News tagged with resonance frequencies
Unique approach to materials allows temperature-stable circuits
(Phys.org) -- Sandia National Laboratories researcher Steve Dai jokes that his approach to creating materials whose properties won’t degenerate during temperature swings is a lot like cooking — mixing ...
May 31, 2012 |
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New research could mean faster computers and better mobile phones
Graphene and carbon nanotubes could improve the electronics used in computers and mobile phones, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 14, 2012 |
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Toppling Raman shift in supercritical carbon dioxide
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as a wine glass vibrates and sometimes breaks when a diva sings the right note, carbon dioxide vibrates when light or heat serenades it. When it does, carbon dioxide exhibits a vibrational ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Innovation promises expanded roles for microsensors
Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food processing.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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New biosensor is based on a nanowire crystal array
(PhysOrg.com) -- A quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies disease markers or other molecules in low-concentration solutions could be the result of a Cornell-developed nanomechanical biosensor, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 09, 2011 |
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NIST tunes 'metasurface' with fluid in new concept for sensing and chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like an opera singer hitting a note that shatters a glass, a signal at a particular resonant frequency can concentrate energy in a material and change its properties. And as with 18th century ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Innovative microactuators: Compact 3.5 mm cubic rotary-linear piezoelectric actuator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microactuators are critical components for industrial applications such as MEMS, micro-medical devices, and microrobotics. However, the fabrication of increasingly sophisticated, millimeter ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Physicists discover ultrasensitive microwave detector
Physicists from Rice University and Princeton University have discovered how to use one of the information technology industry's mainstay materials -- gallium arsenide semiconductors -- as an ultrasensitive microwave detector ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Panasonic, Imec present new thin film packaged MEMS resonator
Panasonic and imec present at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco an innovative SiGe (silicon germanium) thin film packaged SOI-based MEMS resonator featuring an industry-record Q factor ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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In Brief: Quantum dot-Induced transparency
Using rigorous and realistic numerical simulations, staff in the Nanophotonics and Theory and Modeling groups at the Argonne National Laboratory have recently demonstrated that a single semiconductor nanocrystal, ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Flexible wings driven by simple oscillation may be viable for efficient micro air vehicles
In the future, tiny air vehicles may be able to fly through cracks in concrete to search for earthquake victims, explore a contaminated building or conduct surveillance missions for the military. But today, ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Magnetic vortex memory shows memory potential of nanodots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using magnetic nanodots in the vortex state, researchers have designed a new kind of non-volatile memory that could offer increased speed and density for next-generation non-volatile random ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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New sensor exploits traditional weakness of nano devices
By taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos Datskos is developing a chemical and biological sensor with ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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A Tiny Cage of Gold Responds to Light, Opening to Empty Its Contents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a polymer-coated gold nanocage that not only opens in response to light to release a small amount of a drug payload, but then closes when the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Sony develops highly efficient wireless power transfer system based on magnetic resonance
Sony Corp. today announced the development of a highly efficient wireless power transfer system that eliminates the use of power cables from electronic products such as television sets. Using this system, ...
Oct 02, 2009 |
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