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Innovative Nanofilms Enable Holographic Storage of Enormous Data

The need for high-density data storage is met by innovative nanoparticle-based films that can holographically store over 1000 times more data than a DVD.

4 Apr 2018

Atomically Thin 'Drumheads' for Ultra-Low Power Communications and Sensory Devices

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University realize cat-like 'hearing' with a device that is 10,000,000,000,000 times smaller than human eardrum.

2 Apr 2018

Micropollutant Removal with Nanoporous Metal Foam

Sponge-like metal foam has the potential to safely remove harmful micropollutants from wastewater without increasing the water industry’s carbon footprint.

15 Feb 2018

White Graphene Provides Ceramics Strength, Toughness, and Thermal Conductivity

According to a Rice University researcher, a little hBN in ceramics could give them exceptional properties.

12 Jan 2018

Caltech Team Manages to “Paint” Smallest Mona Lisa Using DNA

Caltech's Paul Rothemund (BS '94)—currently research professor of bioengineering, computing and mathematical sciences, and computation and neural systems—developed a technique to fold a long strand of DNA into a prescribed shape way back in 2006.

7 Dec 2017

Researchers Move Closer to Making Nanotransistors by Using Graphene

Although transistors developed by using carbon nanostructures seem to be a distant dream, they can become actuality in the near future. An international team of scientists in collaboration with Empa has at present been successful in developing nanotransistors by using graphene ribbons with a width of just few atoms.

30 Nov 2017

Scientists Develop Flat, Extremely Thin Graphene Metalenses with Tunable Features

In the pursuit of miniaturization, researchers from the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), in South Korea, have partnered with researchers at the University of Birmingham and at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to create flat lenses with the thickness of a credit card and with adjustable features.

28 Nov 2017

Process for Retaining Inherent Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in Various Applications

Distinctive and attractive characteristics of carbon nanotubes such as high electrical conductivity, exceptionally lighter weight, and greater stability than steel will be suitable for a number of applications such as high-performance plastics, ultra-lightweight batteries, and medical implants.

23 Nov 2017

Researchers Successfully Integrate Electronic Circuits into Textiles and Fabric

Scientists have achieved the successful integration of stretchable, washable, and breathable electronic circuits into fabric. This achievement paves the way for innovative probabilities in the fields of wearable electronics and smart textiles.

9 Nov 2017

Nanotextured Glass Prevents Glare

One of the major inconveniences of modern display screens experienced while using a computer underneath overhead lighting or adjacent to a window, watching television in complete darkness, or taking a photo outdoors on a sunny day using a smartphone is the phenomenon called glare.

31 Oct 2017

Nanofabrication News

Innovative Nanofilms Enable Holographic Storage of Enormous Data

Atomically Thin 'Drumheads' for Ultra-Low Power Communications and Sensory Devices

Micropollutant Removal with Nanoporous Metal Foam

White Graphene Provides Ceramics Strength, Toughness, and Thermal Conductivity

Caltech Team Manages to “Paint” Smallest Mona Lisa Using DNA

Researchers Move Closer to Making Nanotransistors by Using Graphene

Scientists Develop Flat, Extremely Thin Graphene Metalenses with Tunable Features

Process for Retaining Inherent Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in Various Applications

Researchers Successfully Integrate Electronic Circuits into Textiles and Fabric

Nanotextured Glass Prevents Glare

A Graphene FET (GFET) Ready for Immediate Functionalization

How Piezo Controller Design Influences Thermal Stability

Novel Nanomaterials for Improved Food Safety

Graphene Field Effect Transistors (GFETs) for Sensor Research

Helios G4 PFIB DualBeam™ for Materials Science

QPAC® 60 - Poly (Butylene Carbonate)

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Cleaving of Delicate Nanostructures

Bimetallic Nanoparticle Oxidation Observation via In-Situ EELS

Understanding Graphene Nanoplatelets

How Negative Stiffness Isolators Work

Nanofabrication News

1 Magnetic Nanoparticles Ready to Progress from Lab to Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

2 UNF-MSERF Houses State-of-the-Art TESCAN Biological Microscope for Cancer-Fighting Research

3 New Method Manipulates Electrical Conductivity of Graphene with Pressure

4 Tunable Optical Phenomenon in Graphene Could Lead to New Technologies

5 Phosphorus-Encapsulated Carbon Nanotubes Enhance Performance of Li-Ion Batteries

6 Improving Battery Performance with 3D Carbon-Based Nanostructures

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