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Quasiparticle Self-Consistent GW Theory

Gold is shiny, diamonds are transparent, and iron is magnetic. Why is that? The answer lies with a material's electronic structure, which determines its electrical, optical, and magnetic properties. Sandia relies...

19 Feb 2007

Effects of Disorder on Electron Spin Dynamics in a Semiconductor Quantum Well

Physicists at JILA are using ultrashort pulses of laser light to reveal precisely why some electrons, like ballet dancers, hold their spin positions better than others - work that may help improve spintronic devices, whi...

19 Feb 2007

Researchers Successfully Generate Electricity from Heat by Trapping Organic Molecules Between Metal Nanoparticles

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have successfully generated electricity from heat by trapping organic molecules between metal nanoparticles, an achievement that could pave the way toward the develo...

19 Feb 2007

Advancing Nanotechnology in a Sustainable World Can be Reached by Using Green Chemistry

The safest possible future for advancing nanotechnology in a sustainable world can be reached by using green chemistry, says James E. Hutchison, a professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon. "Around the w...

19 Feb 2007

Unexpected Healing Powers of Nanotubes

Pound for pound, carbon nanotubes are stronger and lighter than steel, but unlike other materials, the miniscule cylinders of carbon - which are no wider than a strand of DNA - remain remarkably robust even when chunks o...

19 Feb 2007

Nano-Proprietary Wins Preliminary Injunction in Carbon Nanotube Patent Litigation

Nano-Proprietary, Inc. today announced that it has received preliminary injunction against Till Keesmann, the patent holder and defendant in the litigation. Nano-Proprietary licensed patents involving carbon nanotubes fr...

16 Feb 2007

MEMS and Nanotech Being Driven By Ink Jet Printing, RFID and Wireless Sensors

Next-generation RFID tags are driving increased innovation in both MEMS and nanotechnology across numerous product and market segments, according to Bourne Research. The market research firm reports that use of nan...

15 Feb 2007

Raymor Industries Starts Production at Boisbriand, Quebec

Raymor Industries has completed on schedule the move of all of its current business activities and is now in production at its new 77,000 sq. ft. facility in Boisbriand, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal. The existing product...

13 Feb 2007

Ford Accelerates Nanotechnology Research

Ford Motor Company has announced that it is using one of the most advanced laboratory devices in North America to accelerate its nanotechnology research into lighter weight metals and plastics with greater strength, ulti...

13 Feb 2007

Berkeley Chemist Paul Alivisatos Named Lawrence Award Winner for Work on Quantum Dots

U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman last week(Wednesday, Feb. 7) named eight winners of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, among them University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry Paul Alivisatos, dire...

13 Feb 2007