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Scientists Develop Method to Selectively Tune Surface Properties of Materials

Dr Meike Stöhr and her collaborators at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) have now succeeded in developing a new method to selectively tune surface properties such as resistance.

16 Jul 2009

Surface Design: Applications in Bioscience and Nanotechnology

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Surface Design: Applications in Bioscience and Nano...

From Research and Markets 2 Jul 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory Signs New Agreement with Syracuse University

The tiny, nanoscale materials - quantum dots - Mathew Maye and his research team create in his Syracuse University chemistry laboratory could potentially make an important contribution to the nation's ongoing quest to become energy independent.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 1 Jul 2009

Novel Ion Trap for Sensing Force and Light

Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could usher in a new generation of applications because the device holds promise as a stylus for sensing very small forces or as an interface for efficient transfer of individual light particles for quantum communications.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 30 Jun 2009

Physicists Found Way to Drastically Prolong Shelf Life of Quantum Bits

Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers. These precarious bits, formed in this case by arrays of semiconductor quantum dots containing a s...

24 Jun 2009

QD Soleil Announces Expansion of its Leadership and Advisory Team

QD Soleil™, the solar division of Nanosys, Inc., today announced the expansion of its leadership and advisory team including the addition of four exceptional thought leaders in the use of nanotechnology for solar e...

24 Jun 2009

QD Soleil Issued Patent Based on the Use of Nanostructures for Solar Concentrators

QD Soleil™, a division of Nanosys Inc. focused on the use of proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed the company patent...

23 Jun 2009

Maker of Nanotechnology-Based Products to Develop Micro-Displays using Quantum-Dot LEDs

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the U.S. Army as part of its Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

9 Jun 2009

DFG Establishes 14 New Research Training Groups from Physics to Nanotechnology

Doctoral Researchers To Earn Doctorates in Topics such as Globalisation, Nanostructures and Civil Security Applications in Structured Programmes To further promote young researchers in Germany, the Deutsche Forschungs...

20 May 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Successfully Capture Single Electron in a Highly Tunable CNT Double Quantum Dot

Researchers from the Kavli Institute of NanoScience in Delft are the first to have successfully captured a single electron in a highly tunable carbon nanotube double quantum dot. This was made possible by a new approach for producing ultraclean nanotubes.

14 May 2009

Quantum Dots News

Scientists Develop Method to Selectively Tune Surface Properties of Materials

Surface Design: Applications in Bioscience and Nanotechnology

Brookhaven National Laboratory Signs New Agreement with Syracuse University

Novel Ion Trap for Sensing Force and Light

Physicists Found Way to Drastically Prolong Shelf Life of Quantum Bits

QD Soleil Announces Expansion of its Leadership and Advisory Team

QD Soleil Issued Patent Based on the Use of Nanostructures for Solar Concentrators

Maker of Nanotechnology-Based Products to Develop Micro-Displays using Quantum-Dot LEDs

DFG Establishes 14 New Research Training Groups from Physics to Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Researchers Successfully Capture Single Electron in a Highly Tunable CNT Double Quantum Dot

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A New Language for Nanopore Design

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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