Silicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation of these future devices, and a wide array ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 11, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists with Berkeley Lab?s Molecular Foundry have developed a nanowire-based imaging technique by which atomic force microscopy could be used to study biological cells and other soft materials in their ...
Nanophysics
Apr 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory have demonstrated that a simpler technique for calibrating lateral sensitivity in an atomic ...
Nanophysics
Mar 29, 2012
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Working with a device that slightly resembles a microscopically tiny tuning fork, researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have recently developed coupled microcantilevers that can make mass measurements on the order ...
Nanophysics
Jun 2, 2015
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(Phys.org) —A high-power atomic force microscope that could revolutionize the study of materials at high temperatures and pressures is coming into focus in a Wright State University lab.
Nanophysics
Jul 1, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A key step in many nanofabrication processes is to create thin films, sometimes only one molecule thick, by a method known as atomic layer deposition. Researchers at Cornell and Tel Aviv University have developed ...
Nanophysics
Dec 10, 2010
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Illinois researchers have developed a new kind of electro-thermal nanoprobe that can independently control voltage and temperature at a nanometer-scale point contact. It can also measure the temperature-dependent voltage ...
Nanophysics
Dec 19, 2011
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Where biology, chemistry and physics intersect, a Kansas State University professor expects to find applications to improve human health.
Nanophysics
Jul 6, 2009
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Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used to analyze materials for ...
Nanophysics
Jan 12, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Cornell researchers have discovered that a protein known for moving cells around in the body also helps regulate a cellular organelle responsible for generating one-third of all proteins in the human body.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 21, 2012
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