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Technology update RSS feedActuator design offers nanoimprint upgrade Jul 24, 2008
Nanopositioning tool set to simplify ultra-high precision layer-over-layer fabrication
Microscopy reveals hidden nanostructures Jul 23, 2008
New imaging technique allows deep nanoscale features to be unearthed
Chiral structures record laser helicity Jul 22, 2008
Tiny propeller-like structures formed in fused silica reveal the handedness of polarized light
Electrochemistry facilitates nanoparticle production Jul 21, 2008
Solid metals transformed into tiny particles in one easy step
Graphene has record-breaking strength Jul 18, 2008
Material's stiffness is 'off the chart'
Graphene substrate reveals hydrogen atoms Jul 17, 2008
2D carbon support allows light atoms such as hydrogen to be observed using TEM
CNTs reinforce alumina composites Jul 17, 2008
Pitted carbon nanotubes may help to "lock" material together
Magnetic refrigeration materials resist oxidation Jul 16, 2008
No need to encapsulate DyCo2 nanoparticles
Electric field embeds MWCNTs in polymer Jul 15, 2008
Dielectrophoresis is being used to develop carbon nanotube-based tissue scaffolds
Nanowire quantum dot counts electrons Jul 14, 2008
New current measuring technique could compete with conventional methods
Fullerene resist appeals to green scientists Jul 11, 2008
Water-soluble lithography resist delivers 30-35 nm features
Nano-imaging technique reveals catalyst secrets Jul 10, 2008
Method could be used to image a wide range of technological materials
C60 transistors show high-electron mobility at last Jul 9, 2008 1 comment
n-channel FETs could find use in large-area organic electronics
Ultrasmall nanoparticles pin-point cancer Jul 8, 2008
Functionalized nanoparticles show promise as disease-specific MRI contrast agents
Nanotubes get sorted Jul 7, 2008
Surface grabs hold of semiconducting tubes but leaves metallic ones alone
Nanowires make bendy solar cells Jul 4, 2008
Devices could find applications in mobile phone chargers, clothes and umbrellas
CNTs take the heat out of LEDs Jul 3, 2008
Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes help high-brightness LEDs to stay cool
NEMS device gets active Jul 2, 2008
New nanomechanical resonator does not need external driving source to keep working
MWCNT crack-bridging success continues Jul 1, 2008
Optimized nanocomposite gives 20-fold reduction in fatigue crack propagation rate
Magnetic nanoparticles seek out artery plaques Jun 30, 2008
MRI-assisted imaging technique could help in fight against heart disease