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Article - 23 Jan 2013

Have you ever thought of substituting that huge backpack of textbooks with a single electronic paper sheet - keeping all that data on one device folded and kept in your wallet? What about a ride in a...

Substrate Effects on Chemical Properties of Graphene

Article - 13 Sep 2012

In this interview, Prof. Michael Strano and Dr. Qing Hua Wang talk about their work on graphene, and explain how the properties of the atomically thin layers of carbon depend on what type of material...

Nanotechnology in Explosive Detection

Article - 5 Sep 2012

Modern warfare and the threat of terrorism have driven a wave of research into more sensitive and more accurate explosive sensors, and nanomaterials form the backbone of many of these new...

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.

PCBM from Aldrich Materials Science

Article - 18 Jul 2011

[60]PCBM is present as a single isomer. An interesting feature of [60]PCBM which may correlate with its performance is that it preserves to a high degree the electronic and physical properties of C60....

Wafer Level Optics - Introduction and Solutions Available for Wafer Level Optics

Article - 17 Jan 2011

EV Group offers manufacturers a complete range of solutions, including master stamp fabrication, replication and integration of optical elements at wafer level based on its well-established mask...

Carbon Nanotube Assemblies for Sound Generation and Heat Dissipation

Article - 8 Dec 2010

Remarkable properties of carbon nanotube assemblies (forests, sheets, yarns) are expected to lead to a variety of applications. It has recently been reported1 that freestanding multi-walled carbon...

Planetary Nanomedicine: Does the World Need a Global Artificial Photosynthesis Project?

Article - 2 Dec 2010

Many exciting areas of nanotechnology research are converging on artificial photosynthesis. The connection between the health of our plant and the humans it sustains is now part of a growing field...

Direct-Write Fabrication of 1D Transistors and Non-CMOS Logic Gates: A Stimulus for Nanoelectronics to Mature

Article - 19 Sep 2010

IBN's single-step fabrication technique obviates the time-consuming and labor-intensive lithography process for nano-scale device fabrication, and enhances the fabrication accuracy and yield.

Graphene - The Substrate for Plastic Electronics

Article - 10 May 2010

Transparent and conducting electrodes are needed for applications in solar cells and energy conversion platform like water splitting. To date, there are not many types of transparent and conducting...