Workshop Goals: To establish a better understanding of current applications and clearly define immediate and projected informatics infrastructure needs for the nanotechnology community.
Jun 21st, 2012
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Memory devices for computers require a large collection of components that can switch between two states, which represent the 1's and 0's of binary language. Engineers hope to make next-generation chips with materials that distinguish between these states by physically rearranging their atoms into different phases. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have now provided new insight into how this phase change happens, which could help engineers make memory storage devices faster and more efficient.
Jun 21st, 2012
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Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have shown that subjecting graphene to mechanical strain can mimic the effects of magnetic fields and create a quantum dot, an exotic type of semiconductor with a wide range of potential uses in electronic devices.
Jun 21st, 2012
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Researchers at the University have developed new methods to track stem cells and further understanding of what happens to them after they have been in the body for a significant period of time.
Jun 21st, 2012
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In a new study, Brown University engineers report that when they used selenium nanoparticles to coat polycarbonate, the material of catheters and endotracheal tubes, the results were significant reductions in cultured populations of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, sometimes by as much as 90 percent.
Jun 21st, 2012
Read moreRice University's fluorescent nanotube coating can reveal stress on planes, bridges, buildings.
Jun 21st, 2012
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Rice University researchers reveal details of 'closed-edge graphene nanoribbons'.
Jun 21st, 2012
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New type of photovoltaic device harnesses heat radiation that most solar cells ignore.
Jun 21st, 2012
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Researchers have introduced a particularly clever biosensor concept: print on one side of the paper, fold it up origami-style, laminate it, and the test is ready. Test evaluation requires only a voltmeter.
Jun 21st, 2012
Read moreGraphen ist das wohl d�nnste Netz der Welt - und zeichnet sich doch durch seine Festigkeit aus. Eine neue Studie zeigt, dass dieses zweidimensionale Gitter aus Kohlenstoff-Atomen sogar Licht gefangen nehmen kann.
Jun 21st, 2012
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For the first time ever, a German team of physicists has observed the race of two electrons that are liberated from atoms in the course of photoionization, i.e. under the influence of laser radiation.
Jun 21st, 2012
Read moreScientists are reporting development and successful testing of a fabric coating that would give new meaning to the phrase "stain-resistant" - a coating that would take an active role in sloughing off grease, dirt, strong acids and other gunk.
Jun 20th, 2012
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Wall-climbing robots, bioadhesives or other sticky substances can benefit greatly from a recent discovery about the self-cleaning and reuse abilities of a gecko's foot hair by a University of Akron graduate student-researcher and his partners.
Jun 20th, 2012
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An international team of scientists performing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments at ALS Beamline 7.0.1 have found that composite particles called plasmarons play a vital role in determining graphene's properties.
Jun 20th, 2012
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Scientists visualize the trapping and confinement of light on graphene, making a sheet of carbon atoms the most promising candidate for optical information processing on the nano-scale, optical detection, and ultrafast optoelectronics.
Jun 20th, 2012
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Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, and the Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Lille developed a low cost method for manufacturing multilayered graphene sheets. The new method does not require any specialized equipment and can be implemented in any laboratory.
Jun 20th, 2012
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