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Researchers engineer first artificial graphene

The first artificial graphene has been created at the NEST laboratory of the Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter in Pisa. It is sculpted on the surface of a gallium-arsenide semiconductor, to which it grants the extraordinary properties of the original graphene.

Jul 17th, 2009

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Fundamental nanotechnology - making nano rulers

Researchers in Japan have fabricated a nanometer-sized ruler to be used as a primary standard, which is integral to nanotechnology research and production, by taking advantage of the crystal structure of diamond.

Jul 17th, 2009

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Coole Computer

Wissenschaftler entwickeln einen Halbleiter, der elektrischen Strom leitet und dabei nicht warm wird.

Jul 17th, 2009

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Controlling the electronic surface properties of a material

It's commonly accepted that electrical resistance of a given material cannot be adjusted as is the case with, for example, density and color. However, Dr Meike St�hr and her collaborators have now succeeded in developing a new method to selectively tune surface properties such as resistance.

Jul 16th, 2009

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Scientists refine technique for DNA sorting of carbon nanotubes

Scientists at DuPont and Lehigh University have refined a technique, first published in 2003, to sort carbon nanotubes using specific sequences of DNA. This technique offers the first demonstration that nanotubes can be sorted by size, property and symmetry (chirality).

Jul 16th, 2009

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