In this interview, David Carroll, Director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University, talks to AzoNano about their new FIPEL lighting technology, how it will compete in the lighting market, and the limits of nanomanufacturing.
By Will Soutter
8 Dec 2012
The demand for smaller devices with better performance has driven the development of carbon nanotube-based chips, which open up exciting possibilities for the semiconductor industry.
Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSM or LSCM) and Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) are the two optical microscopy techniques used to break the diffraction limit of resolution. Both techniques are looked at here, as well as the benefits and ongoing history of optical microscopy.
By Will Soutter
21 Nov 2012
Universities and companies in Colorado are making tremendous efforts to promote the significance of nanotechnology through various research programs, workshops, and outreach schemes.
Massachusetts has many organisations committed to promoting nanotechnology as well as exploring the future prospects of nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology is being used in more and more consumer products - despite environmental concerns, clothing is currently one of the biggest areas of expansion.
By Will Soutter
16 Nov 2012
NanoSight's CEO discusses the ASTM-standardized Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA), a key tool for nanoparticle characterization in research.
Recently, a CNRS team from the Institut Charles Sadron headed by Nicolas Giuseppone, professor at the Université de Strasbourg, along with researchers from the Laboratoire de Matière et Systèmes Complexes have come up with a breakthrough innovation in the field of nanosciences
By Will Soutter
2 Nov 2012
In this interview, Prof Rohit Karnik from MIT tells AZoNano about his work on graphene membranes.
By Will Soutter
31 Oct 2012
In this interview, Dr Ventsislav Valev talks to AZoNano about his research on "hotspots" in electrical fields on nanostructured surfaces, which have applications in catalysis, sensors and analytical science.
By Will Soutter
24 Oct 2012