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T-Rays Set to be Backbone of New Generation Security Sensors

A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published in Nature Photonics. The research shows that these T-rays,...

6 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Helps Polymer Processing to Produce Advanced Steering Sensor

Bosch have taken advantage of nanotechnology advancements in BASF's Ultradur PBT poymer, isong it in their latest steering sensor.

4 Feb 2008

Researchers Use Laser to Turn Metals Different Colours by Changing Surface Nanostructure

Using a tabletop laser, a University of Rochester optical scientist has turned pure aluminum, gold. And blue. And gray. And many other colors. And it works for every metal tested, including platinum, titanium, tungsten, silver, and gold.

4 Feb 2008

Measuring Micro and Nano Particles Using New Laska Laser

Researchers from St. Petersburg have designed and produced a device that enables to promptly and accurately identify the sizes of micro- and nano-particles. The laser ray illuminates the object in the device so that to j...

4 Feb 2008

Optical Inspection and Industrial Automation Expert Joins PI as New Senior Sales Engineer

Joe McGonagle brings experience in optical inspection applications and industrial automation to PI

31 Jan 2008

Optical Critical Dimension Metrology Solutions Introduced in New Software from Nanometrics

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today introduced NanoCD Suite. This new product suite is composed of four key optical critical dimension (...

31 Jan 2008

DNA Technique Used to Engineer 3D Structures for Catalytic, Magnetic and Optical Nanomaterials

In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-d...

31 Jan 2008

JPK Instruments Recruit UK Staff Ahead of New Office Opening

Ahead of their new UK office establishment in March, JPK Instruments have recruited local expertise.

From Bruker BioAFM 30 Jan 2008

Nanolipidic Particles Used as Taste Masking Agents

dermaCM, announces successful findings of a double blind human taste test using proprietary nanolipidic particles (NLP) to mask the taste of sodium chloride in distilled water preparations. Taste-masking nanotechnology c...

30 Jan 2008

Safety of Carbon Nanotubes in the Body Investigated to See if Carbon Nanotubes Build Up in Essential Organs

Carbon nanotubes-cylinders so tiny that it takes 50,000 lying side by side to equal the width of a human hair-are packed with the potential to be highly accurate vehicles for administering medicines and other therapeutic...

30 Jan 2008

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

T-Rays Set to be Backbone of New Generation Security Sensors

Nanotechnology Helps Polymer Processing to Produce Advanced Steering Sensor

Researchers Use Laser to Turn Metals Different Colours by Changing Surface Nanostructure

Measuring Micro and Nano Particles Using New Laska Laser

Optical Inspection and Industrial Automation Expert Joins PI as New Senior Sales Engineer

Optical Critical Dimension Metrology Solutions Introduced in New Software from Nanometrics

DNA Technique Used to Engineer 3D Structures for Catalytic, Magnetic and Optical Nanomaterials

JPK Instruments Recruit UK Staff Ahead of New Office Opening

Nanolipidic Particles Used as Taste Masking Agents

Safety of Carbon Nanotubes in the Body Investigated to See if Carbon Nanotubes Build Up in Essential Organs

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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