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Article - 22 Aug 2012

Personalized medicine is an approach to treating patients which is gaining popularity, particularly where conditions can very from patient to patient, like with cancer. Nanotechnology is a natural...

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.

The AtomChip: Bringing Nanofabrication and Quantum Optics Together

Article - 16 Jun 2011

One of the scientific revolutions of the 20th century is Quantum Mechanics. It is a weird theory, extremely different from our day to day experiences, in which, for example, a particle can act as a...

DNA as a Functional Polymer

Article - 12 May 2011

Sixty years ago, the famous structure of the DNA double helix was solved, bringing about the birth of modern molecular biology.

A New Word to Describe the Nanoparticle-Human Body Interaction

Article - 9 Jan 2011

A new word was invented in 2002: "Nanopathology", and that name was used as the title of an FP5 European Commission Project coordinated by Dr. Antonietta Gatti aimed at verifying the "impact of micro...

3D Nanopatterning and Nanofabrication: Using Nano-Scalloping Effects in Bosch Deep Reactive Ion Etching

Article - 20 Oct 2010

This short review article overviewes a simple but useful method to fabricate 3D dense-array nanostructures with good regularity of pattern, size, and shape over a large sample area.

Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications

Article - 21 Feb 2010

The field of sensors encompasses a wide variety of materials and devices used for capturing physical, chemical or biological stimuli converting them to measurable output signals.

Introduction, Application and Challenges of Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)

Article - 13 Dec 2009

NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS) have critical structural elements at or below 100 nm. This distinguishes them from MicroElectroMechancial Systems (MEMS), where the critical structural elements...

Nanostructured Materials for Permanent and Bioresorbable Medical Implants

Article - 22 Nov 2009

Contemporary development of metallic implant materials is driven by the biocompatibility requirements and also by the need for improved mechanical performance of biomedical implants.

Using Nanotechnology to Measure Mercury

Article - 22 Sep 2009

RMIT University researchers have used nanotechnology to create a pioneering sensor that can precisely measure one of the world's most poisonous substances, mercury.