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Technology update RSS feedCorrosion carves out complex 3D nanostructures
Dec 9, 2011 1 comment
New technique can produce nanocages, boxes and other hollow structures
Making CNTs biocompatible
Dec 2, 2011
Carbon nanotube networks can be formed on biopolymer-coated substrates
Nanocages could help treat tumours
Dec 1, 2011
Photoacoustic tomography shows how the nanostructures accumulate in lymph nodes
Graphene absorbs infrared light
Nov 28, 2011
The carbon-based material could find use in terahertz and photonics applications
Fano resonances help characterize proteins
Nov 25, 2011
New optical metamaterial ideal for biosensing applications
Super-resolution microscope coming to a lab near you
Nov 25, 2011 1 comment
Max Planck Society to commercialize latest breakthrough
Quantum dots and solar cells
Nov 18, 2011
Cooling rate of "hot carriers" is important in these applications
Graphene goes magnetic
Nov 17, 2011
Hydrogenated nanopore arrays of the carbon-based material show room-temperature ferromagnetism
Designer 'magnetoplasmonics' on the horizon
Nov 14, 2011
A fundamentally new property has been discovered in nanoscale metallic ferromagnets
InAs membranes could compete with Si MOSFETs
Nov 11, 2011
Researchers develop a new class of 2D semiconductor
Four-wheel nanocar takes to the road
Nov 11, 2011
Tiny transporter consists of molecular motor fuelled by electron microscope
Growing new types of silicon nanowire
Nov 10, 2011
Electronic properties of novel polytypes could benefit applications like solar cells
Silicon carbide shows promise for quantum computing
Nov 4, 2011
Electron spin states in material's point defects could be exploited as qubits
Single-cell analyses may improve cancer treatment
Nov 3, 2011
A new way to measure enzyme activity sheds light on how tumour cells behave
How to make graphene
Nov 1, 2011
James Dacey visits Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselev's laboratory at the University of Manchester, UK
Graphene oxide encourages cells to grow
Oct 28, 2011
Could carbon-based material be used in tissue engineering and biomedicine?
Quantum dots may be less stable than thought
Oct 27, 2011 2 comments
Semiconductor nanoparticles might not be so good after all for imaging biological cells
CNT nano-springs make skin-like sensor
Oct 26, 2011 1 comment
New carbon nanotube-based material could find applications in prosthetics, robotics and touch-sensitive displays