Electronics takes on a new spin
Researchers at MIT find a way to observe and control the way electrons spin on the surface of exotic new materials.
Dec 5th, 2011
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Soft thermoelectric conversion devices fabricated by printing
Researchers have developed a technology for printing thermoelectric conversion devices onto flexible substrates such as plastic films and papers. The technology adds high flexibility to the thermoelectric conversion devices by turning them into film devices, allowing their installation to be unrestricted by the shapes of the objects onto which they are installed.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreSeparating a single-layer of quantum dots with insulation increases efficiency
Using an atomic layer deposition process, researchers at Harvard University have developed a way to separate individual quantum dots within a single layer with an aluminum oxide insulating layer. The best metaphor is a carton of eggs, with the CdSe/ZnS QDs representing the eggs and the Al2O3 layer representing the cardboard spacers in between them.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreComputer simulations predict new carbon materials that are stiffer than carbon nanotubes and tougher than diamond
Carbon nanotubes are known for their remarkable mechanical and electrical properties - but can these properties be improved upon? Calculations have now shown that three-dimensional arrays of nanotubes could have strikingly enhanced mechanical and electronic properties.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreProtein electronics
Similar proteins demonstrate different charge transport characteristics offering a route to biological electronic devices.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreVarious stimuli causes a single luminescent liquid-crystalline material to emit three different colors
Researchers in Japan have developed a photoluminescent liquid-crystalline material that can switch between three colors in response to both mechanical and thermal stimuli.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreMagnetoresistance: Silicon joins the party
Magnetoresistance in silicon can be enhanced to match that of commercial devices by designing appropriate device geometries.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreRecord high two million gold nanoparticles inserted into a single cancer cell
By changing the organic molecule that coats gold nanorods, scientists at Rice University in Houston have increased the number of gold nanorods inserted into a single, living cell to over 2 million. The previous record was 150,000. This achievement could greatly improve photothermal therapy for cancer, which uses near-IR light to heat nanorods inside cancer cells to destroy them.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreVirginia Tech's Rylander wins national biomedical engineering award
Biomedical engineer Marissa Nichole Rylander, associate professor jointly appointed in the mechanical engineering department and Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, at Virginia Tech is the recipient of the 2012 Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award.
Dec 5th, 2011
Read moreSenate approves $50 million for nanotechnology R+D at UAlbany
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Armed Services Committee, secured Senate approval for an increased focus onnanotechnology research by the Defense Department, including a study to determine the need for a center for nanotechnology.
Dec 2nd, 2011
Read moreResearchers create "squeezed' quantum vacuum filled with atoms
Based on a new detection method to access previously unobtainable measurements in atomic gases.
Dec 2nd, 2011
Read moreGiant piezoelectric effect to improve MEMS devices
Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from universities and national laboratories across the U.S. who have fabricated piezoelectric thin films with record-setting properties.
Dec 2nd, 2011
Read moreChallenges and opportunities for structural DNA nanotechnology
A recent review in the edition of Nature Nanotechnology examines the technical challenges in the field of structural DNA nanotechnology and outlines some of the promising applications that could be developed if these hurdles can be overcome.
Dec 2nd, 2011
Read morePhotovoltaik: Sonnige Aussichten
Mit der Konferenz "Next Generation Solar Energy - From Fundamentals to Applications" ist es der Bayern Innovativ GmbH und ihren Partnern erstmals gelungen, mehr als 40 der international renommiertesten Photovoltaik-Wissenschaftler und Entwickler aus innovativen Unternehmen bei einem Kongress in Deutschland zusammenzufuehren.
Dec 2nd, 2011
Read moreInstant nanodots grow on silicon to form sensing array
New methods for creating 3D nanostructures deposited on an array of regularly spaced indentations on the surface of silicon films opens the door for innovative nanosensors.
Dec 2nd, 2011
Read moreA novel way to concentrate sun's heat
MIT researchers find a way to generate power without the usual mirror arrays.
Dec 2nd, 2011
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