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World's First Paper Interstrate Thin Film Transistors

Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect Transistor (FET) with a paper "interstrate" layer.

21 Jul 2008

How Nanotechnology Can Create Cheap Solar Cells

Research into new types of solar cells produced by nanotechnology will be described by Professor Darren Bagnall at the World Renewable Energy Conference in Glasgow which begins tomorrow. Professor Bagnall and his Nano...

18 Jul 2008

Researchers Awarded DARPA Grant to Study Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to an interdisciplinary team of Harvard University researchers to study surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for the first phase ...

18 Jul 2008

Researchers Discover Method to Induce and Suppress Branching of Nanorods

A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat.

18 Jul 2008

Advanced Diamond Technologies Wins R and D 100 Award for UNCD Seals

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc., the world leader in developing and applying diamond films for industrial and electronic applications wins the prestigious R and D 100 Award for its UNCD Seals-deemed “one of the...

17 Jul 2008

Argonne Lab Researchers Win Two R and D 100 Awards for Fluid Sealing and Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and their industrial partners have won two R and D 100 Awards for innovative fluid sealing and lithium-ion battery technologies. Argonn...

From Argonne National Laboratory 17 Jul 2008

Free Admission to Museum for nanotxUSA'08 Attendees

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a new facility to be built at Victory Park in downtown Dallas named in honor of Ross Perot Sr. and his wife, Margot. Those attending nanotxUSA’08 will be able to see a mode...

17 Jul 2008

Magnetic Nanoparticles - New Treatment Against Cancer

Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has ...

17 Jul 2008

Treating Eye Diseases using Nanotechnology

While nanotechnology is being used in everything from paints to car exteriors, clothing and cosmetics, research is also underway using the technology to discover medical breakthroughs. Nanoparticle research by Professor ...

17 Jul 2008

Quantum Rods to Ferry Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents Across Blood-Brain Barrier

A unique nanoparticle system developed by University at Buffalo scientists takes advantage of the versatility of bioconjugated quantum rods to ferry novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier, according to recent in vitro findings.

17 Jul 2008