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IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference 2013 Hosted by NCKU

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) NMDC (Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference) 2013 kicked off, October 7, at Cheng Kung Hall, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, with nearly 250 scholars and experts from 20 countries including USA, UK, Italy, Australia, Canada, Korea, and Japan.

17 Oct 2013

Single Nano-Diamond Operates as an Ultrafast Single-Emitter Optical Switch

A recent study led by researchers of the ICFO (Institute of Photonic Sciences) demonstrates that a single nano-diamond can be operated as an ultrafast single-emitter optical switch operating at room temperature. The scientific results of this study have been published in Nature Physics.

16 Oct 2013

Nanophotonics Researchers Honored with 2014 Frank Isakson Prize

The American Physical Society (APS) has awarded Rice University researchers Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander the 2014 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids in recognition of their groundbreaking research in nanophotonics.

15 Oct 2013

Victoria Fellowship to Fund Development of Nanophotonics for Ultra-High Density All-Optical Magnetic Recording

The rise of the digital age has revolutionised the way people generate, consume and store data in their daily lives.

10 Oct 2013

Swinburne Nanotech Researcher Honored with Young Tall Poppy Science Award

Swinburne University of Technology Associate Professor Baohua Jia has been awarded a Young Tall Poppy Science Award.

7 Oct 2013

New Technique Can Map 3D Distribution of Nano-Properties of Objects

Scientists have developed a new kind of ‘X-ray vision’ that is able to peer inside an object and map the three-dimensional distribution of its nano-properties in real time.

5 Oct 2013

Reading Bacteria’s Metabolic Activity Using Laser and Nanotechnology

Nano and laser technology packed into small device tests antibiotic treatment in minutes

3 Oct 2013

Göttingen Scientists Generate 5 Nanometer X-ray Beam

The world’s sharpest X-ray beam shines at DESY. At the X-ray light source PETRA III, scientists from Göttingen generated a beam with a diameter of barely 5 nanometres – this is ten thousand times thinner than human hair. This fine beam of X-ray light allows focusing on smallest details.

1 Oct 2013

Novel Nuclear MRI Technique Delivers 10nm Spatial Resolution

A team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University has devised a novel nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that delivers a roughly 10nanometer spatial resolution. This represents a significant advance in MRI sensitivity—modern MRI techniques commonly used in medical imaging yield spatial resolutions on the millimeter length scale, with the highest-resolution experimental instruments giving spatial resolution of a few micrometers.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 30 Sep 2013

Rotelle-Shaped Organic Molecules May Lead to More Efficient Organic LEDs

One problem in developing more efficient organic LED light bulbs and displays for TVs and phones is that much of the light is polarized in one direction and thus trapped within the light-emitting diode, or LED. University of Utah physicists believe they have solved the problem by creating a new organic molecule that is shaped like rotelle – wagon-wheel pasta – rather than spaghetti.

30 Sep 2013