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Precision Motion and Automation Sub-System Solutions to Showcase at SPIE Photonics West 2020

A few steps past the foot of the escalator into the exhibit hall of the world’s largest multidisciplinary photonics event, PI’s booth displays the latest state-of-the-art precision motion technologies.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 22 Jan 2020

Researchers Grow First-Ever Single-Crystal Bilayer/Trilayer Graphene Sheets

At the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, scientists have fabricated and used single-crystal copper-nickel alloy foil substrates to grow large-area, single-crystal bi- and trilayer graphene films.

21 Jan 2020

UK Electronics and Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) Invest in Henniker Plasma Treatment Technology

The EPIC Centre, built to serve the Electronics and Photonics industry, recently acquired an advanced plasma treatment system from UK based manufacturer Henniker Plasma.

From Henniker Plasma 21 Jan 2020

White Paper Demonstrates Benefits of Electrical Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation

An informative white paper from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its novel Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology can be used to separate a wide variety of nano-sized materials while simultaneously determining surface charge.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 21 Jan 2020

Scientists Image Atomic Bonding Using Advanced Microscopy Techniques

For the first time, researchers have successfully captured and imaged the bonding between atoms with the help of sophisticated microscopy techniques.

20 Jan 2020

Study Shows Large Molecules Move Faster on Rough Surfaces at Nanoscale

Roughness, or the irregularities present on a surface, is generally related to stickiness and slower motion. This holds good at varying length scales: at human size (1 m), walking along a rough, up and down, path takes a longer time than walking on a flat road.

20 Jan 2020

The First Highway Trials Show That Nanotube-Reinforced Asphalt Concrete Prevents Cracks and Ruts

Trials of the world’s first experimental section of road pavement with graphene nanotubes have demonstrated a 67% increase in resistance to rutting and cracking.

From OCSIAL Group 17 Jan 2020

Europe’s Leading Exhibition for Advanced Materials Returns

The leading Advanced Materials Show returns on the 8th - 9th July 2020 at an exciting new venue the NAEC Stoneleigh, Warwickshire UK.

From The Advanced Materials Show 13 Jan 2020

New Method to Fabricate More Efficient, Durable Perovskite Solar Cells

Engineers from the University of California San Diego have developed a new technique that could allow fabrication of longer-lasting and more efficient perovskite solar cells, photodetectors, and LEDs.

10 Jan 2020

Nanoscale Directional Antenna Technology for Optimized Transfer of Data

Directional antennas are devices that transform electrical signals into radio waves, radiating them in a specific direction.

9 Jan 2020

Sublimation, Not Melting: Graphene Surprises Researchers Again

Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute for High Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have used computer modeling to refine the melting curve of graphite that has been studied for over 100 years, with inconsistent findings.

7 Jan 2020

MIPT Physicists Find Ways to Overcome Signal Loss in Magnonic Circuits

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, and N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University have demonstrated that the coupling elements in magnonic logic circuits are so crucial that a poorly selected waveguide can lead to signal loss.

2 Jan 2020

New Colloidal Model Offers a Better Understanding of Crystal Formation

Crystallization can be described as a physical phenomenon in which disordered molecules in a gas or liquid phase are converted into a highly ordered solid crystal via two stages—that is, nucleation and growth.

23 Dec 2019

New Way to Recycle Electronic Waste Using Low-temperature Cryo-mill

Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have announced that they have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust.

20 Dec 2019

Researchers Explore the Biological Effects of Nanomaterials

Despite the rising popularity of nanotechnology, the risk assessment for nanoparticles is an arduous process that poses considerable difficulties to the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).

17 Dec 2019

Nanotechnology News

Precision Motion and Automation Sub-System Solutions to Showcase at SPIE Photonics West 2020

Researchers Grow First-Ever Single-Crystal Bilayer/Trilayer Graphene Sheets

UK Electronics and Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) Invest in Henniker Plasma Treatment Technology

White Paper Demonstrates Benefits of Electrical Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation

Scientists Image Atomic Bonding Using Advanced Microscopy Techniques

Study Shows Large Molecules Move Faster on Rough Surfaces at Nanoscale

The First Highway Trials Show That Nanotube-Reinforced Asphalt Concrete Prevents Cracks and Ruts

Europe’s Leading Exhibition for Advanced Materials Returns

New Method to Fabricate More Efficient, Durable Perovskite Solar Cells

Nanoscale Directional Antenna Technology for Optimized Transfer of Data

Sublimation, Not Melting: Graphene Surprises Researchers Again

MIPT Physicists Find Ways to Overcome Signal Loss in Magnonic Circuits

New Colloidal Model Offers a Better Understanding of Crystal Formation

New Way to Recycle Electronic Waste Using Low-temperature Cryo-mill

Researchers Explore the Biological Effects of Nanomaterials

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