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Nanojems Engraves First Million Digits of Pi on Sapphire Crystal with Gold

Nanojems, a Reno-based microfabrication firm, has just engraved the first million digits of pi on sapphire crystal with gold. The engraving contains 200 times more digits than any other known engraving and is a landmark feat for the never-ending constant. The characters are so small that two digits can be etched on the end of a human hair.

28 Aug 2013

WITec's RayShield Coupler Offers Raman Data at Low Wavenumbers

WITec’s RayShield Coupler is now available for the alpha300 and alpha500 microscope series supplied by LOT-QuantumDesign. It allows the acquisition of Raman spectra at wavenumbers down to below 10 rel. cm-1.

From Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd 7 Aug 2013

New Design for Instrumented Nanoscale Indenter

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of North Carolina have demonstrated a new design for an instrument, a "instrumented nanoscale indenter," that makes sensitive measurements of the mechanical properties of thin films—ranging from auto body coatings to microelectronic devices—and biomaterials.

25 Jul 2013

Owens Design Partners to Develop Advanced Nanoimprint Lithography Tool

Owens Design Inc. today announced the completion of a collaborative tool development effort with a leading innovator in the field of nanoimprint technology.

13 Mar 2013

Study Provides New Insights into Nanoscale Disruptions in Crystalline Structure of Metals

MIT researchers now have new insights into how 'stress corrosion cracking' may be affected by nanoscale disruptions in the crystalline structure of metallic materials.

21 Dec 2012

Nano-Sized Film Pitted with Nanocavities for Greener Chemical Processes

Oxide catalysts, typically formulated as powders, play an integral role in many chemical transformations, including cleaning wastewater, curbing tailpipe emissions, and synthesizing most consumer products.

6 Nov 2012

NanoSight NTA System Used To Characterize Nanoparticles At NTNU's NanoLab Facility

NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, reports on the characterization of nanoparticles at the NanoLab of the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, NTNU.

16 Oct 2012

Nanoindentation Employed to Study Material Properties of Fossilized Teeth

A team of paleontologists and engineers has found that duck-billed dinosaurs had an amazing capacity to chew tough and abrasive plants with grinding teeth more complex than those of cows, horses, and other well-known modern grazers. Their study, which is published today in the journal Science, is the first to recover material properties from fossilized teeth.

5 Oct 2012

Scientists Create Three-Dimensional Nanodots on Micrometric Scale Silicon Films

Researchers belonging to the University of Limoges in France have demonstrated the possibility of creating three-dimensional silicon oxide nanodots on silicon films at the micrometric scale, within a few seconds. The nanodots are highly reproductive.

6 Dec 2011

Asylum Research Conducts Nanomechanics Classes to Benefit AFM Users

Asylum Research, a company that provides scanning probe/atomic force microscopy (AFM/SPM) solutions, has declared that they are conducting nanomechanics classes from August 16-18, 2011 in California.

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 10 Jun 2011