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Nanoscale Patterning Can Change the Color of Gold

Red gold, green gold – a ground-breaking initiative has found a way of changing the colour of the world's most iconic precious metal.

26 Oct 2012

Bacteria Use Nanoscale Structures to Transmit Electrons Over Large Distances

A multinational research team has discovered filamentous bacteria that function as living power cables in order to transmit electrons thousands of cell lengths away.

25 Oct 2012

Professors at NJIT Receive Edison Awards for Research on Bionanotechnology

NJIT Research Professor Reginald Farrow and NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas will be the recipients Nov. 8, 2012 in the Liberty Science Center of an Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. The event, which kicks off the Council's 50th Anniversary celebration, will honor more than 30 inventors and 13 New Jersey companies and universities.

25 Oct 2012

Gold Nanostructures Promise More Effective Pollution Monitoring

More effective monitoring of pollution levels in the workplace is on the horizon following the development of a new construction method for microscopic structures made of gold.

23 Oct 2012

Scientists Create Complex 3-D Structures by Combining Ion Processing and Nanolithography

The fabrication of many objects, machines, and devices around us rely on the controlled deformation of metals by industrial processes such as bending, shearing, and stamping. Is this technology transferrable to nanoscale? Can we build similarly complex devices and machines with very small dimensions?

20 Oct 2012

New Carbon Nanotube Straightening Techniques to Fabricate Stronger Composites

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for stretching carbon nanotubes (CNT) and using them to create carbon composites that can be used as stronger, lighter materials in everything from airplanes to bicycles.

From North Carolina State University 16 Oct 2012

Major Semiconductor Company Places Order for n&k Gemini for EUV Photomask Measurements

n&k Technology Incorporated, a manufacturer of state-of-the-art OCD/scatterometry and thin film metrology systems, today announced that a major semiconductor company in the US has ordered the n&k Gemini for measurements of EUV photomasks.

16 Oct 2012

Nanoflowers Hold Potential for Next-Generation Solar Cells and Energy Storage Devices

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) – a semiconductor material – that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area. The GeS flower holds promise for next-generation energy storage devices and solar cells.

From North Carolina State University 12 Oct 2012

New Crack Prevention Method for Nanoparticle Thin Films

Making uniform coatings is a common engineering challenge, and, when working at the nanoscale, even the tiniest cracks or defects can be a big problem. New research from University of Pennsylvania engineers has shown a new way of avoiding such cracks when depositing thin films of nanoparticles.

12 Oct 2012

NanoGuardian to Present On-Dose NanoEncryption Brand Protection Technology at AAPS Annual Meeting

NanoGuardian™, a division of NanoInk®, Inc. that delivers on-dose brand protection solutions to the pharmaceutical industry to fight counterfeiting and illegal diversion, announced today that it will give a poster presentation at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, which is being held on October 14 - 18, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

12 Oct 2012

Nanofabrication News

Nanoscale Patterning Can Change the Color of Gold

Bacteria Use Nanoscale Structures to Transmit Electrons Over Large Distances

Professors at NJIT Receive Edison Awards for Research on Bionanotechnology

Gold Nanostructures Promise More Effective Pollution Monitoring

Scientists Create Complex 3-D Structures by Combining Ion Processing and Nanolithography

New Carbon Nanotube Straightening Techniques to Fabricate Stronger Composites

Major Semiconductor Company Places Order for n&k Gemini for EUV Photomask Measurements

Nanoflowers Hold Potential for Next-Generation Solar Cells and Energy Storage Devices

New Crack Prevention Method for Nanoparticle Thin Films

NanoGuardian to Present On-Dose NanoEncryption Brand Protection Technology at AAPS Annual Meeting

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Brain-Inspired Nano-Tech Promises New Era for Electronics

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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