"The interface is the device," Nobel laureate Herbert Kroemer famously observed, referring to the remarkable properties to be found at the junctures where layers of different materials meet. In today's burgeoning world of nanotechnology, ...
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The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which uses a fine-tipped probe to scan surfaces at the atomic scale, will soon be augmented with a chemical sensor. This involves the use of a hollow AFM cantilever, through which a liquid - in this case ...
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Some people believe that developing new manufacturing techniques for na noscale devices, like new types of epitaxy in which crystals are grown on a substrate, may in fact be more critical to producing the next generations of chips than ...
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Scientists from SLAC, Stanford and Berkeley Lab grew sheets of an exotic material in a single atomic layer and measured its electronic structure for the first time. They discovered it's a natural fit for making thin, flexible light-based ...
In 2004, a form of cancer known as neuroblastoma claimed the life of Alexandra (Alex) Scott, a little girl who gained national attention for using her lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research. Now, the organization established in ...
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Following its first series of seminars in India (in Bangalore) in 2012, UK-based equipment maker Oxford Instruments has completed its second series of seminars. Focussed on nanotechnology tools and their use in multiple fields, more than ...
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J.E. Berkowitz, LP, (JEB) announced the completion of the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) campus in Philadelphia. The high-tech research facility and laboratory features 18,000 square ...
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Iranian researchers created superhydrophobic and antibacterial properties in cotton fabrics by using silica nanoparticles and copper metallic compounds. The product has applications in various fields, including clothes, external coatings ...
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3M has announced a joint venture with Cambrios Technologies, a nanotechnology company, to produce a new line of touch sensitive screens based on silver nanowire ink developed by Cambrios. The announcement marks a move by 3M into nanowire ...
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DNA nanotechnology has become one of the great hopes of molecular manufacturing in which large-scale objects could potentially be assembled from the most basic building blocks, atom-by-atom. Research is slowly revealing that many of the ...
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An American college student has developed a self-cleaning T-shirt that is impossible to stain, foreign media reported. Using "hydrophobic nanotechnology", the fabric of the garment consists of billions of silica particles. These cause ...
Nanotech Coatings UK Limited has been appointed by Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (INI) as the exclusive UK distributor for INI's nanotechnology-based energy saving and protective coating line, Nansulate. Additionally the company will serve as a ...
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Eulitha AG (a spin-off of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland that develops nano-lithographic technologies for optoelectronics, photonics, biotechnology and data storage applications) has announced the availability of the ...
Tags: Eulitha Nanopatterning HB-LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), nanotechnology and semiconductor applications, says that the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research ...
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Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, announced today, Syndi Sim has joined the team as Director of Marketing, according to Russell ...
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