Nanomaterials news
For Better Nanowires, Just Add Diamond
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2006 |
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Among the positive characteristics of diamond, such as its beauty and unsurpassed hardness, are less well known properties that make it a valuable material in the electronics industry. Now, according to two scientists at ...
Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 03, 2008 |
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No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.
New nanoassembly technique is created
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 27, 2006 |
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U.S. chemists at Rice University say they have discovered how to assemble gold and silver nanoparticle building blocks into larger structures.
New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 01, 2007 |
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an optica ...
Important Twist in Supercapacitor Research
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Car batteries as we know them today may soon be relics. Storing energy in clunky containers with limited shelf lives has plagued car makers and military engineers who need lightweight, powerful ...
Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 13, 2007 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.
Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 07, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers have created solar cells made of different-sized quantum dots, each tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging these quantum dots in an ordered pattern, the scientists ...
Nanoscale 'Coaxial Cables' for Solar Energy Harvesting
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Scientists have designed a new type of nanowire – a tiny coaxial cable – that could vastly improve a few key renewable energy technologies, particularly solar cells, and could even impact other cutting-edge, ...
New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip.
Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 01, 2006 |
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A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth.
Paint-on semiconductor outperforms chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 12, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today's conventional chips -- and they made it simply by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass. The finding, which ...
Engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis (RO) membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination ...
New method of growing carbon nanotubes to revolutionise electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 09, 2006 |
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A new method of growing carbon nanotubes is predicted to revolutionise the implementation of nanotechnology and the future of electronics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully grown nanotubes at a ...
Scientists design new super-hard material
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Ultra-hard materials are used for everything from drills that bore for oil and build new roads to scratch-resistant coatings for precision instruments and the face of your watch.
Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In collaboration with scientists from the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of a commercially-viable ...
