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Ultrasonically Propelled Nanorods Spin Dizzyingly Fast
July 22, 2014 — Vibrate a solution of rod-shaped metal nanoparticles in water with ultrasound and they'll spin around their long axes like tiny drill bits. Why? No one yet knows exactly. But researchers have ... full story -
Quantum Leap in Lasers Brightens Future for Quantum Computing
July 22, 2014 — Scientists have devised a breakthrough laser that uses a single artificial atom to generate and emit particles of light. The laser may play a crucial role in the development of quantum computers, ... full story -
Scientists Use Simple, Low Cost Laser Technique to Improve Properties and Functions of Nanomaterials
July 22, 2014 — By ‘drawing’ micropatterns on nanomaterials using a focused laser beam, scientists could modify properties of nanomaterials for effective applications in photonic and optoelectric ... full story -
Understanding Graphene's Electrical Properties on an Atomic Level
July 21, 2014 — For the first time, researchers have used a cutting-edge microscope to study the relationship between the atomic geometry of a ribbon of graphene and its electrical ... full story -
Chemists Eye Improved Thin Films With Metal Substitution
July 21, 2014 — The yield so far is small, but chemists have developed a low-energy, solution-based mineral substitution process to make a precursor to transparent thin films that could find use in electronics and ... full story -
Carbyne Morphs When Stretched: Calculations Show Carbon-Atom Chain Would Go Metal to Semiconductor
July 21, 2014 — Applying just the right amount of tension to a chain of carbon atoms can turn it from a metallic conductor to an insulator. The research has implications for mechanically activated nanoscale ... full story -
More Than Glitter: How Gold Nanoparticles Easily Penetrate Cells, Making Them Useful for Delivering Drugs
July 21, 2014 — A special class of tiny gold particles can easily slip through cell membranes, making them good candidates to deliver drugs directly to target cells. Scientists can now explain how gold nanoparticles ... full story -
'Nanocamera' Takes Pictures at Distances Smaller Than Light's Own Wavelength
July 17, 2014 — Researchers have demonstrated that an array of novel gold, pillar-bowtie nanoantennas can be used like traditional photographic film to record light for distances that are much smaller than the ... full story -
Clearing the Way for Extremely Efficient Solar Cells: First Ab Initio Method for Characterizing Hot Carriers
July 17, 2014 — Researchers have developed the first ab initio method for characterizing the properties of 'hot carriers' in semiconductors. This should help clear a major road block to the development of ... full story -
New Method Created to Draw Molecules from Live Cells
July 17, 2014 — A new method for extracting molecules from live cells without disrupting cell development has been devised by scientists, work that could provide new avenues for the diagnosis of cancer and other ... full story -
An Anti-Glare, Anti-Reflective Display for Mobile Devices?
July 16, 2014 — If you've ever tried to watch a video on a tablet on a sunny day, you know you have to tilt it at just the right angle to get rid of glare or invest in a special filter. But now scientists are ... full story -
Extending Moore's Law: Shrinking Transistor Size for Smaller, More Efficient Computers
July 15, 2014 — Over the years, computer chips have gotten smaller thanks to advances in materials science and manufacturing technologies. This march of progress, the doubling of transistors on a microprocessor ... full story -
3-D Nanostructure Could Benefit Nanoelectronics, Gas Storage: Functional Advantages of 3-D Boron Nitride Predicted
July 15, 2014 — A three-dimensional porous nanostructure would have a balance of strength, toughness and ability to transfer heat that could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage and composite materials that perform ... full story -
New Materials for Future Green Tech Devices
July 15, 2014 — Thermoelectric devices, which convert heat to electricity and vice versa, can harness that wasted heat, and possibly provide the green tech energy efficiency that's needed for a sustainable ... full story -
Labs Characterize Carbon for Lithion-Ion Batteries
July 14, 2014 — Researchers have found a universal descriptor of charge-transfer binding properties for carbon-based lithium-ion batteries. The model is based on intrinsic electronic characteristics of materials ... full story -
Researchers Demonstrate Novel, Tunable Nanoantennas
July 14, 2014 — Scientists have developed a novel, tunable nanoantenna that paves the way for new kinds of plasmonic-based optomechanical systems, whereby plasmonic field enhancement can actuate mechanical motion. ... full story -
Nano-Sized Silicon Oxide Electrode for the Next Generation Lithium Ion Batteries
July 14, 2014 — A new article reports on an approach with industrial potential to produce nano-sized composite silicon-based powders as negative electrodes for the next generation lithium ion ... full story -
Technology Produces Clean-Burning Hydrogen Fuel Cheaply Using Carbon Nanotubes
July 14, 2014 — Researchers have developed a technology that could overcome a major cost barrier to make clean-burning hydrogen fuel -- a fuel that could replace expensive and environmentally harmful fossil fuels. ... full story -
Researchers Discover Boron 'Buckyball'
July 13, 2014 — The discovery of buckyballs -- soccer-ball-shaped molecules of carbon -- helped usher in the nanotechnology era. Now, researchers have shown that boron, carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, ... full story -
Silicon Oxide for Better Computer Memory: Use of Porous Silicon Oxide Reduces Forming Voltage, Improves Manufacturability
July 10, 2014 — A breakthrough silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory is one step closer to mass production, thanks to a refinement that will allow manufacturers to fabricate ... full story
- Ultrasonically propelled nanorods spin dizzyingly fast
- Quantum leap in lasers brightens future for quantum computing
- Scientists use simple, low cost laser technique to improve properties and functions of nanomaterials
- Understanding graphene's electrical properties on an atomic level
- Chemists eye improved thin films with metal substitution
- Carbyne morphs when stretched: Calculations show carbon-atom chain would go metal to semiconductor
- More than glitter: How gold nanoparticles easily penetrate cells, making them useful for delivering drugs
- 'Nanocamera' takes pictures at distances smaller than light's own wavelength
- Clearing the way for extremely efficient solar cells: First ab initio method for characterizing hot carriers
- New method created to draw molecules from live cells
- Extending Moore's Law: Shrinking transistor size for smaller, more efficient computers
- 3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
- New materials for future green tech devices
- Labs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
- Researchers demonstrate novel, tunable nanoantennas
- Nano-sized silicon oxide electrode for the next generation lithium ion batteries
- Technology produces clean-burning hydrogen fuel cheaply using carbon nanotubes
- Silicon oxide for better computer memory: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability
- Advancing the limits for ultrafast nano-devices
- 'Nano-pixels' promise thin, flexible, high resolution displays
- Projecting a three-dimensional future based on nanoantennas
- Chemists develop novel catalyst with two functions
- Even geckos can lose their grip
- Using sand to improve battery performance
- Nanotechnology: Paving the way for electronic applications
- Solar cells: Powered by nanoholes
- Nano-optics: Getting the most out of tiny lasers
- Silicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance
- Nanoparticles used to enhance chemotherapy
- Mystery of the printed diode solved
- Building much smaller, greener electronics: Atom-scale, ultra-low-power computing devices to replace transistor circuits
- Ultra-cold atom transport made simple
- DNA origami nano-tool provides important clue to cancer
- How knots can swap positions on a DNA strand
- With 'ribbons' of graphene, width matters: A narrow enough ribbon will transform a high-performance conductor into a semiconductor
- Artificial cilia: Scientists develop nano-structured transportation system
- Researchers invent 'meta mirror' to help advance nonlinear optical systems
- Squid sucker ring teeth material could aid reconstructive surgery, serve as eco-packaging
- Superconducting-silicon qubits: Using a bottom-up approach to make hybrid quantum devices
- New metamaterial gives light a one-way ticket
- Bolstering batteries with nanotubes
- Bringing the bling to antibacterials: New way to combat bacterial biofilm formation with titanium encrusted with gold nanoparticles
- Weave a cell phone into your shirt? Engineers envision an electronic switch just three atoms thick
- Scientists engineer nanoparticles to prevent bone cancer, strengthen bones
- Energy storage technology: More pores for more power
- Artificial enzyme mimics natural detoxification mechanism in liver cells
- Smashing new look at nanoribbons: Researchers unzip nanotubes by shooting them at 15,000 mph
- Interlayer distance in graphite oxide gradually changes when water is added
- Scientists develop force sensor from carbon nanotubes
- Silver in the washing machine: Nano-coatings release almost no nano-particles, experts say
- Let there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals for writing tablets, billboards and more
- Deeper insights into protein folding
- 'Nanosubmarine' designed that delivers complementary molecules inside cells
- Nanoscale ruler reveals organization of cell membrane
- Eco-friendly versatile nanocapsules developed
- Using femtosecond lasers to administer drugs
- Innovation: Magnetic field conductors
- Nanoscale velcro used for molecule transport
- Nanoparticles could provide easier route for cell therapy
- Metal particles in solids aren't as fixed as they seem, new memristor study shows
- Sound waves harnessed to enable precision micro- and nano-manufacturing
- Sharper imaging using X-rays
- Measuring the mass of 'massless' electrons: Individual electrons in graphene are massless, but apparently not when they move together
- Previously unknown form of magnesium carbide synthesized
- Organ network in transparent chip for detailed study of how cancer cells spread
- Theoretical and experimental demonstration of the electrocatalytic activity of boron nitride thin films for oxygen reduction reaction
- Formation of organic thin-film transistors through room-temperature printing
- Move over, silicon, there's a new circuit in town
- Scientists predict fermionic matter in a previously unknown state
- Novel nanoparticle production method could lead to better lights, lenses, solar cells
- Ultra-thin wires for quantum computing
- Nanoshell shields foreign enzymes used to starve cancer cells from immune system
- Trapping light: A long lifetime in a very small place
- Glucose monitoring for diabetes made easy with a blood-less method
- Manipulating and detecting ultrahigh frequency sound waves: 1,000 times higher resolution ultrasound images possible
- Chemical sensor on a chip created to test chemical composition of liquids
- New composite protects from corrosion at high mechanical stress
- Improvements in MRI, passenger screening, other image-detection applications on the horizon
- DNA-linked nanoparticles form switchable 'thin films' on a liquid surface
- Charging portable electronics in 10 minutes: New architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes far outperform the current standard
- Technology using microwave heating may impact electronics manufacturing
- Nanoparticle thin films that self-assemble in one minute
- Designing ion 'highway systems' for batteries
- Stem cells a soft touch for nano-engineered biomaterials
- Seeing how a lithium-ion battery works
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