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Technology update RSS feedZigzag nanowire regulates Brownian motion
Aug 31, 2011
Magnetic trap could help scientists perform microfluidic experiments
Nano pioneers give food for thought
Sep 24, 2010 1 comment
Trends in nanotechnology, quantum information and memristors were just a few of the topics up for debate at this year's Bristol Nanoscience Symposium
AFM tip 'writes' graphene nanowires
Jun 10, 2010
New, simple and fast technique could be used to make flexible electronic circuits from carbon sheets
Schottky diodes: the 'door' to future memory devices
Jun 1, 2010
Seoul National University group takes a closer look at resistance-switching random access memory (RRAM)
Scanning probe etches tiniest patterns
Apr 23, 2010 1 comment
New technique from IBM can produce features as small as just 15 nm
TR-mode AFM shares STM success
Mar 9, 2010
Torsion resonance (TR) feedback isolates performance-enhancing tip-sample interaction
Neural networks differentiate bacteria
Dec 2, 2009
Automatic recognition process exploits broadband electromechanical response of cellular organisms
Nanoscale pick-and-place
Nov 3, 2009
Design unveiled for grabbing and holding a nanoscale particle in water without touching it
Thermal noise highlights viscoelasticity in micro-cantilever
Oct 13, 2009
Custom-built interferometric AFM deflection sensor captures dissipation process
Simple route to obtaining dielectric constants at the nanoscale
Oct 6, 2009
Method can be applied using any commercial AFM to quantify the dielectric constant of thin films
Nanodiamonds are a NSOM's best friend
Oct 1, 2009
"Active" diamond nanocrystal tips provide high resolution images of metallic nanostructures
Heat nanopatterns organic semiconductors
Sep 17, 2009
Hot AFM probe can pattern sub-30 nm structures
Emission spectra track meniscus growth
Sep 3, 2009
STM analysis of zeptolitre water column could benefit dip-pen nanolithography and other scanning probe techniques
AFM reveals molecules in all their glory
Sep 1, 2009
Modified form of atomic force microscopy gives chemical signature of molecules
Surface rubbing converts carbon layers into nanostructures
Aug 18, 2009
Triboprobe-equipped TEM captures friction and fatigue at work in real-time
Friction keeps molecular motors on track
Aug 18, 2009
Biophysicists gain a better understanding of motion in living cells
Exposing the flaw in Planck’s law
Aug 11, 2009
A novel cantilever uncovers a tremendous hike in radiation transfer at the nanoscale
All-metal probes advance AFM capabilities
Aug 6, 2009
Optimized copper-hafnium glassy film provides practical solution to fabrication problem
T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity
Jul 9, 2009
High-speed atomic force microscopy maps out flexible protein regions to provide basis for future drug development
Fluidic self-assembly adds nano-architecture to flexible substrates
Jul 8, 2009
Easy to make, bendable SWNT networks suit nanotube-polymer based sensors, field effect transistors, interconnects and more