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Carbon-Nanotube-Coated Ultrasound Acts as Invisible Knife for Noninvasive Surgery

A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before. The University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed the new therapeutic ultrasound approach say it could lead to an invisible knife for noninvasive surgery.

20 Dec 2012

Simple, Fast and Effective Production Method for Ultrathin Platinum Films

A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of depositing uniform, ultrathin layers of platinum atoms on a surface.* The new process exploits an unexpected feature of electrodeposition of platinum—if you drive the reaction much more strongly than usual, a new reaction steps in to shuts down the metal deposition process, allowing an unprecedented level of control of the film thickness.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 14 Dec 2012

InvenSense Opens Proprietary Fabrication Platform for MEMS Developers

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices for consumer electronics, today announced that its 3rd NF-Shuttle that allows 3rd-party developers to build MEMS prototypes on the company’s proprietary MEMS fabrication process is scheduled to launch on January 7.

13 Dec 2012

Nano Composites Developer, 3D Systems Wins PA RAMP Award

3D Systems announced today that its Paramount team was selected by Pennsylvania as one of the state's Research for Advanced Manufacturing in Pennsylvania, RAMP, awardees.

13 Dec 2012

Nanoroughened Surfaces Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream.

12 Dec 2012

Primoceler Develops Laser-Based Welding Machine for Microelectromechanical Systems

Primoceler Inc, a microfabrication company specializing in glass welding and laser scribing, has announced its development of a new laser-based welding machine for microelectromechanical systems. Primoceler's new machine produces an extremely small heat-affected zone during the hermetic sealing of sensitive components, improving manufacturing processes and expanding the potential for packaging sensitive components under or inside glass.

12 Dec 2012

Rolith Receives License for Nano-Patterning Methods to Make Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Rolith, Inc., the leader in developing advanced nanostructured coatings and devices, today announced that it has received an exclusive license to methods of micro and nano-patterning substrates to make transparent conductive electrodes from the University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer (U-M Tech Transfer).

11 Dec 2012

Nano Light-Focusing Device May Have Potential Applications in Computing, Imaging

As technology advances, it tends to shrink. From cell phones to laptops—powered by increasingly faster and tinier processors—everything is getting thinner and sleeker. And now light beams are getting smaller, too.

10 Dec 2012

Nano Labs to Patent Nanotechnology-Based Process to Produce Industrial Diamonds

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to announce today that it will be moving forward to patent and commercialize the process of producing industrial diamonds using the Company's proprietary nanotechnology.

10 Dec 2012

Innovative Technique to Fabricate Nanomaterials

A new method for creating very thin layers of materials at the atomic scale, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, could “unlock an important new technology” for creating nanomaterials, according to nanomaterials expert Dr. Jay A. Switzer of Missouri University of Science and Technology in the journal.

7 Dec 2012