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Researcher Wins NSF Award for Self-Assembling Nanoscale Materials

Thomas H. Epps III, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The a...

24 Apr 2007

SEMATECH Select Veeco for $2.4m Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Project

SEMATECH, the world's leading nanoelectronics consortium, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany, home to the New York State Center of Excellence in Nanoel...

23 Apr 2007

NSTI's Dr Altaf Carim to Give Keynote Address at Nanotech 2007

The Nano Science & Technology Institute (NSTI) has announced Dr. Altaf Carim will deliver a keynote address during Nanotech 2007, the nation's largest Nanotech Conference and Trade Show. Nanotech 2007 will be hel...

23 Apr 2007

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Using Gold Nanoparticles

By attaching gold nanoparticles – like tiny balls or rods- to cancer cells, earlier detection will be possible. Using photoacoustics – a combination of laser light and ultrasound-, scientists of the BMTI Inst...

21 Apr 2007

New Method for Measuring a Particular Quantum Property of Individual Atoms

The first demonstration of a fundamentally new method for measuring a particular quantum property of individual atoms will be described in a research paper to be published in the 19 April 2007 edition of the journal Natu...

20 Apr 2007

Improved Self Assembling Nanomaterials to Result in More Powerful Solar Cells

Novel, self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that could pave the way for more efficient and powerful solar cells, chemical sensors and detectors currently are being developed by a University at...

20 Apr 2007

Veeco and Leica Microsystems Collaborate to Advance Nano-Medicine

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, and Leica Microsystems GmbH, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical microscopy imaging systems, have finalized a product...

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 18 Apr 2007

Dielectric Response of Aligned Semiconducting Single-Wall Nanotubes

Stretching a carbon nanotube composite like taffy, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have made some of the first measurements of how ...

17 Apr 2007

3D Solar Cells Could Boost Efficiency of Photovoltaics

Unique three-dimensional solar cells that capture nearly all of the light that strikes them could boost the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) systems while reducing their size, weight and mechanical complexity. The new...

17 Apr 2007

Micrometer-Sized Solid-State Lasers

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Stanford and Northwestern Universities have built micrometer-sized solid-state lasers in which a single quantum dot can play a dominant role in ...

17 Apr 2007