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New Scanning Electron Microscope is Kinder to the Environment

The TM-1000 Tabletop Microscope from Hitachi High-Technologies is measurably kinder to the environment than the company's previous entry-level scanning electron microscope. As part of an evaluation across Hitachi&#39...

29 Feb 2008

New Type of LED for LCDs in Televisions, Computers, Cell Phones and Cameras Wins Student Inventor Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize

In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to change the way we see the world. Now, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student has developed a new type of LED that could allow for their widespread use as light sources for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) on everything from televisions and computers to cell phones and cameras.

29 Feb 2008

Nanotech Scientist Awarded as Outstanding Missourian

University of Missouri scientist Kattesh Katti recently discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. Katti’s research has garnered attention worldwide and the environmentally-frie...

29 Feb 2008

Quantum Technologies Set for Revolution as World's First Source of Single Photons Hits the Market

The world’s first commercial source of individual photons (particles of light) using diamond based quantum technology has been developed by Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at The ...

29 Feb 2008

Nanopositioning Stages Now With Longer Travel Ranges for Microscopy, Nanometrology and Interferometry

PI, a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment semiconductor and photonics applications, has extended its PIHera® family of flexure-guided piezo nanopositioning stages, now offering record travel ranges to 1.8 mm.

28 Feb 2008

Solar Cell Efficiency Significantly Improved With New Anode Coating

The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California’s Mojave Desert could power all of the United States’ electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimat...

26 Feb 2008

Harvard Researchers Demonstrate New Type of Microfabricated Optical Tweezer

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological and microfluidic force measurements in integrated systems such as microfluidic chips. The tweezer, consisting of a Fresnel Zone Plate microfabricated on a glass slide, has the ability to trap particles without the need for high performance objective lenses.

26 Feb 2008

Flood of Research Papers from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to be Presented at Nanoelectronics Conference

More than 30 scientific and technical papers based on research conducted at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany will be presented at one of the world's leading conferen...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 26 Feb 2008

Individual Electron Captured on Film Surfing a Light Wave

Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. This is the first time an electron has ever been filmed, and the re...

25 Feb 2008

Device for Measuring Bonding Forces in Molecules

When chemists want to measure the bonding forces in molecules or other most minuscule forces very accurately, they have to calibrate their measuring instruments (for example the cantilevers, i.e. the measuring tips, of s...

25 Feb 2008

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

New Scanning Electron Microscope is Kinder to the Environment

New Type of LED for LCDs in Televisions, Computers, Cell Phones and Cameras Wins Student Inventor Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize

Nanotech Scientist Awarded as Outstanding Missourian

Quantum Technologies Set for Revolution as World's First Source of Single Photons Hits the Market

Nanopositioning Stages Now With Longer Travel Ranges for Microscopy, Nanometrology and Interferometry

Solar Cell Efficiency Significantly Improved With New Anode Coating

Harvard Researchers Demonstrate New Type of Microfabricated Optical Tweezer

Flood of Research Papers from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to be Presented at Nanoelectronics Conference

Individual Electron Captured on Film Surfing a Light Wave

Device for Measuring Bonding Forces in Molecules

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Multiscale Force Sensing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystals

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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