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Quantum effects must be taken into account in design of nanowires

Researchers have developed a rigorous two-dimensional quantum model of the 'gate-all-around' nanowire configuration, leading to a better match with experimental data and highlighting the importance of quantum effects.

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Microfluidics: On a roll

Printing of microchannels in polymers takes a step forward, but fine-tuning is still required.

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Surface science goes inorganic

A collaboration between researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Catalysis and scientists at Oxford University has produced a new approach for understanding surfaces, particularly metal oxide surfaces, widely used in industry as supports for catalysts.

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Nanotechnology discovery may green chemical manufacturing

McGill researcher develops eco-friendly nanocatalyst.

February 16, 2010 Read more

Researchers create highly absorbing, flexible solar cells with silicon wire arrays

Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons.

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Computational modeling helps design improved membrane technology

Computational modeling tools developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology could accelerate development of a new type of membrane technology that will boost the efficiency of energy-related gas separations.

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Marriage of microfluidics and optics could advance lab-on-a-chip devices

Scalable and reusable optical detection system boasts the sensitivity of a large microscope in a much smaller, cheaper package.

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Nanoparticle smart coatings mean safer implants

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a 'smart coating' that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.

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Photons led astray

An international team headed by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light has used polarized light - light waves which oscillate in a particular plane - to design a simple model for a quantum physical random walk.

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Research at UAlbany NanoCollege contributes to over 40 technical papers at leading lithography conference

Innovative work by researchers from CNSE and its global corporate partners at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex to be featured at SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference

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Workshop on plasma etch and strip in microelectronics set for March 4-5 at MINATEC

Leti, in collaboration with CNRS/LTM, STMicroelectronics and IMEC, is organizing the 3rd Plasma Etch and Strip in Microelectronics workshop March 4-5 at MINATEC in Grenoble.

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A nanoscopic ruler made of DNA

NIM researchers from the groups of Friedrich Simmel and Philip Tinnefeld at TU and LMU Munich created a nanoscopic ruler made of DNA.

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Light commands ion channel

Researchers led by Dirk Trauner, a chemist at the University of Munich, have figured out the mechanism by which molecules with the ability to block voltage-gated ion channels can be turned on and off repeatedly by light.

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ARRA funding supports new nanomaterials research

Direct assembly of nanomaterials for highly efficient energy conversion will be the goal of a five-year, $750,000 project led by Cornell researcher David Erickson.

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European industry and science join forces to build the European Spallation Source

Senior representatives from the Danish and Swedish Governments are to speak this Friday at a major industrial conference organised by the European Spallation Source project.

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Communication tools for nanomaterial products along the value chain

Companies producing goods that contain nanomaterials need to find tools that will allow them to transfer information about the risk management of such materials down the supply chain.

February 16, 2010 Read more