Entries from February 2009 ↓
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Self-aligning carbon nanotubes could be key to next generation of devices
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
Using a process based on optical near-field effects, researchers created nanoscale devices based on connecting sharp-tipped electrodes with individually self-aligned carbon nanotubes.
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Nanotechnology Accelerates Electric Vehicles Markets, Reaching 32.7 Million Autos Shipped by 2015
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
Electronics.ca Publication announces the availability of a new report entitled 'Worldwide Nanotechnology Electric Vehicle Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts'.
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Omnibus Appropriations Bill includes $1M to expand National Research Center at UAlbany NanoCollege
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany announced today that it has secured $1 million in funding in the Omnibus appropriations bill to further expand a national nanotechnology research center through a partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and CNSE.
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SEMATECH and Asahi Glass Form Joint Development Partnership to Commercialize Defect Free EUV Mask Blanks
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
SEMATECH, a global consortium of the world's leading chip manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into a joint development partnership to accelerate mask blank commercialization with Asahi Glass Co., a commercial mask blank supplier in Japan.
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Scientists pinpoint mechanism to increase magnetic response of ferromagnetic semiconductor under high pressure
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
When squeezed, electrons increase their ability to move around. In compounds such as semiconductors and electrical insulators, such squeezing can dramatically change the electrical and magnetic properties.
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Using the world’s smallest periscope to look at cells
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.
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Applied Materials Hosts Forum to Explore Emerging Lithography Technologies
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
Titled 'Next Generation Lithography Technologies: Yielding Moore with Less,' the forum will be led by Dr. Hans Stork, chief technology officer of Applied Materials? Silicon Systems Group
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Scientists eavesdrop on the exciting conversations within cells
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
Scientists have discovered the secrets of a sophisticated molecule that plays a role in many aspects of human health from fertility to blood pressure; digestion to mental health.
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Nanotechnology researchers improve performance of plastic solar cells
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
Researchers at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta have engineered an approach that is leading to improved performance of plastic solar cells (hybrid organic solar cells).
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Models present new view of nanoscale friction
February 28th, 2009 — From Nanowerk.com
Through computer simulations, scientists demonstrated that friction at the atomic level behaves similarly to friction generated between large objects.