Parallel 'nano-soldering' technique chosen for year's top-50 by Nanotech Briefs

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(PhysOrg.com) -- You should have so much patience to solder nanowires to nanoelectrodes. Talk about fine work. That’s why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.


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Nontoxic nanoparticle can deliver and track drugs

Nov 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.

Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency

Nov 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Friction is the bane of any machine. When moving parts are subject to friction, it takes more energy to move them, the machine doesn't operate as efficiently, and the parts have a tendency to wear out over ...

Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?

Nov 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and ...

Toward a new generation of paper-thin loudspeakers

Nov 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
In research that may redefine ear buds, earphones, stereo loudspeakers, and other devices for producing sound, researchers in China are reporting development of flexible loudspeakers thinner than paper that ...

Nanoparticles Deliver Their Cargo, Then Disappear

Nov 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Medical researchers are looking at any number of new methods to get drugs to specific locations in the body. Some methods are efficient but less safe, while others are safe but often fail ...
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