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Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to NRL's Electronics Science and Technology Division to begin experiment testing and analysis. http://www.physorg.com/news173532760.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:36:05 EST news173532760 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to achieve with existing technologies. http://www.physorg.com/news169997059.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:25:10 EST news169997059 An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria discovered that monolayer coverage and channel length set the mobility in self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs). This opens the door to extremely sensitive chemical sensors that can be produced in a cost-effective way. The research was done at Philips Research Eindhoven and Eindhoven University of Technology. The findings were published as an Advanced Online Publication in Nature Nanotechnology. http://www.physorg.com/news169202165.html Nanotechnology Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:01 EST news169202165 (PhysOrg.com) -- In 1983, Richard Feynman proposed the idea of a machine that could create smaller scale replicas of itself. Today, such a system is still a challenge, but a machine that can produce nanometer-sized copies of micrometer-sized objects could prove to be extremely useful in modern nanotechnologies. http://www.physorg.com/news163074546.html Nanotechnology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:29:52 EST news163074546 (PhysOrg.com) -- By "unzipping" carbon nanotubes, researchers have shown how to make flat graphene ribbons. Graphene, which is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon that looks like chicken wire, has unique electrical properties that could have many future electronics applications. However, one of the biggest challenges researchers currently face is producing graphene in large quantities. http://www.physorg.com/news159436730.html Nanotechnology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:59:11 EST news159436730 (PhysOrg.com) -- Reprogrammable product tags, bendable displays and flexible solar cells--the field of organic semiconductor research is advancing these possibilities toward reality. By layering hydrocarbon molecules on thin plastic sheets, scientists can make flexible electronics on the cheap. http://www.physorg.com/news158342698.html Physics Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:05:57 EST news158342698 (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Ohio State University are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils. http://www.physorg.com/news157718787.html Nanotechnology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:46:58 EST news157718787 (PhysOrg.com) -- Working at the nanoscale level, University of Arkansas engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces on a glass substrate. The surfaces, made of randomly placed and densely distributed micron-sized silicon islands with nano-sized spikes, allow water to quickly penetrate textures and spread over the surface. http://www.physorg.com/news157306251.html Nanotechnology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:12:01 EST news157306251 (PhysOrg.com) -- Computer and television displays made using flexible, bendable polymer materials are technologies of the future, promising roll-up computer monitors and other innovations. Scientists are making progress toward bringing these technologies into our homes and offices. http://www.physorg.com/news148908959.html Physics Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:35:59 EST news148908959 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fujitsu Laboratories announced today the development of power-saving CMOS technology for logic LSI chips for 32 nanometer- (32nm-) generation and beyond. The new technology enables employment of a specific silicon crystal surface, which previously had not been applied in silicon substrates due to the crystal surface's conventionally low performance in the past, by improving its performance. http://www.physorg.com/news148666062.html Technology Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:07:42 EST news148666062 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have created the world's first all-integrated sensor circuit based on nanowire arrays, combining light sensors and electronics made of different crystalline materials. Their method can be used to reproduce numerous such devices with high uniformity. http://www.physorg.com/news137088634.html Nanotechnology Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:10:34 EST news137088634