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New DSA Lithography Techniques May Help Decrease Cost of Manufacturing Semiconductors

MIT researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, have introduced new directed self-assembly (DSA) techniques that promise to help semiconductor manufacturers develop more advanced and less expensive components.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 Feb 2014

Superabsorbing Design Boosts Light Absorption Efficiency of Thin Film Solar Cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a "superabsorbing" design that may significantly improve the light absorption efficiency of thin film solar cells and drive down manufacturing costs.

From North Carolina State University 27 Feb 2014

Optical ‘Nanocavity’ Boosts Light Absorption of Ultrathin Semiconductors

Associated with unhappy visits to the dentist, "cavity" means something else in the branch of physics known as optics.

27 Feb 2014

3D Microgels May Hold the Key to Personalized Medicine

Rather than your average bowl of Lucky Charms, these are three-dimensional cell cultures generated by an exciting new digital microfluidics platform, the results of which have been published in Nature Communications this week by researchers at the University of Toronto.

27 Feb 2014

Hard X-ray Fluorescence Bionanoprobe Makes 3-D Images of Frozen Biological Samples

It's an odd twist. For scientists to determine if a cell is functioning properly, they must destroy it.

From Argonne National Laboratory 27 Feb 2014

Sapwood May Filter Bacteria Measuring About 200 Nanometers

If you’ve run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there’s a simple solution: Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark, and slowly pour lake water through the stick. The improvised filter should trap any bacteria, producing fresh, uncontaminated water.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 Feb 2014

Quantitative, Qualitative Report on Global Graphene Electronics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Graphene Electronics Market: Materials, Devices, Products, & Developments 2013 - 2023" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 27 Feb 2014

Study on Impact of Residual Nano-Silver in the Environment

It is well known that, in the form of free ions, silver particles can be highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Recent research by Eawag and EPFL provides a better understanding about the critical doses and about how the organisms respond to these kinds of stresses.

26 Feb 2014

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Nanocatalysts

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Nanocatalysts Market" report to their offering.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Employ Anisotropic Acoustic Metamaterials for Acoustic Field Rotator

A Chinese-U.S. research team is exploring the use of metamaterials -- artificial materials engineered to have exotic properties not found in nature -- to create devices that manipulate sound in versatile and unprecedented ways.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Successfully Blend Carbon Nanotubes with Polymers

We live surrounded by polymers and today, rather than come up with new polymers, there is a tendency to modify them in order to obtain new applications.

26 Feb 2014

Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogel Enables Inexpensive Cleaning up of Oil Spills

Cleaning up oil spills and metal contaminates in a low-impact, sustainable and inexpensive manner remains a challenge for companies and governments globally.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Successfully Create Subnanoscale Pores in Graphene Sheet

Researchers have devised a way of making tiny holes of controllable size in sheets of graphene, a development that could lead to ultrathin filters for improved desalination or water purification.

26 Feb 2014

Advances in Using Nanoparticles and Magnetism to Treat Cancer

Using tiny particles designed to target cancer-fighting immune cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have trained the immune systems of mice to fight melanoma, a deadly skin cancer.

26 Feb 2014

Light-Induced Electrical Currents Found to Rise More Sharply at Intersection of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon

Every second, your computer must process billions of computational steps to produce even the simplest outputs.

26 Feb 2014

Nanotechnology News

New DSA Lithography Techniques May Help Decrease Cost of Manufacturing Semiconductors

Superabsorbing Design Boosts Light Absorption Efficiency of Thin Film Solar Cells

Optical ‘Nanocavity’ Boosts Light Absorption of Ultrathin Semiconductors

3D Microgels May Hold the Key to Personalized Medicine

Hard X-ray Fluorescence Bionanoprobe Makes 3-D Images of Frozen Biological Samples

Sapwood May Filter Bacteria Measuring About 200 Nanometers

Quantitative, Qualitative Report on Global Graphene Electronics Market

Study on Impact of Residual Nano-Silver in the Environment

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Nanocatalysts

Researchers Employ Anisotropic Acoustic Metamaterials for Acoustic Field Rotator

Researchers Successfully Blend Carbon Nanotubes with Polymers

Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogel Enables Inexpensive Cleaning up of Oil Spills

Researchers Successfully Create Subnanoscale Pores in Graphene Sheet

Advances in Using Nanoparticles and Magnetism to Treat Cancer

Light-Induced Electrical Currents Found to Rise More Sharply at Intersection of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon

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