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MIT and Penn State Researchers Identify New Method to Produce Silicon Microwires

Microwires made of silicon — tiny wires with a thickness comparable to a human hair — have a wide range of possible uses, including the production of solar cells that can harvest much more sunlight for a given amount of material than a conventional solar cell made from a thin wafer of silicon crystal.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 Feb 2011

Versatilis’ New Nano-Based Technique to Improve Performance of Semiconducting Inks

Versatilis LLC, a high technology development Company based here, announced today it has developed a method for significantly increasing the performance of the organic semiconducting inks used for printing electronic circuits.

5 Feb 2011

Web-Based Imaging Toolkit to Study Plasmonic Fields in Nanoscale Devices

In typical plasmonic devices, electromagnetic waves crowd into tiny metal structures, concentrating energy into nanoscale dimensions.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Feb 2011

UC Researchers Employ Novel Approach to Produce Solar Cells Using Nanoparticles

An interdisciplinary team of UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz researchers is taking a novel approach to solar power, one that promises to lead to a technological breakthrough.

5 Feb 2011

Scientists Develop New Model to Understand Gold Nanoparticles Formation at Carlin-Type Deposits

A team of University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Las Vegas researchers have devised a new model for how Nevada's gold deposits formed, which may help in exploration efforts for new gold deposits.

5 Feb 2011

Scientists Invent New Versatile Method for Creating Atom Thin Nanosheets

A new way of splitting layered materials to give atom thin "nanosheets" has been discovered. This has led to a range of novel two-dimensional nanomaterials with chemical and electronic properties that have t...

From Trinity College Dublin 4 Feb 2011

Scientists Design Artificial Nanocomposites Using Nacre's Toughening Mechanism

Nacre, commonly known as mother-of-pearl, is the iridescent material lining many mollusk shells. It is part of a two-layer armor system that protects the animal from predators. The brittle outer layer of the shell abs...

4 Feb 2011

Skyworks Solutions Presents 2010 Raw Materials Supplier Award to Kopin

Kopin Corporation the world’s leading producer of heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) wafers for smart phones and other mobile devices, announced today that it received the 2010 Raw Materials Supplier Award from Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

From Kopin Corp 4 Feb 2011

Determination of 3-D Structures of Tiny Protein Nanocrystals Using X-Ray Laser

Two studies published in the February 3 issue of Nature demonstrate how the unique capabilities of the world's first hard X-ray free-electron laser—the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory—could revolutionize the study of life.

4 Feb 2011

Boston College Secures $1 Million Grant for Nanocoax Optical Microscope Development

Boston College has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support a team of university researchers developing a new microscope that uses a light-guiding "metamedium" to create images t...

3 Feb 2011

Nanomaterials News

MIT and Penn State Researchers Identify New Method to Produce Silicon Microwires

Versatilis’ New Nano-Based Technique to Improve Performance of Semiconducting Inks

Web-Based Imaging Toolkit to Study Plasmonic Fields in Nanoscale Devices

UC Researchers Employ Novel Approach to Produce Solar Cells Using Nanoparticles

Scientists Develop New Model to Understand Gold Nanoparticles Formation at Carlin-Type Deposits

Scientists Invent New Versatile Method for Creating Atom Thin Nanosheets

Scientists Design Artificial Nanocomposites Using Nacre's Toughening Mechanism

Skyworks Solutions Presents 2010 Raw Materials Supplier Award to Kopin

Determination of 3-D Structures of Tiny Protein Nanocrystals Using X-Ray Laser

Boston College Secures $1 Million Grant for Nanocoax Optical Microscope Development

Novel Semiconductor Born from Graphene and Glass

Novel Liquid Crystal Process Unlocks High-Purity Carbon Nanotubes for Motor Applications

Rapid Biomimetic Nanovaccine for Personalized Cancer Therapy

Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Body Heating

3D SiOx-Embedded Porous Carbon Nanofiber Hosts for Dendrite-Free Lithium Batteries

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

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