An air-breathing bio-battery has been constructed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. The core element providing the new power source with ...

Chemistry - Other

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Carbon-based nanomaterials have unique properties that make them useful for many technical applications, including lightweight construction, electronics, energy generation, environmental technology, ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 3 |

(Phys.org)—A research team from Stanford University led by associate professor Subhasish Mitra and headed by Professor Philip Wong, has demonstrated a computer chip based on transistors made out of carbon nanotubes. The ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

Researchers at Rice University and Sandia National Laboratories have made a nanotube-based photodetector that gathers light in and beyond visible wavelengths. It promises to make possible a unique set of ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 27, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 1 |

(Phys.org)—They can absorb vast amounts of oil or organic compounds, yet they are nearly as light as air: highly porous solids made of a three-dimensional network of carbon nanotubes. In the journal Angewandte Ch ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—University at Buffalo engineers have created a more efficient way to catch rainbows, an advancement in photonics that could lead to technological breakthroughs in solar energy, stealth technology ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Feb 15, 2013 4.8 / 5 (9) 3 |

(Phys.org)—Single-walled carbon nanotubes may one day replace the silicon in electronics, but in order to do so, the nanotubes must be aligned in dense arrays for optimal performance. So far, the highest ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 14, 2013 4.5 / 5 (13) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Got a "little crush" on someone this Valentine's Day? Maybe you've been hit by a little arrow belonging to this cupid made from carbon nanotubes by Brigham Young University physics students.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 13, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org)—The first fruits of a cooperative venture between scientists at Rice University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have appeared in a paper that brings together ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Maryland have succeeded in creating a transistor using a new kind of paper as a base. As the team describes in their paper published in the journal ACS Nano, they w ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

It would be a terrible thing if laboratories striving to grow graphene from carbon atoms kept winding up with big pesky diamonds.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jan 31, 2013 4.9 / 5 (13) 15 |

(Phys.org)—Ken Shepard, a professor of electrical engineering, believes there is nowhere else in the world where he could do what he does. "Imagine a convergence of semiconductor technology and biotechnology. ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 30, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

By achieving the synthesis of a novel nanohybrid structure by means of the pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique, Professor My Ali El Khakani and his team paved the way for a new generation of optoelectronic materials. The ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jan 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes that may simplify absolute measurements of laser power, especially ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Some types of carbon nanotubes used for strengthening plastics and other materials may have an adverse effect on soil microbiology and soil microbial processes, a Purdue University study shows.

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |