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Superatoms, How The Materials Research Institute at Penn State Might Rewrite The Periodic Table By Using Nanoclusters To Make Superatoms One Atom at a Time

Article - 16 Aug 2007

Between the gas phase and the condensed phase of liquids and solids, lies an intermediate state of matter that is not quite one phase or the other. Called clusters, these small agglomerations of...

Is Nanotechnology Rushing Into A Repeat Of The Biotechnology Backlash

Article - 27 Feb 2007

Nanotechnology is being commercialised outside of general public awareness or debate, without any serious attempt to involve the community in decision making about its introduction, and in the absence...

SE-1000 - Cost-Effective Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Thin Film Characterization

Equipment

This page details the capabilities of the SE-1000, a spectroscopic ellipsometer used for thin-film characterization.

Holoprint®: Patented Imprint Technology

Equipment

Holoprint® is a patented imprint technology which allows the imprinting of 3D nano surface relief structures with an existing printer or as a stand-alone.

The Applications and Future Trends of Nanotechnology

Article - 29 Aug 2006

Materials scientists and engineers have made significant improvements to the methods of synthesis of nanomaterial solids. A brief review of future trends in nanotechnology developments is given in...

Impact of Nanotechnology on Materials Science – Modified Properties of Nanocrystalline Solids and Nanocomposites

Article - 24 Aug 2006

New nanotechnology techniques have created new nanocrystalline solid materials and nanocomposite materials with enhanced properties

Nanocapsules and Dendrimers - Properties and Future Applications

Article - 21 Jul 2006

A nanocapsule is any nanoparticle having a shell and space where desired substances can be encapsulated.

Next Generation STACIS Active Piezoelectric Vibration Cancellation - SEM-Base VI for SEMs

Equipment

SEM-Base® VI is considered to be the next generation in STACIS active piezoelectric vibration cancellation. The design of the SEM-Base VI allows it to support all commercial Scanning Electron...

VOYAGER: High Performance Electron Beam Lithography

Equipment

The VOYAGER™ is built to handle all industrial and academic electron beam lithography applications where the key objectives are maximum resolution and high write throughput.

From Nautilus to Nanobo(a)ts: The Visual Construction of Nanoscience

Article - 23 Dec 2005

The view that nanotechnology will lead to tiny robotic submarines navigating our bloodstream is ubiquitous but there is an almost surreal gap between what the technology is believed to promise and...