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New Technique Enables Integration of Carbon Nanotubes in ICs

Using a new method for precisely controlling the deposition of carbon, researchers have demonstrated a technique for connecting multi-walled carbon nanotubes to the metallic pads of integrated circuits without the high interface resistance produced by traditional fabrication techniques.

1 Nov 2012

Researchers Produce Nearly Transparent Films of Electrically Conductive Carbon Nanotubes

A Rice University team has hit upon a method to produce nearly transparent films of electrically conductive carbon nanotubes, a goal sought by researchers around the world.

30 Oct 2012

Simple Technique to Produce Transparent, Electrically Conductive Carbon Nanotube Films

A Rice University team has hit upon a method to produce nearly transparent films of electrically conductive carbon nanotubes, a goal sought by researchers around the world.

29 Oct 2012

IBM Researchers Demonstrate New Approach to Carbon Nanotechnology

IBM scientists have demonstrated a new approach to carbon nanotechnology that opens up the path for commercial fabrication of dramatically smaller, faster and more powerful computer chips.

29 Oct 2012

Carbon Nanotube Templated Microfabrication Process Breaks MEMS Materials Barrier

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are incredibly tiny devices, often built on the scale of millionths of a meter.

29 Oct 2012

Professors at NJIT Receive Edison Awards for Research on Bionanotechnology

NJIT Research Professor Reginald Farrow and NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas will be the recipients Nov. 8, 2012 in the Liberty Science Center of an Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. The event, which kicks off the Council's 50th Anniversary celebration, will honor more than 30 inventors and 13 New Jersey companies and universities.

25 Oct 2012

New Bytesize Science Episode Features Nanotechnology Research by UMD Scientists

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today released two new videos celebrating the 25th Anniversary of National Chemistry Week (NCW). The videos, from the world's largest scientific society, coincide with the start of this year's NCW, being observed in hundreds of communities around the country. Both videos are available now at www.BytesizeScience.com.

From American Chemical Society 24 Oct 2012

SWeNT to Present Specialty Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes at SAMPE Tech 2012

SouthWest NanoTechnologies, the world leader in high quality, Single-Wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNT), will present its new SMW™ line of Specialty Multi-wall CNT at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Tech 2012 conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

20 Oct 2012

New Joint Research Deal to Advance Carbon-Based Nanomanufacturing Industry

The nascent industry of carbon-based nanomanufacturing will benefit from a new cooperative venture between scientists at Rice University and its Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology and scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md.

17 Oct 2012

New Carbon Nanotube Straightening Techniques to Fabricate Stronger Composites

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for stretching carbon nanotubes (CNT) and using them to create carbon composites that can be used as stronger, lighter materials in everything from airplanes to bicycles.

From North Carolina State University 16 Oct 2012