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Scientists Use Scanning Tunneling Microscope to Study Rotaxane Molecular Machines

In the development of future molecular devices, new display technologies, and "artificial muscles" in nanoelectromechanical devices, functional molecules are likely to play a primary role. Rotaxanes, one fa...

7 Jul 2010

New, Affordable Mask and Bond Aligner from EV

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that it has introduced the EVG610 mask and bond aligner, specific...

7 Jul 2010

Researchers Design New Optical Tweezers to Manipulate Nanoparticles

Star Trek fans will remember "tractor beams," lasers that allowed the Starship Enterprise to trap and move objects. Tel Aviv University is now turning this science fiction into science fact -- on a nano scale.

7 Jul 2010

Nanoshocks Technique May Help Interpret Shock Behavior in Microscopic Samples

But Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicists are using an ultra-fast laser-based technique they dubbed "nanoshocks" for something entirely different. In fact, the "nanoshocks" have such a small spa...

7 Jul 2010

Complete Analysis of Nanomaterials in Textile Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanotechnology and Textiles: Market and Applications to 2015 (https://www.reportlinker.com/) Stain repellent fabrics and texti...

7 Jul 2010

Fluorescent Quantum Dots Ideal for Detecting Rare Cancer Cells

The tunable fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots make ideal tools for distinguishing and identifying rare cancer cells in tissue biopsies, Emory and Georgia Tech scientists have demonstrated.

7 Jul 2010

Magnetic Nanoparticles Offer New Potential Treatments for Cancer and Diabetes

Clusters of heated, magnetic nanoparticles targeted to cell membranes can remotely control ion channels, neurons and even animal behavior, according to a paper published by University at Buffalo physicists in Nature Nanotechnology.

7 Jul 2010

New Nanoparticle Device Holds Promise for Effective Gene Therapy

Scientists have designed a nanoparticle that appears to effectively deliver genetic material into cells with minimal toxic effects. In lab experiments, the researchers have found that this device, a vector, is able to ...

7 Jul 2010

Irilliant Announces New Patent for Controlled Synthesis of Nanomaterials

Irilliant, Inc., a developer of high-throughput manufacturing processes for nanomaterials, has further enhanced and protected its CAFS (Chemical Aerosol-Flow Synthesis) process with a soon-to-be-issued U.S. patent.

7 Jul 2010

Qcept Launches NVD Inspection System for Tool Monitoring Applications

Qcept Technologies Inc. today introduced its latest non-visual defect (NVD) inspection system--the ChemetriQ® 5000. Providing NVD inspection on both patterned and unpatterned wafers, the ChemetriQ 5000 can be used f...

7 Jul 2010

Nanotechnology Means Big Business for Victoria

Self cleaning paint, miniature sensors that detect disease in its early stages and next generation batteries are all revolutionary products that could result from research undertaken at the new $57 million Melbourne Cent...

7 Jul 2010

Monitoring Surface of Objects for Defects Using Automated Technique

As production lines become increasingly fast, quality-control procedures must also keep pace. The surface of objects, such as flat panels and glass sheets, can now be monitored for defects-without contact-using an automa...

6 Jul 2010

Innovative Imprinting Technique Produces Highly Ordered Alumina Films with Nano-sized Pores on Silicon Wafers

Nanoporous anodic alumina films are versatile materials that can be used as templates in the fabrication of miniscule multifunctional objects for electronics and energy storage, such as nanotubes and nanowires. Unfortuna...

6 Jul 2010

National Cancer Institute Announces Successful Test Results of Zecotek's Tunable Green Fiber Laser

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I.F), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial, nanotechnology and scientific markets, today announced that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) has released positive test results conducted on Zecotek's proprietary Tunable Green Fiber Laser.

From Zecotek Photonics 6 Jul 2010

Korea to Host Nanotechnology Conference

NANO KOREA 2010, the 8th International Nanotech Symposium & Exhibition, a trade show focused on nanotechnology and its convergence with other industries, will be held in Goyang city, Korea from August 18 to 20. I...

6 Jul 2010