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Buckypaper: Unlocking the power of nanotechnology

Revolutionary nanomaterial offers promise for major technological breakthroughs and a more sustainable future.

October 3, 2011 Read more

NSF CAREER grant for design and synthesis of Janus particles

The grant entitled Dynamics Simulations of Reconfigurable Complex Fluids From "Janus" and "Catalytically-Driven" Colloidal Particles provides $403,320.00 in funds for a five year period.

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A dye-sensitized solar cell based on a single wire could lead to photovoltaic textiles

Researchers have expanded the range of possible applications of dye-sensitized solar cells by developing a single-wire design that could be assembled into large arrays.

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Quantum information: Glass finds its sparkle

Diamond nanoparticles embedded in glass create a potential material system for quantum information processing.

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Magnetic sponge

A flexible network of magnetic nanoparticles reversibly absorbs and desorbs guest molecules in response to an external magnetic field

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Researchers discover 2 early stages of carbon nanotube growth

Tangled early-stage tube growth yields to orderly alignment of nanoscale structures.

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Department of Energy awards $156 million for groundbreaking energy research projects

Arun Majumdar, Director of the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), today announced 60 cutting-edge research projects aimed at dramatically improving how the U.S. produces and uses energy.

September 30, 2011 Read more

New method for single-cell analysis may improve cancer treatment

A collaboration between Danish and American researchers has resulted in the development of a new method that enables the measurement of enzyme activities in individual human cells. This method can be used to measure how cell-to-cell variation in tumours affects the overall response to chemotherapy and thus clarify some of the molecular causes of the chemo-resistance often seen in cancer patients.

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New workshop addresses the use of graphene for emerging technologies

The Graphene Flagship is pleased to announce the workshop "Graphene for Future Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities" that will take place in Madrid, Spain on October 18th, 2011.

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'Artificial leaf' makes fuel from sunlight (w/video)

Solar cell bonded to recently developed catalyst can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Quantum devive unaffected by imperfections

Current flowing along the edges of a promising quantum device is insensitive to its magnetic impurities.

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Researchers develop technique to control light from nanoparticles (w/video)

Twisted crystals point way toward active optical materials.

September 29, 2011 Read more

Abrupt escape from flatness

At first glance, it seems as if billions of lead atoms have mysteriously disappeared. When exposed to heat, a layer of lead coated onto a nickel surface becomes almost invisible from one moment to the next. In reality, the slightest disturbance causes these atoms to suddenly switch from a broad "flat pancake" shape to a compact hemisphere.

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New etch process uses argon pulsing to improve silicon etch rate and selectivity

Engineers in the CNST NanoFab have developed a new plasma etching technique for silicon which improves the etch rate, the mask selectivity, and the sidewall profile by optimizing the addition of argon to the process flow.

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Hydrogen released to fuel cell more quickly when stored in metal nanoparticles

Researchers from TU Delft and VU University Amsterdam in the Netherlands have demonstrated that the size of a metal alloy nanoparticle influences the speed with which hydrogen gas is released when stored in a metal hydride. The smaller the size of the nanoparticle, the greater the speed at which the hydrogen gas makes its way to the fuel cell.

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Nanotechnologie als Wachstumsmotor der Zukunft

Auf der Tagung "Nanotechnologie in Forschung und Anwendung - Ein Update fuer Entscheider und Interessierte" der Aktionslinie Hessen-Nanotech des Hessischen Wirtschaftsministeriums wurde das Potenzial der Nanotechnologie fuer Fortschritt und Wirtschaft in Hessen deutlich.

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