A discovery by a research team at North Dakota State University, Fargo, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), shows that the flexibility and durability of carbon nanotube films and coatings are intimately linked to their electronic properties. The research could one day impact flexible electronic devices such as solar cells and wearable sensors.
Feb 13th, 2012
Read moreScientists under the direction of ETH Zurich have created a minor sensation in synthetic chemistry. They succeeded for the first time in producing regularly ordered planar polymers that form a kind of "molecular carpet" on a nanoscale.
Feb 13th, 2012
Read moreEin Wissenschaftlerteam vom Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE) der Uni Duisburg-Essen (UDE) hat eine ausgekluegelte Methode entwickelt, Nanodraehte fuer ultraleichte Solarzellen nutzbar zu machen.
Feb 13th, 2012
Read moreResearchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for creating scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, providing an alternative that is more flexible and less time-intensive than current technology.
Feb 10th, 2012
Read moreAs concern grows about the potential adverse response to sub-micron aggregates within therapeutic proteins, tools capable of measuring and quantifying these aggregates need to be developed.
Feb 10th, 2012
Read moreThe European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme encourages unconventional match-ups like chemistry and IT, physics and optics, biology and data engineering. Researchers funded by FET are driven by ideas and a sense of purpose which push the boundaries of science and technology.
Feb 10th, 2012
Read moreFlexTech Alliance announced the recipients of the 2012 FLEXI Awards. FLEXI nominations are open to all organizations involved with the flexible, printed electronics and displays industry. The awards celebrate and recognize people, companies and organizations that are leading the development of this emerging industry with innovative and commercially viable technologies.
Feb 10th, 2012
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A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a highly efficient, "thresholdless" laser that funnels all its photons into lasing, without any waste.
Feb 10th, 2012
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Wissenschaftler des Helmholtz-Zentrums Berlin entwickeln Verfahren, um elektronische Oberflaechenzustaende mit Graphen dauerhaft zu machen.
Feb 10th, 2012
Read moreInnovativ, wissenschaftlich und kreativ - die Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg und die science2public starten einen neuen Wettbewerb: die nano-Spots! Nano-Wissenschaftler werden zu Regisseuren, animierte Bildfolgen aus dem Nanokosmos zu spannenden Kurzfilmen. Gefoerdert wird das Ganze von der VolkswagenStiftung.
Feb 10th, 2012
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Researchers have demonstrated a microscopic system in which light can be converted into a mechanical oscillation and back. This interaction is so strong that it becomes possible to control the motion of the oscillator at the level where quantum mechanics governs its behavior.
Feb 10th, 2012
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Can DSA become next patterning solution extending the limits of 193nm and EUV lithography?
Feb 10th, 2012
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A new method to map nanostructures within materials may lead to biological imaging of the internal organization of cells.
Feb 10th, 2012
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Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons", according to researchers at Rice University.
Feb 10th, 2012
Read moreControlling the thermal expansion of composites is important for producing nanometer-scale electronic circuits, as well as the next-generation fuel cells and thermoelectric devices. An ability to combine negative thermal expansion materials with 'normal' materials which expand upon heating ensures a reduction in thermal expansion in a composite material.
Feb 9th, 2012
Read moreA technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed. This technique holds promise for the creation of catalytic materials that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water that is acidic.
Feb 9th, 2012
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