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Carbon Nanotubes Hold Key To Extreme Strength and Sharpness of Swords Made From Famed Damascus Steel

The extreme strength, sharpness and resilience of swords made from Damascus steel has resulted in them being spoken of in the same tone as myths and legends. A paper reveals some of the secrets behind the steel itself and points strongly to production methods.

29 Nov 2006

Nanofood Defined and The Use Of Nanotechnology In Packaging, Producing and Growing Foods Now and Into The Future

Nanotechnology in the food industry can take a number of forms. These include the use of nanotechnology in packaging materials, farming practices, food processing and also in the foods themselves.

23 Nov 2006

NanoMobil – A German Strategy To Bring Nanotechnology Based Innovations To The Automotive Marketplace

Nanotechnology offers huge advances for the core competences in future automobile construction and are vital for maintaining competitiveness. The innovation NanoMobil is to make nanotechnology available for better environmental compatibility, safety and economic efficiency in the automobile area.

14 Nov 2006

DNA Analysis, The Development of a Portable High-Speed DNA Analysis Device - Paving The Way Towards Point-Of-Care Diagnosis And Advanced Medical Treatment

Researchers have developed a micromachined fluorescence detector that can be combined with excitation light sources using a precise semiconductor microfabrication technology. The device gives hand-held compact, high-speed, high-sensitivity, high-resolution separation or detection of DNA fragment dig

9 Nov 2006

Buckytubes and Carbon Nanotubes - A Nanotechnology Building Block, How To Make Them, History, Properties and Applications

Just as the key building block to life on earth is the carbon atom, carbon is the key to one of the most promising branches of nanotechnology. Much of the current research and commercialisation of nanotechnology relies on tubes, wires and balls made from carbon atoms.

8 Nov 2006

BuckyBalls - A Nanotechnology Building Block, How To Make Them, History, Properties and Applications

8 Nov 2006

Nanotechnology Size Scale - The Relative Size Of Nanotechnology Activities Compared To Atoms, Viruses, Bacteria And Human Hair

One of the most difficult things to understand about nanotechnology is to get a solid grip of exactly how small nanoparticles are. This article seeks to better explain this by comparing nano sized objects with common things.

30 Oct 2006

Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Forming Helical Structures - First Realization Of Hole Conduction In The Cholesteric Phase

Our research group has carried out investigation of the relationship between molecular structures and their physical properties, and the establishment of the guiding principle for molecular design to aim at the application of liquid crystalline organic semiconductors to practical opto-electronic dev

27 Oct 2006

Biosurfactants Using Yeasts Forming Nanocapsule Liposomes Suitable For Use As Moisturisers and Cosmetics At One Tenth The Cost Of Natural Ceramides

Biosurfactants that can be used in skin care products (cosmetics, medicines for external application) are the focus of attention. Through application of microbial biotechnology, AIST is engaged in the search for and development of biosurfactants with new structures and new properties.

27 Oct 2006

MEMS - Micro Electromechanical Systems and Their Applications Explained and Defined

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, or MEMS, are simply extremely small machines or electronic devices.

13 Oct 2006

Latest Articles

Carbon Nanotubes Hold Key To Extreme Strength and Sharpness of Swords Made From Famed Damascus Steel

Nanofood Defined and The Use Of Nanotechnology In Packaging, Producing and Growing Foods Now and Into The Future

NanoMobil – A German Strategy To Bring Nanotechnology Based Innovations To The Automotive Marketplace

DNA Analysis, The Development of a Portable High-Speed DNA Analysis Device - Paving The Way Towards Point-Of-Care Diagnosis And Advanced Medical Treatment

Buckytubes and Carbon Nanotubes - A Nanotechnology Building Block, How To Make Them, History, Properties and Applications

BuckyBalls - A Nanotechnology Building Block, How To Make Them, History, Properties and Applications

Nanotechnology Size Scale - The Relative Size Of Nanotechnology Activities Compared To Atoms, Viruses, Bacteria And Human Hair

Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Forming Helical Structures - First Realization Of Hole Conduction In The Cholesteric Phase

Biosurfactants Using Yeasts Forming Nanocapsule Liposomes Suitable For Use As Moisturisers and Cosmetics At One Tenth The Cost Of Natural Ceramides

MEMS - Micro Electromechanical Systems and Their Applications Explained and Defined

Laser-Induced Graphene for Printable and Biomedical Applications

Cigarette Waste as a Source for Sustainable Supercapacitors

Co-Solvent-Driven Laser Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Novel Technique Dramatically Increases Graphene's Elasticity

Improving Aqueous Zn-I2 Batteries with MOF-Derived Carbon

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

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