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BNC Researchers Create the London Nanotube

Researchers at Bio Nano Consulting (BNC), a specialist bio-nanotechnology product development consultancy, have produced a miniaturized version of the London tube map, measuring only 2x3 mm - about the size of a pinhead. The map was etched using specialised lasers by Dr Richard Winkle, a BNC researcher at Imperial College London, whilst testing the capabilities of an Oxford Lasers micromachining system.

From Bio Nano Consulting 11 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Paving the Way for Next Generation of Computers

Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smal...

11 Feb 2009

Veeco to Host Event for the Nanoscience Community

Veeco Instruments
Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs)
to the nanoscience community, announced today that it will host the “Seeing
at the Nanoscale VII” conference at the University of California, Santa
Barbara (UCSB), July 28–31, 2009.

From Veeco 11 Feb 2009

Anchor Semiconductor Announces Pattern-Based OPC Acceleration Tool for Time and Cost Saving in Mask Synthesis Flow

Anchor Semiconductor Inc. today introduced an easy-to-adopt Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) acceleration tool that will significantly shorten OPC cycle time and reduce OPC tool license usage through its proprietary pa...

11 Feb 2009

Strength Through Diversity - Fraunhofer Researchers Show Innovative Developments at nano tech 2009

Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems that can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards - Fraunhofer researchers are showing innovative developments at the nano tech 2009 exhibition in Japan.

10 Feb 2009

Size and Mobility of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by weight, and without it, there would be no life on Earth. Depending on its crystal structure--how its atoms bond together--carbon can form several different substances, ranging from sooty coal to glittering diamonds to slippery-smooth graphite.

10 Feb 2009

Researchers Demonstrate Breakthrough in Optical Nanoscopy

A collaborative effort between researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Stanford University has demonstrated a breakthrough in optical nanoscopy, the science of imaging and sensing of nanoscale objects. ...

10 Feb 2009

Veeco Receives Multiple Orders for Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it received five Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) systems orders during the fourth quarter of 2008, and over the past 12 months has seen an increase in orders for its multiple growth module cluster tool systems.

From Veeco 10 Feb 2009

XLR 600iX Delivers Improved On-Wafer Performance to Chipmakers

Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYMI), the market's leading developer of light sources used to pattern advanced semiconductor chips, announced today that its advanced XLR 600i-originally introduced as a 90 watt (W) light source-...

From Cymer, Inc. 10 Feb 2009

AIXTRON Receives Order for CRIUS System from New Customer

AIXTRON AG today announced an order received in the second quarter 2008 for an Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS system with 31x2" wafer configuration from a new customer, Yangzhou Zhongke Semiconductor Lighting Center...

From AIXTRON SE 10 Feb 2009