Researchers report new nanoparticle clusters that open up access to a new dimension of optically active materials. Clusters with highly orientation-independent optical properties, such as tetrahedra and icosahedra, could enable polarization-independent and nondirectional negative index media like fluids, free-form solids, and isotropic films.
Sep 4th, 2013
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Together with national and international industry partners, scientists at the University of Stuttgart have started the development of very robust and extremely lightweight displays within the research project LiCRA. Instead of common glass substrates these displays are based on plastic foils what makes them flexible.
Sep 4th, 2013
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Researchers have characterized a series of stable 1.5 nm metal nanoclusters containing 44 metal atoms, stabilized by 30 organic thiol molecules on the surface.
Sep 4th, 2013
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On the 1-2 October leading industrial and academic experts, national authorities, and European Commission representatives will meet for the 2013 European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN) Annual Event and General Assembly.
Sep 4th, 2013
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Forschende der Universit�t Basel haben ein intelligentes Nanotr�gersystem auf Basis von Peptiden entwickelt. Aufgrund ihres besonderen Aufbaus organisieren sich diese Peptide in Wasser selbst zu etwa 200 Nanometer grossen sph�rischen K�gelchen. Dieses neue Nanotr�gersystem kann f�r den Transport und Schutz unterschiedlicher Gastmolek�le eingesetzt werden - denkbar ist insbesondere ein Einsatz in der Gentherapie.
Sep 4th, 2013
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Clay, an abundant and cheap natural material, is a key ingredient in a supercapacitor that can operate at very high temperatures, according to Rice University researchers who have developed such a device.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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An international group of researchers from the University of Minnesota, Argonne National Laboratory and Seoul National University have discovered a groundbreaking technique in manufacturing nanostructures that has the potential to make electrical and optical devices smaller and better than ever before.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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C-Voltaics produces self-cleaning hydrophoboc nano-coatings.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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A research collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University has shown a new a way to design transparent conductors using metal nanowires that could enable less expensive - and flexible - touchscreens.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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Carlo Segre, Duchossois Leadership Professor of Physics at Illinois Institute of Technology, has received a $3.4 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to develop a breakthrough battery technology that may more than double the current range of electric vehicles, increase safety, reduce costs and simplify recharging.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have found a way to make dye-sensitized solar cells more energy-efficient and longer-lasting.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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New research gives a theoretical explanation as to how transport of single atoms is made possible through a chain of quantum dots.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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University of California, Riverside researchers develop novel transparent skull implant that could provide new treatment options for disorders such as brain cancer and traumatic brain injury.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have solved a problem that previously presented a serious hurdle for the use of graphene in electronic devices.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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Researchers from the universities in Mainz, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Ulm have proposed a new platform for quantum simulation. In a theoretical paper, they show that a combined system of ultracold trapped ions and fermionic atoms could be used to emulate solid state physics.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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A collaboration between biotechnology company Cytomatrix;,Geelong based engineering firm, Austeng, and Deakin University will develop a world-first pilot manufacturing plant for the production of short nanofibres.
Sep 3rd, 2013
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