News tagged with voltage patterning

MEMS thermal sensor detects pre-atherosclerotic lesions

A new study published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering shows that a MEMS thermal sensor deployed by an angiogram catheter can detect the earliest stages of atherosclerosis. The MEMS thermal sensor used convective heat t ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4 feature




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Wearable electronics - the next fashion fad?

(Phys.org) -- When most of us think of electronics, we think of the sturdy stability of silicon and plastic. Flexibility is a trait that belongs to the organic world, where materials come in all shapes and ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum dot LEDs get brighter, more efficient

(Phys.org) -- While quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are not made of organic materials, they share many of the same advantages as organic LEDs (OLEDs). For instance, both QLEDs and OLEDs outshine ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 11 | with audio podcast feature

Process makes polymers truly plastic

Just as a chameleon changes its color to blend in with its environment, Duke University engineers have demonstrated for the first time that they can alter the texture of plastics on demand, for example, switching ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

X-ray monitoring mission comes to an end

On Dec. 30, 1995, NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) was launched into orbit on a mission to observe and study X-ray sources in space. For 16 years, the satellite circled Earth, detecting X-rays ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two for one: Simultaneous size and electrochemical measurement of nanomaterials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have done a mash-up of two very different experimental techniques—neutron scattering and electrochemical measurements—to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In a new microchip, cells separate by rolling away

Cell rolling is a common mechanism cells use to navigate through the body. During inflammation, for example, the endothelial cells that line blood vessels present certain molecules that attract white blood ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Motorized roller could mass-produce graphene-based devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding a simple, scalable way to pattern graphene for future electronics applications is one of the biggest challenges facing graphene researchers. While lithography has been widely used ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Sandia seeks better neural control of prosthetics for amputees

Sandia National Laboratories researchers, using off-the-shelf equipment in a chemistry lab, have been working on ways to improve amputees’ control over prosthetics with direct help from their own nervous ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Single-atom transistor is 'perfect'

In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (44) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Cutting corners to make superconductors work better

Making superconducting nanocircuits with rounded corners will improve their performance, according to John R. Clem, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, and Karl K. Berggren, ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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