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Tiny bubbles snap carbon nanotubes like twigs

A computer model from Rice University shows that long nanotubes bend and snap like twigs when blasted with ultrasonic energy. The research finds that short and long nanotubes behave differently during sonication. The discovery answers a longstanding question about the origin of competing power laws that were found in experiments on cutting nanotubes by sonication.

Jul 9th, 2012

Demonstration of nanophotonics components on 300mm silicon photonics wafers using optical lithography

Imec today announces the world-first realization of functional sub-100nm photonics components with optical lithography on 300mm silicon photonics wafer technology. Using 193nm immersion lithography, imec achieved the lowest propagation loss ever reported in silicon wire waveguides, and succeeded in patterning simpler and more efficient fiber couplers.

Jul 9th, 2012

Rational design of molecular gas storage architectures

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are well suited to storage of gas molecules. EU-funded researchers developed novel forms of these structures that enable their frame to open and accommodate molecules that should not otherwise fit.

Jul 9th, 2012

Nanotechnology for targeted cancer therapy

EU-funded researchers advanced the use of functionalised nanomaterials with photosensitive capabilities having potential applications involving areas as diverse as drug delivery as well as energy conversion.

Jul 9th, 2012

Watching DNA unzip real time

Completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 has revealed all the pieces of the basic code that together make a human being. European researchers with equally ambitious goals have visualised on a single-molecule level the initiation of protein production based on the DNA code of single genes.

Jul 9th, 2012

DNA type polymer for nanoelectronics

EU-funded researchers successfully induced self-assembly of a novel electrically conductive polymer with the double-helical structure of DNA.

Jul 9th, 2012

'Fingerprinting' nanoscale objects and viruses

Scientists at UB and IBEC in Barcelona have found a way of effectively identifying nanoscale objects and viruses that could offer a breakthrough for biomedical diagnostics, environmental protection and nano-electronics.

Jul 9th, 2012

Neue Einsichten, wie Zuckermolek�le mit Proteinen wechselwirken

Wie Forschende der Universit�t Basel zeigen, k�nnen Zuckermolek�le als vorgeformte Cluster von Wassermolek�len verstanden werden. Damit er�ffnen sich neue Perspektiven, zucker�hnliche Strukturen als Medikamente einzusetzen.

Jul 9th, 2012

Interpretation and implications of the European Commission's definition on nanomaterials

RIVM has published a report that examines the European Commission's recommended definition of 'nanomaterial'.

Jul 9th, 2012

Forscher entwickeln neue Methode des K�hlens mit Lichtwellen

Dass Licht entgegen unserer Intuition nicht immer mit W�rme gleichzusetzen ist, macht sich die Quantenphysik bei der Erforschung von Atomen und deren Eigenschaften zunutze. Der Arbeitsgruppe Atomoptik am Institut f�r Laserphysik der Universit�t Hamburg ist es nun gelungen, mit Licht Gas-Atome so stark herunter zu k�hlen, dass sie sich zu einer Materiewelle zusammenschliessen.

Jul 9th, 2012