NANO TECH - NANO DAILY

Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)

Water is the key component in a Rice University process to reliably create patterns of metallic and semiconducting wires less than 10 nanometers wide. The techn...

Light-powered gyroscope is world's smallest

Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)

A pair of light waves - one zipping clockwise the other counterclockwise around a microscopic track - may hold the key to creating the world's smallest gyroscop...

Optics, nanotechnology combined to create low-cost sensor for gases

Apr 08, 2015 (SPX)

Engineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin-films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive a...

Nanoscale worms provide new route to nano-necklace structures

Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have developed a novel technique for crafting nanometer-scale necklaces based on tiny star-like structures threaded onto a polymeric backbone. The t...

Chemists make new silicon-based nanomaterials

Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)

In a paper published in the journal Nanoletters, the researchers describe methods for making nanoribbons and nanoplates from a compound called silicon telluride...

UW scientists build a nanolaser using a single atomic sheet

Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)

University of Washington scientists have built a new nanometer-sized laser - using the thinnest semiconductor available today - that is energy efficient, easy t...

NC State researchers create 'nanofiber gusher'

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Creating large amounts of polymer nanofibers dispersed in liquid is a challenge that has vexed researchers for years. But engineers and researchers at North Car...

Sharper nanoscopy

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

The 2014 chemistry Nobel Prize recognized important microscopy research that enabled greatly improved spatial resolution. This innovation, resulting in nanomete...

Click! That's how modern chemistry bonds nanoparticles to a substrate

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Nanoparticles of various types can be quickly and permanently bonded to a solid substrate, if one of the most effective methods of synthesis, click chemistry, i...

Nanospheres cooled with light to explore the limits of quantum physics

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

A team of scientists at UCL led by Peter Barker and Tania Monteiro (UCL Physics and Astronomy) has developed a new technology which could one day create quantum...

An improved method for coating gold nanorods

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have fine-tuned a technique for coating gold nanorods with silica shells, allowing engineers to create large quantities of the nanorods and giving t...

Are water treatment methods able to remove nanoparticles

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

The increased use of engineered nanoparticles (ENMs) in commercial and industrial applications is raising concern over the environmental and health effects of n...

The chameleon reorganizes its nanocrystals to change colors

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. A collaboration of scientists within the Sect...

Seeing tiny twins

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

To fully understand how nanomaterials behave, one must also understand the atomic-scale deformation mechanisms that determine their structure and, therefore, th...

Experiment and theory unite at last in debate over microbial nanowires

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfu...

Magnetic vortices in nanodisks reveal information

Mar 04, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ) together with a colleague at the French Centre National de la ...

Black phosphorus a new wonder material for optical communication

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Phosphorus, a highly reactive element commonly found in match heads, tracer bullets, and fertilizers, can be turned into a stable crystalline form known as blac...

Researchers turn unzipped nanotubes into possible alternative for platinum

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Graphene nanoribbons formed into a three-dimensional aerogel and enhanced with boron and nitrogen are excellent catalysts for fuel cells, even in comparison to ...

New nanowire structure absorbs light efficiently

Feb 26, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at Aalto University, Finland have developed a new method to implement different types of nanowires side-by-side into a single array on a single subs...

Ultra-thin nanowires can trap electron 'twisters' that disrupt superconductors

Feb 25, 2015 (SPX)

Superconductor materials are prized for their ability to carry an electric current without resistance, but this valuable trait can be crippled or lost when elec...