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World's Largest Carbon Nanotube Sheet Produced for Applications Like Shielding, Electrical Conductors and Structural Composites

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of next-generation performance materials, today announced it has successfully produced 3-foot by 6-foot sheets of carbon nanotube material. This significant production milestone, ...

From Huntsman International LLC 20 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Based Experiments on Chemical Nanosensor and Variable Emissivity Film Proved Successful after NASA Space Flight

Dr. Billy R. Smith Jr., director of the USNA Small Satellite Program and MidSTAR-1 program manager, inspects MidSTAR-1 for damage after vibration testing at the Naval Research Laboratory.

20 Feb 2008

Bacterial Infections Diagnosed Using Nanotechnology

A new technique developed by a University of Central Florida chemist will help physicians more quickly identify the bacterial infections patients have so they can be treated in hours instead of days. As more bacterial...

20 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Researchers Use Astronomy Technique to Make Better Images of Nanoparticles

While pondering the challenges of distinguishing one nano-sized probe image from another in a mass of hundreds or thousands of nanoprobes, researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University made an interesting observation....

20 Feb 2008

Self Ordering Technique Gives Cheap Manufacturing Method for Electronic Devices Like Flexible Displays, Intelligent Paper and Flexible Biosensor Arrays

A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Penn State and the University of Kentucky potentially offers a low-cost way to mass produce large arrays of organic electronic transistors on polymer sheets for a wide range of applications including flexible displays, “intelligent paper” and flexible sheets of biosensor arrays for field diagnostics.

20 Feb 2008

Measurement of Copper Levels in Zinc Oxide Nanowires to give Better Understanding of Optical and Electrical Properties of the Nanowires

Chemists have measured significant amounts of copper incorporated into zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires during fabrication. The issue is important because copper plays a significant—but not well-understood—role in important optical and electrical properties of the nanowires

20 Feb 2008

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Says Federal Nanotech Risk Research Plan Comes Up Short

An improved but still flawed government-wide plan for nanotechnology risk research is the result of a broken system. Federally-funded studies essential to managing possible risks from this cutting-edge technology should ...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 20 Feb 2008

Nanometrics Ships 1,000th Integrated Metrology System

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced the 1,000th shipment of its Integrated Metrology® (IM) system, highlighting the company&rsqu...

20 Feb 2008

X-ray Technique Images Structures and Features Inside Nanoparticles and Biological Cells

X-rays have been used for decades to take pictures of broken bones, but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators have developed a lensless X-ray techni...

20 Feb 2008

Tiny Camera Lenses, Cell Phone Displays and Microscale Fluidic Devices to lead from Nanoparticle Embedded Liquid Discovery

The contact angle of a droplet of nanofluid solution changes when exposed to an electric field. The phenomenon could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays and other microscale fluidic devices.

20 Feb 2008

Nanomaterials News

World's Largest Carbon Nanotube Sheet Produced for Applications Like Shielding, Electrical Conductors and Structural Composites

Nanotechnology Based Experiments on Chemical Nanosensor and Variable Emissivity Film Proved Successful after NASA Space Flight

Bacterial Infections Diagnosed Using Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Researchers Use Astronomy Technique to Make Better Images of Nanoparticles

Self Ordering Technique Gives Cheap Manufacturing Method for Electronic Devices Like Flexible Displays, Intelligent Paper and Flexible Biosensor Arrays

Measurement of Copper Levels in Zinc Oxide Nanowires to give Better Understanding of Optical and Electrical Properties of the Nanowires

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Says Federal Nanotech Risk Research Plan Comes Up Short

Nanometrics Ships 1,000th Integrated Metrology System

X-ray Technique Images Structures and Features Inside Nanoparticles and Biological Cells

Tiny Camera Lenses, Cell Phone Displays and Microscale Fluidic Devices to lead from Nanoparticle Embedded Liquid Discovery

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A Novel Approach to Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Performance with Graphene

Revolutionizing Polymer Science with a New Synthesis Method

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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