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Individual Light Atoms, Such as Carbon and Oxygen, Identified With New Microscope
March 24, 2010 — Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers have obtained the first images that distinguish individual light atoms such as boron, carbon, nitrogen and ... > full story -
Layered Graphene Sheets Could Solve Hydrogen Storage Issues
March 17, 2010 — Stacked sheets of graphene may be a promising material for capturing and storing hydrogen for future fuel-cell systems according to recent ... > full story -
Battery Boost: Lithium-Ion Anode Uses Self-Assembled Nanocomposite Materials to Increase Capacity
March 15, 2010 — A new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications from ... > full story -
Boost for Technology: Huge Step Toward Mass Production of Coveted Form of Carbon
March 10, 2010 — Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revolutionizing electronics devices ranging from ... > full story -
Big Power from Tiny Wires: Carbon Nanotubes Can Produce Powerful Waves That Could Be Harnessed for New Energy Systems
March 7, 2010 — Scientists have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead to a new way of ... > full story -
Graphene Hybrid: One-Atom-Thick Sheet Offers New Microelectronic Possibilities
March 1, 2010 — Researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials ... > full story -
New Graphene 'Nanomesh' Could Change the Future of Electronics
February 26, 2010 — Scientists have created a new graphene nanostructure called the graphene nanomesh (GNM). The new structure is able to open up a band gap in a large sheet of graphene to create a highly uniform ... > full story -
Stellar, Metal-Free Way to Make Carbon Nanotubes
February 24, 2010 — Space apparently has its own recipe for making carbon nanotubes, one of the most intriguing contributions of nanotechnology here on Earth, and metals are conspicuously missing from the list of ... > full story -
Quantifying the Electron Transport Effects of Placing Metal Contacts Onto Graphene
February 24, 2010 — Using large-scale supercomputer calculations, researchers have analyzed how the placement of metallic contacts on graphene changes the electron transport properties of the material as a factor of ... > full story -
A Step Towards Germanium Nanoelectronics
February 17, 2010 — The use of germanium instead of silicon as basic material of transistors would enable faster chips containing smaller transistors. However, a number of problems still have to be solved. Transistors ... > full story
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