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Technology update RSS feedObducat gets $12m nanoimprint tool order
Aug 27, 2008
Photonic crystal LEDs drive interest in nanoimprint lithography
Gold nanocones prove a point
Aug 19, 2008
Field emission displays are just one of many applications for transfer printing process
Gold nanoantenna peeps at proteins
Aug 14, 2008
Rochester's nano-optics group investigates biological processes on the molecular scale
Carbon nanopipettes probe individual cells
Aug 7, 2008
Mass-produced device makes it much easier for researchers to study cell behaviour
Actuator design offers nanoimprint upgrade
Jul 24, 2008
Nanopositioning tool set to simplify ultra-high precision layer-over-layer fabrication
Electric field embeds MWCNTs in polymer
Jul 15, 2008
Dielectrophoresis is being used to develop carbon nanotube-based tissue scaffolds
MWCNT crack-bridging success continues
Jul 1, 2008
Optimized nanocomposite gives 20-fold reduction in fatigue crack propagation rate
Superconducting wire gets upgraded
Jun 20, 2008
Nanoscale defect engineering delivers 50% increase in performance
Interference fringes create sensing template
Jun 17, 2008
Large-area hybrid metallic nanostructure made using low-cost patterning process
Nanotweezers trap tiny objects
Jun 16, 2008
New devices better than traditional optical tweezers for manipulating nanoscale beads
3D microscope obtains nanoscale resolution
Jun 3, 2008
isoSTED system visualizes the interior of cells with unprecedented detail
Laser fast-tracks nanomaterial production
May 22, 2008
Rapid and continuous process yields iron oxide nanowires and nanobelts in solution
Nanojets impinge to form uniform channel
May 20, 2008
One-step process proposed for fabricating polymeric nanochannels on silicon
Silver doesn't always shine
Apr 7, 2008
Metallic films containing nanogrooves may absorb all of the light falling on them
Bio Nano Consulting launches in London
Apr 3, 2008
JV provides easy access to equipment and expertise at UCL, Imperial College and NPL
$20 DVD head images graphite terraces
Mar 13, 2008 1 comment
Off-the-shelf optical chip paves the way for low-cost atomic force microscopy
Control scheme fixes resonance problem
Mar 11, 2008
Inversion algorithm boosts nanopositioning bandwidth by more than 1 kHz
Nanotubes profile deep-surface trenches
Mar 5, 2008
AFM technique gets to grips with a major challenge facing the semiconductor industry
Nature offers up photonic nanostructure
Mar 4, 2008
Anti-reflective nanonipple arrays found on a cicada wing are replicated in polymer