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Carbon Nanotubes Unite Metals and Plastics to Form Ultra Lightweight Composite

News - 4 Jul 2007

University of Virginia engineering professor Mool C. Gupta and his team have used carbon nanotubes to unite the virtues of plastics and metals in a new ultra-lightweight, conductive material that may...

Unidym Establishes Technical Advisory Board

News - 3 Jul 2007

Unidym, the nanotechnology company that develops high-performance, cost-effective products for the electronics industry, and majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, today...

Evidence to Show How Light Can be Used to Control Nanomachines

News - 3 Jul 2007

Physicists at the University of California at Berkeley have produced images that show how light can control some of the smallest possible machines. By shining ultraviolet laser light on tiny molecules...

Linear Nanotube Arrays Could Result in New Electronic Devices

News - 2 Jul 2007

Despite the attractive electrical properties and physical features of single-walled carbon nanotubes, incorporating them into scalable integrated circuits has proven to be a challenge because of...

Self Cleaning Surfaces, Transparent Electronics and Biomedical Tools From New Dirt Repelling, Conductive Nano Fibres

News - 29 Jun 2007

Tiny plastic fibers could be the key to some diverse technologies in the future -- including self-cleaning surfaces, transparent electronics, and biomedical tools that manipulate strands of DNA. In...

Innovative Materials Advance Organic Semiconductor Processing

News - 27 Jun 2007

Carnegie Mellon University chemists have found that grease can make some innovative plastics vastly better electrical conductors. This discovery, published June 25 in Advanced Materials, outlines a...

Transparent Transistors Developed For E-Paper and Flexible Screens

News - 27 Jun 2007

Researchers have used nanotechnology to create transparent transistors and circuits, a step that promises a broad range of applications, from e-paper and flexible color screens for consumer...

nano2hybrids Project to Provide Research Updates via YouTube

News - 27 Jun 2007

If you have ever wondered how a real science project operates and wanted to see what it is like working in a research lab, then the nano2hybrids project should fulfil your curiosity-driven appetite....

DuPont Conducting Research on Various Nanoscale Materials

News - 26 Jun 2007

To evaluate the effectiveness, flexibility and practicality of the Nano Risk Framework, announced on June 21 with Environmental Defense, DuPont conducted demonstration projects on three different...

Tool For Evaluating and Addressing Potential Risks Of Nanomaterials Released By DuPont and Environmental Defense

News - 22 Jun 2007

DuPont and Environmental Defense today released a comprehensive framework to assist with the responsible development and use of nanotechnology and to help inform global dialogue on its potential...