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WETSEM Capsule Technology Developer Quantomix Acquired by El-Mul Technologies

El-Mul Technologies, a leading manufacturer of particle detection and field emission components used in nanotechnology instruments, announced today that it has acquired QuantomiX, developer of the innovative WETSEM capsu...

28 Nov 2007

Nanowire Properties Tested, Results Point to Use as Oscillators in Nanoelectromechanical Systems for Nanosensors and Communications Devices

Nanowires grown at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a mechanical “quality factor” at least 10 times higher than reported values for other nanoscale devices such as carbon nanotub...

28 Nov 2007

Sandia Observe Buckyball Birth - Confirm Smalley's Hypothesis

Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia's Jianyu Huang has seen one being born. Buckyballs - more formally known as buckminsterfullerene C-60 - are carbon-linke...

From Sandia National Laboratories 22 Nov 2007

Nanotech Becomes a Commercial Reality With $50 Billion in Product Sales

For two decades, the term “nanotechnology” has been primarily associated with an R&D race spanning the public and private sectors. But nanotech is now shifting from discovery to commercialization, with $5...

21 Nov 2007

Understanding of Actuator Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Bring Micro Machines Closer

Imagine machines smaller than microscopic in size working around us, in us and for us. Imagine them seeking out diseases, cleaning the environment and making the world a better place. Just as a car is a combination of a ...

21 Nov 2007

Improved Wettability of Carbon Nanotubes Opens the Door to New Possibilities

Carbon nanotubes have long been touted as the wonder material of the future but their wonder properties can also be their downfall. The non reactive nature of carbon nanotubes means they can be difficult to incorporate i...

21 Nov 2007

Dude, Big Screen TVs, Flexible Electronics and Surfboards Made from Same New Material!

There is nothing new about combining two materials to make a composite material with more desirable properties than the originals. Fibreglass has been a mainstay of the marine industry for decades and the construction in...

21 Nov 2007

FED-TVs With Carbon Nanotube Technology Could Supersede Plasma and LCD Flat Screens

Just as silicon is the wonder material for the computer age, carbon nanotubes will most likely be the materials responsible for the next evolutionary step in electronics and computing. Their extraordinary properties have...

21 Nov 2007

Another Type of Nanotube - A How to Guide for Making Bamboo Structured Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotechnology is area if science that has recently captured the attention of people all around the world. At the heart of the nanotechnology revolution are carbon nanotubes, amazing materials with astonishing properties...

21 Nov 2007

Growing Tiny Carbon Nanotube Wires to Connect Computer Chips of the Future

Computers and electronic devices of the future will utilise technologies not currently available. An example of such a technology is the use of carbon nanotubes as interconnects for computer chips. This is now a step clo...

21 Nov 2007