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New Hybrid Nanopositioning Translation Stage from Physik Intrumente

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment for nanotechnology, photonics, semiconductor and life science applications, offers the M-511.HD hybrid nanopo...

13 Feb 2007

Veeco Receives $1.7 Million Order from California NanoSystems Institute

Veeco Instruments announced that The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has purchased $1.7 million of atomic force and scanning probe microscope systems (AFM/SPMs)...

8 Feb 2007

California Nanosystems Institute Purchase $1.7m AFM/SPM System from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced that The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has purchased $1.7 million of atomic force and scanning probe microscope systems (AFM...

7 Feb 2007

Nanoparticles Help Create Cleaner Fuels

Bulk molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a ubiquitous, standard solid lubricant. However, extremely small MoS2 nanoparticles have a potentially important application as a catalyst for producing sulphur-free fuels. It is well...

7 Feb 2007

New Method for Rapidly Assessing Carbon Nanotube Quality

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method not onl...

6 Feb 2007

Researchers Observe in Real-Time Collective Transportation of Gold Atoms in a Thin Layer

Researchers at Delft University of Technology used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer. This research illustrates the rapid progress t...

6 Feb 2007

Scientists Discover How and Why Electrical Conductance of Nanowires Changes With Length

A Georgia Tech physics group has discovered how and why the electrical conductance of metal nanowires changes as their length varies. In a collaborative investigation performed by an experimental team and a theoretical p...

6 Feb 2007

Coated Nanoparticles Solve Sticky Drug-Delivery Problem

The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away. To overcome this hurdle, investigators at Johns Hopkins University have ...

6 Feb 2007

Imago Install Another 4 Atom Probe Microscopes at The End of 2006

Imago Scientific Instruments® announced the shipment and installation of four of its LEAP® microscope systems in the quarter ending December 31, 2006, including the initial installations of Imago’s new 3000...

1 Feb 2007

Scientists Aim to Lower Cost of DNA Sequencing with Nanotechnology

DNA testing is transforming health care and medicine, but current technologies only give a snapshot of an individual's genetic makeup. Any patient wanting a complete picture of their inherited DNA, or genome, would d...

31 Jan 2007