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Electron Wave Means Electrons on the Surface of Some Metals Behave Like Water at the Surface of a Lake

New research led by University of New Hampshire physicists has proved the existence of a new type of electron wave on metal surfaces: the acoustic surface plasmon, which will have implications for developments in nano-op...

9 Jul 2007

Researchers Create Nano Wagon Wheels

It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7 nm, whose “hub”, “spokes”, and “...

9 Jul 2007

Oxford Instruments Launch New TEM EDS Detector

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis is pleased to announce the launch of a new 50mm2 Si(Li) TEM EDS detector for users who want to maximise solid angle or minimise counting time. Collection efficiency of the X-ray detecto...

5 Jul 2007

Nanosoccer Match to Take Place at 2007 RoboCup

Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not...

3 Jul 2007

Evidence to Show How Light Can be Used to Control Nanomachines

Physicists at the University of California at Berkeley have produced images that show how light can control some of the smallest possible machines. By shining ultraviolet laser light on tiny molecules of azobenzene adher...

3 Jul 2007

A Bio-Friendly Nano-Sized Light Source

A bio-friendly nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across the visible spectrum, has been invented by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Labo...

2 Jul 2007

Xradia Announce The Sale of Transmission X-Ray Microscopes to Semiconductor Manufacturers

Xradia, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of ultra-high-resolution x-ray imaging systems for 3D tomography and nanotechnology applications, today announced the sale of three of its MicroXCTTM 3D Transmission X-ray Micro...

2 Jul 2007

Biologically Friendly Nano Sized Light Source Invented That Emits Choherent Light Across Visible Spectrum

29 Jun 2007

Tagging and Engineering Molecules For Energy Conversion, Drug Delivery and Medical Imaging By Pairing Nanoparticles With Proteins

In groundbreaking research, scientists have demonstrated the ability to strategically attach gold nanoparticles - particles on the order of billionths of a meter - to proteins so as to form sheets of protein-gold arrays....

28 Jun 2007

Nanorod and Nanowire Development May Help Compress Computer Memory

A team of chemists at Brown University has devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment are one k...

26 Jun 2007