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Nanocables light way to the future: Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cables made of carbon nanotubes are inching toward electrical conductivities seen in metal wires, and that may light up interest among a range of industries, according to Rice University researchers.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Tiny wires change behavior at nanoscale

Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities don't necessarily apply to the same wires at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small wires make big connections for microelectronics

University of Illinois engineers have developed a novel direct-writing method for manufacturing metal interconnects that could shrink integrated circuits and expand microelectronics.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes hold promise for delivering medicine directly to a tumor; acting as sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron; replacing costly platinum in ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Discovery about behavior of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and a holons.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (40) | comments 7