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Researchers Work Out New Eco-Friendly Method for Making Silicon Nanowires

Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a new eco-friendly method to make silicon nanowires. This process may allow researchers to replace hydrofluoric acid (HF) with ammonium fluoride (NH4F).

19 Oct 2016

Researchers Build Diamond Micro-Anvils to Produce Immense Pressures to Create Novel Materials

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are set to apply pressures greater than those known to exist at the center of the Earth to potentially develop yet unidentified new materials.

19 Oct 2016

Conference-Review: 13th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium

“One of the most informative and interactive symposia of recent years", said WITec CEO Dr. Joachim Koenen about the 13th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium held from September 26th to the 28th in Ulm, Germany. ...

19 Oct 2016

Wyatt Technology Corporation Launches the ViscoStar III Online Viscometer for Polymer and Protein Characterization

Wyatt Technology, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular characterization, announces the launch of the third generation of intrinsic viscosity detectors: the ViscoStar III.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 19 Oct 2016

LEC-7233: SFF MES Thin Client Gateway with Intel® Celeron® N2807

Lanner today introduced the LEC-7233, a compact fanless hardware solution for manufacturing execution systems (MES).

19 Oct 2016

Advanced Separation Techniques Seminar

Postnova Analytics has announced a 1-day seminar examining the latest advanced separation techniques for the characterisation of nanoparticles, polymers and proteins.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 19 Oct 2016

New Atomic Force Microscope Uses Nanowires as Tiny Sensors

Nanowires are being used as tiny sensors by a new type of atomic force microscope (AFM). Unlike conventional AFM, this new device with a nanowire sensor allows measurements to be taken of both the direction and size of forces.

18 Oct 2016

Ground-Breaking Light-Activated Semiconductor Nanocomposite Material Moves in Response to Light

A team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have presented a paper describing a novel light-activated phenomenon that has the potential to become the foundation for applications as diverse as microscopic robotic grippers, optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells.

18 Oct 2016

New Nanowire-Quantum Dot Approach Shows Promise for Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Fuel

Scientists are pursuing a tiny solution for harnessing one of the world’s most abundant sources of clean energy: Water.

18 Oct 2016

Novel, Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy Targets Specific Cancer Cells Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A staggering 1.7 million persons in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016, with 600,000 cases ending in death.

18 Oct 2016

EM Resolutions Announce the Availability of Kleindiek Nanotechnik’s New Cryo Microgripper for Cryo-FIB Lift-out

EM Resolutions, manufacturers and suppliers of tools and accessories for users of electron microscopes, announce the availability of new cryo microgripper for cryo-FIB lift-out, a product of Kleindiek Nanotechnik.

From EM Resolutions Ltd 18 Oct 2016

Stretchy Optical Fibers for Implanting in the Body

Biocompatible fibers could use light to stimulate cells or sense signs of disease.

18 Oct 2016

Workshop on Electron Microscopy Focuses on Contributions of Berkeley Lab

A workshop on “Future Electron Microscopy” held on 11th October, 2016 at the ALS User Support Building demonstrated the depth and breadth of electron microscopy at Berkeley Lab.

17 Oct 2016

MIPT Researchers Demonstrate Development of Compact Sources of Coherent Plasmons

The possibility to develop compact sources of coherent plasmons has been theoretically demonstrated by researchers from MIPT’s Laboratory of 2D Materials’ Optoelectronics, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, and Tohoku University (Japan).

17 Oct 2016

Scientists Control Nanoballoons using Static Electricity

Molecular-sized machines could be used to manipulate significant bodily mechanisms in the future. In a recent study, scientists from Umeå University and the University of California, Berkeley have electrostatically controlled a nanoballoon consisting of a carbon molecule 10,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair, to switch between collapsed and inflated state.

14 Oct 2016

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Work Out New Eco-Friendly Method for Making Silicon Nanowires

Researchers Build Diamond Micro-Anvils to Produce Immense Pressures to Create Novel Materials

Conference-Review: 13th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium

Wyatt Technology Corporation Launches the ViscoStar III Online Viscometer for Polymer and Protein Characterization

LEC-7233: SFF MES Thin Client Gateway with Intel® Celeron® N2807

Advanced Separation Techniques Seminar

New Atomic Force Microscope Uses Nanowires as Tiny Sensors

Ground-Breaking Light-Activated Semiconductor Nanocomposite Material Moves in Response to Light

New Nanowire-Quantum Dot Approach Shows Promise for Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Fuel

Novel, Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy Targets Specific Cancer Cells Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

EM Resolutions Announce the Availability of Kleindiek Nanotechnik’s New Cryo Microgripper for Cryo-FIB Lift-out

Stretchy Optical Fibers for Implanting in the Body

Workshop on Electron Microscopy Focuses on Contributions of Berkeley Lab

MIPT Researchers Demonstrate Development of Compact Sources of Coherent Plasmons

Scientists Control Nanoballoons using Static Electricity

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