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Next Generation DNA Sequencing Technologies

Article - 30 Aug 2012

Next generation sequencing technologies like nanopore sequencing are opening up new commercial applications for genomics, and nanotechnology is making it happen.

Personal Energy Generation with Thermoelectric Materials

Article - 15 Aug 2012

In this interview, Professor Robert Dorey talks to AZoNano about his work on personal energy generation technologies, which will have many applications in the military sector, as well as in consumer...

What Can Nanotechnology Bring to Solar Energy?

Article - 9 Aug 2012

Solar power is gaining ground as mainstream energy technology, but the cost of materials and low efficiencies are still holding it back.

Nanoprocessors: Scaling Beyond CMOS Limits Using Nanotechnology

Article - 23 Jul 2012

Conventional silicon-based microprocessors will eventually reach a performance limit - some say it will be very soon. Can nanotechnology provide a way to produce the computers of the future?

Nanotechnology in Batteries

Article - 5 Jul 2012

Batteries are devices that store electrical energy by converting it to chemical energy, to be released slowly at a later time.

Quantitative Imaging of Living Biological Samples Using PeakForce QNM

Article - 20 Jun 2012

This article explains how PeakForce QNM can be used for quantitative imaging of living biological samples.

Interfaces and Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials and Biological Systems with AFM

Article - 28 May 2012

For the past decade, scientists and engineers have been gaining increasing control over the properties of matter at the nanometer scale - measuring, predicting and constructing nanoparticles and...

Determining the Critical Tearing Energy of Thin Polymer Films Using a Universal Testing Machine

Article - 21 May 2012

This article talks about determining the critical tearing energy of thin polymer films using a universal testing machine.

Automated 3D Metrology of Microfluidic Devices

Article - 10 Oct 2011

Microfluidics is an advancing technology that enables controlling minute liquid quantities. The Zeta-200 Automated 3D metrology system is capable of measuring microfluidic devices that have...

Microfluidics and Biomedical Applications

Article - 11 Sep 2011

Microfluidics is a research area within MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and is concerned with the control of the flow of fluids measured in micro, nano, or even Pico, litre, quantities.