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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

Nanometrics and Nova Measuring Systems Settle Patent Dispute

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced it has reached a settlement of the three patent suits between Nanometrics and Nova Measuring Ins...

From Nova Measuring Instruments 13 Apr 2007

Veeco Announce Significant Enhancements to Industry Leading Photomask Metrology System

Veeco Instruments Inc., the leading supplier of automated atomic force microscopes (AFM) to the semiconductor and data storage industry, today announced significant enhancements to its Dimension(R) X3D(TM) AFM, one of th...

13 Apr 2007

Fabrication of Nano and Micrometer Scale Biomaterial Structures via Direct Write Technology

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere University of Technology and Nanofoot Finland Oy have developed a direct-write three-dimensional forming method of biomaterials. The methodology enables fabrication of na...

12 Apr 2007

Cost-Effective Piezo Bender Actuators Offer Millimeters of Motion, Nanometer Precision

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. offers the P-871 closed-loop piezo bender actuators and E-614 OEM controllers. These unique long-travel piezo transducer systems are based on PI’s ceramic encapsulated PICMA® multil...

12 Apr 2007

Physik Instrumente Offer NanoInnovation Grants of up $25,000

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and piezo-based ultra-precision motion-control equipment for photonics, semiconductor and lifescience applications offers its 4th annual NanoInnovat...

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 10 Apr 2007

Carbon Nanotube Pipettes Could Become Key to in-situ DNA Sequencing

Drexel University College of Engineering researchers have successfully developed carbon nanotube-tipped pipettes that could become key to cell biology in-situ DNA sequencing and organelle-targeted drug delivery. Acco...

10 Apr 2007

DSM Somos Brings Stereolithography One Step Closer to Direct Manufacturing

DSM Somos has introduced DMX-SL™ 100 - the industry’s first stereolithography (SL) resin targeted for high durability applications and a significant new chemistry platform for direct manufacturing development...

4 Apr 2007