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Dendrimer Based Chip For Photonic Devices Featured at nanoTX’07

The award winning nanophotonic integrated circuit (nPIC) of Applied Research & Photonics (ARP) will be a highlight during International Nanotechnology Week, a presentation of the Semiconductor Industry Association.&n...

22 Aug 2007

Next-Generation Optical Metrology System for Semiconductor Packaging Inspection from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc., today announced the release of its latest generation of industry-leading SP products for backend semiconductor metrology. The Wyko(R) SP9900(TM) Surface Profiling System performs critical measurem...

21 Aug 2007

Hypershort Flash of Light Allows Motion of Electrons To Be Captured In Real Time

No flash of light can be shorter than the time it takes the wave carrying the flash to perform a full oscillation. A team headed by Prof. Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute has now succeeded in generating – ...

20 Aug 2007

Nanotoxicology Study Shows No Pulmonary Toxicity Issues For Type of Carbon Nanotube

Findings by a team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee bode well for using single-walled carbon nanohorns, a particular form of engineered carbon-based nanoparticles, for dru...

20 Aug 2007

New Soft Tapping Mode AFM Probes from BudgetSensors

BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces a new AFM probes type - the Soft Tapping Mode AFM Probes Tap150...

17 Aug 2007

Update On Advance Nanotech ULTRATUBE collaboration

Advance Nanotech, Inc., a leading provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology-related products for homeland security and display technologies, today provided an update on i...

From Owlstone Nanotech 17 Aug 2007

Light Pulses In Ultra Fast Quantum Computers To Take Security To Extreme Levels

By using pulses of light to dramatically accelerate quantum computers, University of Michigan researchers have made strides in technology that could foil national and personal security threats. It's a leap, they s...

17 Aug 2007

Nanoparticle, Nanostructure and Nanomachine Animated Videos Available For Viewing

Often in the miniscule world of nanotechnology it is difficult to mentally picture what actually occurs at the size of nanomaterials, nanostructures and nanomachines. In order to visualise these processes, computer anima...

16 Aug 2007

$25,000 Grant Awarded for Nanostimulator Research On Amplification in the Inner Ear

The $25,000 PI NanoInnovation Grant™ was awarded to Andrea Lelli, Eric A. Stauffer and Jeffrey R. Holt, Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, VA, for the follo...

16 Aug 2007

Lateral Shaking of Nanoresonators Removes Impurities

Tiny vibrating silicon resonators are of intense interest in nanotechnology circles for their potential ability to detect bacteria, viruses, DNA and other biological molecules. Cornell researchers have demonstrated a ...

14 Aug 2007