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Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Carbon nanotubes are exciting for fundamental physics, and for potential technological applications," Nadya Mason tells PhysOrg.com. "However, we are generally limited in the way that we can study them. ...


New interferometer could simplify materials research

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 1 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- “Most current hard x-ray interferometers are based on crystals, which require their high quality and high mechanical stability,” Anatoly Snigirev tells PhysOrg.com. “This can make x-ray interferometry quite ...


New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: ...


Self-Programming Hybrid Memristor/Transistor Circuit Could Continue Moore's Law

Self-Programming Hybrid Memristor/Transistor Circuit Could Continue Moore's Law

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (42) | comments 8 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- As researchers strive to increase the density and functionality of circuit elements onto computer chips, one newer option they have is a memory resistor (or “memristor”), the fourth passive ...


'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...


Fabricating 3D Photonic Crystals

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- “In photonic crystals, the ability to control the structure of a material in full three dimensional space, allows you to control the way that light flows through it,” John Rogers tells PhysOrg.com. “This ...


Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards

Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology announced a scientific advancement that could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to ...


Caltech scientists solve decade-long mystery of nanopillar formations

Scientists solve decade-long mystery of nanopillar formations

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 2

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale pillars can be grown on polymer films with very high precision, in potentially limitless ...


Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, chip-design tools

Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, chip-design tools

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could ...


Gold solution for enhancing nanocrystal electrical conductance

Gold solution for enhancing nanocrystal electrical conductance

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers with the U.S. ...


New technique that scrambles light may lead to sharper images, wider views

New technique that scrambles light may lead to sharper images, wider views

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 3

When photographers zoom in on an object to see it better, they lose the wide-angle perspective -- they are forced to trade off "big picture" context for detail. But now an imaging method developed by Princeton ...


Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...


At the limits of the photoelectric effect

Shaking the Fundamentals of Physics: At the Limits of the Photoelectric Effect

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 9

With extremely short wavelengths and very high intensities, light-matter interaction seems to be different than previously accepted.


Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)

Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair ...


Dense Chip Schematic

250 DVDs on a quarter: New method of self-assembling nanoscale elements could transform data storage industry

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- An innovative and easily implemented technique in which nanoscale elements precisely assemble themselves over large surfaces could soon open doors to dramatic improvements in the data storage ...