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Tying molecules in knots

Researchers have made the most complex molecular knot to date.

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Comparing fundamental techniques for doping graphene sheets

Nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have conducted the first direct comparison of two fundamental techniques that could be used for chemically doping sheets of two-dimensional graphene for the fabrication of devices and interconnects.

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Using fluidized bed reactor for phenolic wasterwater treatment

A group of researchers from Thailand investigated the combined effect of adsorption and oxidation for phenolic wastewater treatment using a three phase fluidized bed reactor. The group continuously fed aqueous solutions containing phenol and ozone into a reactor resulting in a comparison of seven cases.

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Flexible Regalsysteme sortieren Molekuele

Ein flexibles und effizientes neues Verfahren zur Trennung von Enantiomeren haben Forscher des Karlsruher Instituts fuer Technologie (KIT) und der Ruhr-Uni Bochum (RUB) entwickelt. Die Enantiomerentrennung ist unerlaesslich fuer die Herstellung vieler Medikamente.

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MAnaging RIsks of NAnoparticles: launch of the MARINA project

SAFENANO and the Institute of Occupational Medicine announce the launch of MARINA - one of the largest projects addressing nanotechnology risk issues to date.

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Photonics: Graphene's optical limitation

Dispersions of functionalized sub-oxidized graphene nanosheets achieve a new performance benchmark for broadband optical limiting.

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Polymers embedded with nanoparticles learn to dance

Polymers embedded with nanoparticles in different magnetic orientations produce complex motion under simple magnetic fields.

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Nanoscale fluid slippage could enhance energy conversion in electrokinetic batteries

It has been shown recently that movement of fluid in microfluidic devices can be harnessed and converted into electricity. Researchers have now conducted calculations that suggest this electrokinetic energy conversion could be more efficient than previously thought thanks to the strange properties of fluid flow at the nanometer scale.

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Elastomeric conductors: A silver connection

A simple method produces elastic, conductive sponges from carbonized networks of silver-polymer nanocables.

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Solved energy puzzle is a significant breakthrough in the development of sustainable technologies

University of Toronto materials science and engineering researchers have demonstrated for the first time the key mechanism behind how energy levels align in a critical group of advanced materials. This discovery is a significant breakthrough in the development of sustainable technologies such as dye-sensitized solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

November 6, 2011 Read more

Community Day at UAlbany NanoCollege draws largest-ever crowd to explore nanotechnology

Event is one of the highlights of CNSE's fourth annual celebration of 'NANOvember'.

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Artificial atoms give insight into how real atoms interact with light in real time

Researchers have reported the first dynamic measurements of how an artificial atom interacts with light.

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Unique bipolar compounds enhance functionality of organic electronics

Researchers often work with a narrow range of compounds when making organic electronics, such as solar panels, light emitting diodes and transistors. Professor Tim Bender and Ph.D. Candidate Graham Morse of U of T's Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry have uncovered compounds that exhibit unique and novel electro-chemical properties.

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A 2-dimensional electron liquid solidifies in a magnetic field

Physicists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a theory that describes, in a unified manner, the coexistence of liquid and pinned solid phases of electrons in two dimensions under the influence of a magnetic field.

November 4, 2011 Read more

A biologically inspired tape uses some of nature's tricks to stick

Insects can run up walls, hang from ceilings, and perform other amazing feats that have for centuries fascinated human observers. Now scientists from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel, in Germany, who have been studying these able acrobats, have borrowed some of the insects' tricks to make a dry tape that can be repeatedly peeled off without losing its adhesive properties.

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Artificial diamond structure made from silicon: a semiconductor for light

Researchers at the University of Twente describe a novel method to fabricate 3D structures in silicon.

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