News tagged with annealing


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Biologists discover motor protein that rewinds DNA

Biology /

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Two biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered the first of a new class of cellular motor proteins that "rewind" sections of the double-stranded DNA molecule that become unwound, ...





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Highlight: STM banopatterning on pristine Nb-doped SrTiO3 surfaces

Highlight: STM banopatterning on pristine Nb-doped SrTiO3 surfaces

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Collaborative users from the Advanced Photon Source at the Argonne National Laboratory, working with the Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group, have found a controllable way to modify the surfaces ...


Breaking Down the Barrier for Smaller, Faster Electronic Devices

Breaking Down the Barrier for Smaller, Faster Electronic Devices

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of international researchers is the first to uncover the chemical composition and structure of a microelectronics element that is vital to producing ever smaller - and, thus, cheaper ...


Modelling nano-worlds

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Modelling the fabrication processes for integrated circuits can slash production development time and costs by up to 40%. But as transistors, already at nano-scales, become ever smaller, researchers are modelling ...


Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 5

University of Washington researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for development ...


Membrane breaks through performance barrier

Membrane breaks through performance barrier

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites; the method could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations up ...


Spitzer Catches Star Cooking Up Comet Crystals

Spitzer Catches Star Cooking Up Comet Crystals (w/Animation)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long wondered how tiny silicate crystals, which need sizzling high temperatures to form, have found their way into frozen comets, born in the deep freeze of the solar system's ...


Silicon Micro-islands and Nano-spikes Channel Water on Glass Slides

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...


Slimmer Nanorods Good Fit for Next-Gen 3-D Computer Chips

Slimmer Nanorods Good Fit for Next-Gen 3-D Computer Chips

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a key step for advancing integrated 3-D chip technology.


Nanochemistry in Action

Nanochemistry in Action

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) as a test tube, scientists can explore chemistry at the nanoscale, which involves some unique effects. Nanotubes provide a confined, one-dimensional ...


New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics

New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ink developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows them to write their own silver linings.



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