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Center for Functional Nanomaterials to Open at Brookhaven National Lab

EVENT: Dedication of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, a state-of-the-art facility about to open at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory for the fabrication and study of materia...

2 May 2007

New System for Accurately Placing Nanowires on Semiconductor Wafers

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a system for manipulating and precisely positioning individual nanowires on semiconductor wafers. Their technique, described in a rece...

1 May 2007

Nanowires Geometry Makes Them Uniquely Suited for Light Detection

The geometry of semiconducting nanowires makes them uniquely suited for light detection, according to a new UC-San Diego study that highlights the possibility of nanowire light detectors with single-photon sensitivity ...

26 Apr 2007

University of Cincinnati Lead The World in Extremely Long Carbon Nanotube Arrays

University of Cincinnati researchers lead the world in the synthesis of extremely long aligned carbon nanotube arrays; research has implications for medical, aerospace, electronic and other applications. UC engineer...

26 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

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

Microscopic "Nanolamps" - Light-Emitting Nanofibers

To help light up the nanoworld, a Cornell interdisciplinary team of researchers has produced microscopic "nanolamps" -- light-emitting nanofibers about the size of a virus or the tiniest of bacteria. In a c...

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

Samsung Order Two More GaN MOCVD Systems from Aixtron

AIXTRON AG today announced it had received an order for two further AIX 2600G3HT Gallium Nitride (GaN) MOCVD systems from Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (SEMCO) during January 2007. Both MOCVD tools will be deli...

From AIXTRON SE 12 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