Frontpage » Tag » sio2

News tagged with sio2

New radiation therapy promises relief for overheating laptops

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3




Search results for sio2


X-rays create a window on glass formation: First ever visualization of how powder becomes molten glass

Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possible to produce high quality glass at lower temperatures, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Graphene: Potential for modelling cell membrane systems

At Toyohashi University of Technology the intriguing properties of graphene—a single atomic-layer of carbon—such as high electron mobility and fluorescence quenching are being exploited for biosensing ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technique lights up the creation of holograms

Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (Japan) have developed a unique way to create full-color holograms with the aid of surface plasmons.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (37) | comments 1

Elements of ExoPlanets

By looking at the wavelengths of light from nearby stars, researchers have determined the abundance of certain elements for more than a hundred stars. Trace elements in such stars may influence their habitable ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Method that can validate nuclear collision models benefits IAEA

A novel technique for materials research is unexpectedly also contributing to the nuclear safety efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Dr. Weilin ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Graphene ink created for ink-jet printing of electronic components

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of UK scientists has created a graphene ink that can be used to ink-jet print electronic devices such as thin film transistors.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Researchers show that gold doping increases nickel catalyst activity for carbon nanostructure formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the CNST and Arizona State University have demonstrated that the overall catalytic activity of nickel particles for the formation of carbon nanostructures is improved by the addition of a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better insulation makes phase-change memory work faster, more efficiently

The perfect data storage solution should offer fast access to data, maintain data in the absence of external power, and be able to withstand large numbers of read–write cycles. Phase-change random access ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Boron nitride is a promising path to practical graphene devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a two-dimensional honeycomb of carbon, just one atom thick, whose intriguing electronic properties include very high electron mobility and very low resistivity. Graphene is so ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Segregation behaviors and radial distribution of dopant atoms in silicon nanowires

National Institute for Material Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency and University of Tsukuba announced on February 4, 2011 that they succeeded in detecting nondestructively dynamic behaviors of doped impurities ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


List of search results for sio2