ... | |
Nanodevices could use quantized current to operate future electronics November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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For the past several decades, virtually all electronics devices have been based on the CMOS logic system, which uses semiconductors and transistors to form digital circuits. However, researchers today are investigating the ... | |
Discovering new properties in carbon nanotubes November 06, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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The trend in science is moving toward smaller devices. Indeed, single electron devices are considered one way for computing and other electronic applications to become ever smaller in size, while still providing large operating ... | |
New possibilities for boron nanotubes September 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Even though some scientists have managed to grow boron nanotubes, the nature of their structure is unknown. Different theories have been proposed regarding boron nanotube make-up, but they often result in structures that ... | |
Surface plasmons enhance nanostructure possibilities September 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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As technology becomes smaller and smaller, scientists work to find solutions to a variety of problems in many different fields. It is known that light could be used for studying molecules and atoms, as well as for solving ... | |
 Scientists carve 3D microstructures in carbon nanotube forests September 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Using a focused laser beam to selectively burn regions of a dense forest of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), researchers have demonstrated a method that may enable rapid prototyping of nanotube microstructures. | |
 Carbon nanotubes' electronic properties optimized for future applications August 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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While researching the unique electrical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), researchers have demonstrated the nanotubes’ ability to capture and store one electron per 32 carbon atoms in ... | |
Proposed 'Nanomechanical' Computer is Both Old-School and Cutting-Edge August 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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A group of engineers have proposed a novel approach to computing: computers made of billionth-of-a-meter-sized mechanical elements. Their idea combines the modern field of nanoscience with the mechanical engineering principles ... | |
Scientists Make Flexible, Polymer-Based Data Storage August 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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The future of the electronics industry is believed by many to lie in organic materials – polymers that conduct electricity. Because they are ultra lightweight, flexible, and low-cost, they may lead to a whole new class of ... | |
 Controlling nano color and shape with pH adjustments July 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Scientists have recently discovered that the shape, color, and optical properties of silver nanoparticles can be controlled using a method that is easy, inexpensive and takes just minutes. Simply by adjusting ... | |
 See-through transistor fabricated for future e-displays July 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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Scientists have recently taken an important step toward the development of “see-through” flexible electronic displays by fabricating fully transparent, high-speed nanowire transistors. This piece of circuitry, ... | |
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