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Adhesive Developed that has Mastered the Mystery of the Sticky Gecko Foot That Can Easily Grip and Release Incredible Loads

Researchers have developed a directional adhesive, inspired by the gecko, using microfibers made from a hard polymer, polypropylene. The polymer fibers are 600 nanometers in diameter, just 1/100 the diameter of a human hair, and are formed by a casting process. Like the gecko, the synthetic microfiber array is not sticky except when fibers slide a small distance along a surface. While the present microfiber array works on smooth glass, future versions could be useful for medical equipment, sporting goods, or climbing robots where a directional and easy attach-release adhesive is needed.

30 Jan 2008

Surface Made of an Array of Nanonails Can Change Wettability at the Flick of a Switch

Sculpting a surface composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can repel almost any liquid.

30 Jan 2008

Mobile Telephone Set to Hit the Market Complete With Electronic Ink Screen

Hitachi is expecting to have available in March a new mobile phone for the Japanese market that comes complete with a 2.7 inch e-ink display.

30 Jan 2008

Nanoelectronics Collaboration to Develop Smart Power for the Future

AMI Semiconductor, a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a ...

29 Jan 2008

Toxin Detector to be Built with Grant Funding for NanoDynamics

NanoDynamics subsidiary ND Life Sciences announced its receipt of a two-year $350,000 Phase II SBIR contract from the National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS). The contract, which runs through Au...

29 Jan 2008

Workshop to Look at Advancing the Oil, Energy and Petroleum Industries with Nanotechnology

Epik Energy Solutions announced that it will present at the upcoming Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) “Nanotechnology in Upstream E&P: Nano-Scale Revolutions to Mega-Scale Challenges” applied t...

29 Jan 2008

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applied to Microscale Gas Phase Reactions may Improve Future Catalysts and Catalytic Reactors for Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

In a significant step towards improving the design of future catalysts and catalytic reactors, especially for microfluidic “lab-on-a-chip” devices, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawre...

29 Jan 2008

First Steps Taken by the EPA to Address Nanotechnology Safety With More Action Required to Ensure Public Confidence

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published today in the Federal Register its plan for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The plan takes a positive fir...

29 Jan 2008

Microscopic Printing Process Ten Times Better Than Current Methods for Producing Printed Electronics

A new technique for printing extraordinarily thin lines
quickly over wide areas could lead to larger, less expensive and more
versatile electronic displays as well new medical devices, sensors and
other technologies

29 Jan 2008

Solar Cells With Low Cost and High Efficiency May Arise From Breakthroughs With Nanowires

Nanowires found to be able to trap more sunlight and convert it to electricity more efficiently than traditional solar cells

29 Jan 2008

Visible Blind Avalanche Photodiodes Capable of Detecting Single Ultraviolet Photons

In a significant breakthrough, researchers at Northwestern University’s Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) have demonstrated visible-blind avalanche photodiodes (APDs) capable of detecting single photons in the ultra...

29 Jan 2008

NanoJapan International Study and Research Program Wins Award

NanoJapan, a unique, Rice University-based program that combines a traditional study abroad experience in Japan with a targeted undergraduate research internship in nanotechnology, has been awarded the Institute of Inter...

29 Jan 2008

New Polymer Could Lead to Dramatic Cost Savings and Efficiency Gains in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Computer Chip

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Department of Physics and Center for Integrated Electronics have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains

29 Jan 2008

Carbon Nanotubes Strong Future in Micro Electronics Proven by use in New Kind of Transistor Radio

Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it. The nanotube radios, in which nanotube devices provide al...

29 Jan 2008

Molecular Sized Machines Might Get Around Using Two Legged DNA Walker Legs

Researchers have synthesized a molecular structure designed from single and double-stranded pieces of DNA that responds to a similarly modeled track, by walking down it autonomously.

29 Jan 2008

Nanotechnology News

Adhesive Developed that has Mastered the Mystery of the Sticky Gecko Foot That Can Easily Grip and Release Incredible Loads

Surface Made of an Array of Nanonails Can Change Wettability at the Flick of a Switch

Mobile Telephone Set to Hit the Market Complete With Electronic Ink Screen

Nanoelectronics Collaboration to Develop Smart Power for the Future

Toxin Detector to be Built with Grant Funding for NanoDynamics

Workshop to Look at Advancing the Oil, Energy and Petroleum Industries with Nanotechnology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applied to Microscale Gas Phase Reactions may Improve Future Catalysts and Catalytic Reactors for Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

First Steps Taken by the EPA to Address Nanotechnology Safety With More Action Required to Ensure Public Confidence

Microscopic Printing Process Ten Times Better Than Current Methods for Producing Printed Electronics

Solar Cells With Low Cost and High Efficiency May Arise From Breakthroughs With Nanowires

Visible Blind Avalanche Photodiodes Capable of Detecting Single Ultraviolet Photons

NanoJapan International Study and Research Program Wins Award

New Polymer Could Lead to Dramatic Cost Savings and Efficiency Gains in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Computer Chip

Carbon Nanotubes Strong Future in Micro Electronics Proven by use in New Kind of Transistor Radio

Molecular Sized Machines Might Get Around Using Two Legged DNA Walker Legs

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