Printing electronics onto flexible substrates is becoming more and more viable, and nanotechnology is helping to make the manufacturing techniques commercially viable and increase the performance of the printed circuits.
By Will Soutter
7 Jul 2012
An ultracapacitor, also known as a supercapacitor, or electrochemical capacitor, is a device for storing electrical energy.
By Will Soutter
6 Jul 2012
Batteries are devices that store electrical energy by converting it to chemical energy, to be released slowly at a later time.
By Will Soutter
5 Jul 2012
Numerous nanotechnology-enhanced packaging products are starting to appear on the market. This article examines the ways in which packaging will improve as these technologies come into play, and the issues which may hinder their widespread adoption.
By Will Soutter
6 Jul 2012
A respirocyte is a hypothetical nanomachine designed to mimic our red blood cells. This article explores how we could go about making one, and what implications the technology could have.
By Will Soutter
28 Jun 2012
Nanomedicine could greatly improve quality of life for diabetes sufferers, from more accurate and convenient glucose monitoring systems to potential cures.
By Will Soutter
27 Jun 2012
Nanotechnology promises to benefit many different aspects of industry. The automotive industry is certainly no exception. Nano-enhanced materials are already beginning to improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of vehicles, and this effect will only increase in the coming years, as harder, stronger, lighter nanomaterials become commercially available.
By Will Soutter
22 Jun 2012
Carbon nanotubes are one of the most exciting materials available to us - but synthesizing them in industrial quantities is still a challenge.
By Will Soutter
21 Jun 2012
This article explains how PeakForce QNM can be used for quantitative imaging of living biological samples.
There are three key application areas that benefit from a higher-bandwidth Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) with identical data quality, operating cost, force control and convenience of use as a typical AFM, which can be classified under screening, survey and dynamics.