Researchers succeeded in the production of a porous layer of titanium dioxide nanotubes on the titanium surface by using titanium as the sub-layer and its anodization in organic solutions.
Oct 27th, 2012
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Rice University lab creates simple method for flexible, conductive carbon nanotube sheets.
Oct 27th, 2012
Read moreUC Riverside and The Idea Zoo, Inc., sign license agreement to commercialize research performed in Yadong Yin's lab
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreBy using a variety of materials not commonly associated with MEMS technology, a team from Brigham Young University has created stronger microstructures that can form precise, tall and narrow 3-D shapes - characteristics that were never before possible in MEMS.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read morePhotovoltaic cell efficiency may soon get a big boost, thanks to next-generation antireflection coatings crafted from nanomaterials capable of cutting down on the amount of light reflected away from a cell's surface.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreScientists are using a layering technique developed for microchip manufacturing to build nanoscale 'bowls' that protect miniature metal catalysts from the harsh conditions of biofuel refining. Furthermore, the size, shape, and composition of the nanobowls can easily be tailored to enhance their functionality and specificity.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreA research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has developed a novel system for examining and measuring nanoscale thermal conductance at the interface between two materials.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreScientists have succeeded in creating near-atomically flat silicon, of the orientation used by the electronics industry, in a room temperature reaction. The flat silicon might one day serve as the base for new biological and chemical sensors.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreA team of researchers led by Ray Phaneuf, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, has partnered with The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore to investigate less labor-intensive ways to protect silver artifacts from tarnishing.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreScientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated the first solar cell with external quantum efficiency (EQE) exceeding 100 percent for photons with energies in the solar range.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreChemists' innovation may be a better model for disease diagnostic kits.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Max Planck scientists aim to analyse a whole mouse brain under the electron microscope.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreResearchers have overcome this problem by an elegant self-assembly technique that produces millions of nanolenses on the basis of metallic nanoparticles in combination with DNA structures. These nanolenses enable 100fold more sensitive detection of even single molecules than previous approaches.
Oct 26th, 2012
Read moreWissenschaftler an der Technischen Universit�t Braunschweig, hat nun ein Verfahren entwickelt, bei dem Millionen sogenannter Nanolinsen aus metallischen Nanoteilchen und DNA parallel hergestellt werden. Diese Nanolinsen erlauben es, sogar einzelne Molek�le bis zu einhundertfach genauer zu untersuchen.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Der BMBF-Branchendialog pr�sentiert am 06. Dezember 2012 in Berlin Ergebnisse innovativer Werkstoff- und Nanotechnologieforschung f�r ressourceneffizientere Technologien.
Oct 26th, 2012
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A recently proposed technique could measure the movement of tiny magnets along magnetic wires with precision millions of times greater than the state-of-the-art method.
Oct 26th, 2012
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