'Nano-Manhattan' 3D solar cells boost efficiency (Update)
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Unique three-dimensional solar cells that capture nearly all of the light that strikes them could boost the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) systems while reducing their size, weight and mechanical complexity.
Breakthrough: Scientists used nanotubes to send signals to nerve cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 08, 2006 |
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Texas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes -- the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells.
Make Way for the Real Nanopod: Researchers Create First Fully Functional Nanotube Radio
Oct 31, 2007 |
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Make way for the real nanopod and make room in the Guinness World Records. A team of researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at ...
Tiny Brain-Like Transistor Controls Nanobots
Mar 12, 2008 |
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For years, researchers have been building tiny nanobots that could one day serve a variety of purposes. But, until now, nanobots couldn't work together.
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.
First Direct Images of Carbon Nanotubes Entering Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 15, 2007 |
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For the first time, scientists have directly imaged carbon nanotubes entering and migrating within human cells, determining as a result that whether the nanotubes cause cell death depends on the dose and exposure ...
See-through transistor fabricated for future e-displays
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Scientists have recently taken an important step toward the development of “see-through” flexible electronic displays by fabricating fully transparent, high-speed nanowire transistors. This piece of circuitry, ...
Physicists show electrons can travel over 100 times faster in graphene than in silicon
Mar 24, 2008 |
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University of Maryland physicists have shown that in graphene the intrinsic limit to the mobility, a measure of how well a material conducts electricity, is higher than any other known material at room temperature. ...
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 ...
Rigiflex lithography improves organic LEDs
Apr 21, 2006 |
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In the race to create the roll-up TV (and a host of other devices), scientists are continually manipulating organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. Recently, researchers from Korea have designed a technique ...
Nano World: Black silicon for solar power
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient.
Nanotechnologists demonstrate artificial muscles powered by highly energetic fuels
Mar 16, 2006 |
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University of Texas at Dallas nanotechnologists have made alcohol- and hydrogen-powered artificial muscles that are 100 times stronger than natural muscles, able to do 100 times greater work per cycle and ...
Nanoscientists fired up about battery alternative
Feb 08, 2006 |
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Just about everything that runs on batteries - flashlights, cell phones, electric cars, missile-guidance systems - would be improved with a better energy supply. But traditional batteries haven't progressed far beyond the ...
Flexible nanoantenna arrays capture abundant solar energy
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The technology, developed at the U.S. Department of ...
Nano World: First solar-powered nano motor
Jan 24, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists has created the first molecular motor powered solely by sunlight. By acting like pistons that move back and forth, these motors, which are only nanometers or billionths of ...
