Photonics: Golden atoms
Similarities between the electronic states of molecules and the optical properties of gold nanostructures aid the development of new photonic devices.
Sep 28th, 2011
Read moreSimilarities between the electronic states of molecules and the optical properties of gold nanostructures aid the development of new photonic devices.
Sep 28th, 2011
Read moreDiamonds may be best known as a symbol of long-lasting love. But semiconductor makers are also hoping they'll pan out as key components of long-lasting micromachines if a new method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for carving these tough, capable crystals proves its worth.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read moreResearchers from Northwestern University have developed a carbon-based material that could revolutionize the way solar power is harvested. The new solar cell material - a transparent conductor made of carbon nanotubes - provides an alternative to current technology, which is mechanically brittle and reliant on a relatively rare mineral.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read moreScientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that for the first time they have designed a much simpler method of preparing ordered magnetic materials than ever before, by coupling magnetic properties to nanostructure formation at low temperatures.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read moreA new paper by collaborators at Rice University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University demonstrates the possibility that tiny strips of graphene can stand tall on a substrate with a little support. This leads to the possibility that arrays of graphene walls could become ultrahigh density components of electronic or spintronic devices.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read moreResearchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices. The technology combines silicon nanowires with a "ferroelectric" polymer, a material that switches polarity when electric fields are applied, making possible a new type of ferroelectric transistor.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read moreResearchers have developed the first method that can rapidly and accurately map the chemical properties of the smallest of these Janus nanoparticles.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read morePresident Obama today named two UC Santa Barbara faculty members as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award is the highest honor the nation can bestow on a scientist or engineer at the beginning of his or her career. Benjamin Mazin, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, and Sumita Pennathur, assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering, are among 94 individuals across the country to receive the early career awards.
Sep 27th, 2011
Read moreProfessors receive $1.5 million to study new idea that could drastically reduce power consumption and increase speed in the next generation of computers.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreAn accidental discovery in a physicist's laboratory at the University of California, Riverside provides a unique route for tuning the electrical properties of graphene, nature's thinnest elastic material. This route holds great promise for replacing silicon with graphene in the microchip industry.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreIt may soon be possible manufacture the miniscule structures that make up transistors and silicon chips rapidly and inexpensively. EPFL scientists are currently investigating the use of dynamic stencil lithography, a recent but not yet perfected method, for creating nanostructures.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreNanowires of copper could eliminate busted cell phone screens and make solar cells more competitive with fossil fuels.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreResearchers of the Chemical Engineering department and the Kavli institute of the TU DElft have demonstrated that electrons can move freely in layers of linked semiconductor nanoparticles under the influence of light. This new knowledge will be very useful for the development of cheap and efficient quantum dot solar cells.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreResearchers have developed a new flexible memory fabric woven together from interlocking strands of copper and copper-oxide wires. At each juncture, or stitch along the fabric, a nanoscale dab of platinum is placed between the fibers.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreThe second issue of the NanoCode newsletter has been published. It provides information on the NanoCode project.
Sep 26th, 2011
Read moreA research group from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany reports in Langmuir how Surface Enhanced Ellipsometric Contrast (SEEC) microscopy can be used to provide a plausible scenario as to the behavior of labelled lipids at a surface.
Sep 26th, 2011
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