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Tactile Sensors Created From Composite Films of Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Nanoparticles

From the world of nanotechnology we’ve gotten electronic skin, or e-skin, and electronic eye implants or e-eyes. Now we’re on the verge of electronic whiskers. Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have created tactile sensors from composite films of carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles similar to the highly sensitive whiskers of cats and rats. These new e-whiskers respond to pressure as slight as a single Pascal, about the pressure exerted on a table surface by a dollar bill. Among their many potential applications is giving robots new abilities to “see” and “feel” their surrounding environment.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 21 Jan 2014

Researchers Develop Wearable, Multifunctional Sensors Using Silver Nanowires

North Carolina State University researchers have used silver nanowires to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that could be used in biomedical, military or athletic applications, including new prosthetics, robotic systems and flexible touch panels. The sensors can measure strain, pressure, human touch and bioelectronic signals such as electrocardiograms.

From North Carolina State University 17 Jan 2014

Scientists Eliminate External ‘Noises’ That Deteriorate Performance of Nanomechanical Oscillators

Last year, Tobias Kippenberg and his team from the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM1) presented a new-generation sensor capable of detecting very small forces with unprecedented efficiency. These devices, developed and fabricated at the Center of MicroNanofabrication (CMi) at EPFL have already opened new frontiers in both applied and fundamental science.

10 Jan 2014

Nanomade Concept Recognized with Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation Leadership

Based on its recent analysis of touch technology for flexible electronics market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Nanomade Concept SAS with the 2013 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation Leadership. Nanomade's novel technology demonstrates multipoint touch that is characterised by force sensing and bend sensing on a flexible substrate that utilises just a single fully transparent sensor.

From Frost and Sullivan 18 Dec 2013

Effective Nanosensor to Detect Radioactive Materials in Waste Water Using Graphene Oxide

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series features a new design for a highly sensitive device that can detect the radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water.

From American Chemical Society 18 Dec 2013

Mathematician Awarded START Prize for Project on ‘Partial-Differential-Equations Models for Nanotechnology’

Clemens Heitzinger, assistant professor of applied mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, has recently been awarded the prestigious START Prize by the Austrian Science Fund FWF.

13 Dec 2013

Global Demand for Automotive MEMS Sensors Projected to Reach $4.7 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Sensors Market with Special Focus on MEMS Sensors" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 4 Dec 2013

Flexible Silicon Nano Force Probe Helps Study Sensory Cells in the Ear

Much of what is known about sensory touch and hearing cells is based on indirect observation. Scientists know that these exceptionally tiny cells are sensitive to changes in force and pressure. But to truly understand how they function, scientists must be able to manipulate them directly. Now, Stanford scientists are developing a set of tools that are small enough to stimulate an individual nerve or group of nerves, but also fast and flexible enough to mimic a realistic range of forces.

4 Dec 2013

Imec to Showcase High-Performance, Time-Delay-Integration (TDI) Image Sensor at CMOS Image Sensors Workshop

Imec, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center, will present at this week’s ‘CMOS Image Sensors for High Performance Applications’ workshop in Toulouse (France) a prototype of a high-performance, time-delay-integration (TDI) image sensor. The image sensor is based on imec’s proprietary embedded charge-coupled device (CCD) in CMOS technology. Imec developed and fabricated the sensor for the French Space Agency, CNES, which plans to utilize the technology for space-based earth observation.

From IMEC 26 Nov 2013

MIT Chemical Engineers Create Synthetic Antibodies Using Carbon Nanotubes

MIT chemical engineers have developed a novel way to generate nanoparticles that can recognize specific molecules, opening up a new approach to building durable sensors for many different compounds, among other applications.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25 Nov 2013

Nanosensors News

Tactile Sensors Created From Composite Films of Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Nanoparticles

Researchers Develop Wearable, Multifunctional Sensors Using Silver Nanowires

Scientists Eliminate External ‘Noises’ That Deteriorate Performance of Nanomechanical Oscillators

Nanomade Concept Recognized with Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation Leadership

Effective Nanosensor to Detect Radioactive Materials in Waste Water Using Graphene Oxide

Mathematician Awarded START Prize for Project on ‘Partial-Differential-Equations Models for Nanotechnology’

Global Demand for Automotive MEMS Sensors Projected to Reach $4.7 Billion by 2020

Flexible Silicon Nano Force Probe Helps Study Sensory Cells in the Ear

Imec to Showcase High-Performance, Time-Delay-Integration (TDI) Image Sensor at CMOS Image Sensors Workshop

MIT Chemical Engineers Create Synthetic Antibodies Using Carbon Nanotubes

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