News tagged with nanodevice
3-D view of 1-D nanostructures
Semiconductor gallium nitride nanowires show great promise in the next generation of nano- and optoelectronic systems. Recently, researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering have found new piezoelectric ...
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The molecular force is with this team
Xiaohui “Frank” Zhang is integrating physics, immunology and biology to develop a “nanodevice” that could provide a new treatment for stroke, thrombosis and atherosclerosis.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Building chips from collapsing nanopillars
By turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Atom-thick sheets unlock future technologies
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way of splitting layered materials, similar to graphite, into sheets of material just one atom thick could lead to revolutionary new electronic and energy storage technologies.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 03, 2011 |
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With chemical modification, stable RNA nanoparticles go 3-D
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, RNA has seemed an elusive tool in nanotechnology research -- easily manipulated into a variety of structures, yet susceptible to quick destruction when confronted with a commonly ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Scientists demonstrate more efficient way to connect nanoparticles for single-electron devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- By connecting single nano-objects together, scientists can fabricate tiny solid-state devices through which a precisely controlled single-electron current can flow. In the past several years, ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Solving single molecule mobility
Nanotechnologists assemble intricate nanodevices, such as computer chips, molecule by molecule using ‘bottom-up’ techniques that mirror nature. One approach shuttles molecules along surfaces into ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Researchers create self-assembling nanodevices that move and change shape on demand
By emulating nature's design principles, a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has created nanodevices made of DNA that self-assemble ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Glass electrodes used in nanoscale pump
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of engineers from the U.S. and South Korea has developed what is believed to be the smallest man-made pump ever built, powered by a glass electrode. The pump is about the same size ...
May 17, 2010 |
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Graphene transistor could advance nanodevices
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, scientists and researchers have been looking into the properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene for use in nanoelectronics. "There is no real mass application of devices based ...
May 11, 2010 |
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New approach could produce multifunction nanodevices
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed a new approach for creating powerful nanodevices, and their discoveries could pave the way for other researchers to begin more widespread ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Friction force differences offer new means for manipulating nanotubes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanotubes and nanowires are promising building blocks for future integrated nanoelectronic and photonic circuits, nanosensors, interconnects and electro-mechanical nanodevices. But some fundamental ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Closing the terahertz gap could lead to better nanodevices
(PhysOrg.com) -- "The terahertz regime has become of particular interest simply because it may allow us to look into materials in a completely new way," Diego Kienle tells PhysOrg.com. "This regime, which lies between microw ...
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Researchers Pressing on in Their Mission to Power the Nanodevices of Tomorrow
(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when they're placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Scientists Discover Light Force with 'Push' Power
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled ...
Jul 13, 2009 |
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