News tagged with force microscope

New DNA sensors could identify cancer using graphene

Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

New molecular force probe stretches molecules, atom by atom

Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or compressed.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Making a Point: Picoscale Stability in a Room-Temperature AFM

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget dancing angels, a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU) has shown how to detect and monitor the tiny amount ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (40) | comments 1

Researchers create atomic-sized one-stop shop for nanoelectronics (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale one-stop shop, a single platform for creating electronics at a nearly single-atom scale that could yield advanced forms of such technologically ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Tension in the nanoworld

(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tension in the nanoworld: Infrared light visualizes nanoscale strain fields

(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0