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Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Silicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation of these future devices, ...


Harvesting Energy from Natural Motion: Magnets, Cantilever Capture Wide Range of Frequencies

Harvesting Energy from Natural Motion: Magnets, Cantilever Capture Wide Range of Frequencies

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions ...


A New Glance on Microscopic Images

A New Glance on Microscopic Images

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A doctoral student at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) suggests interpreting the images generated by Kelvin probe force microscopy in a new way. She recently published her ...


Physics research with atomic force microscope could lead to better health care

Atomic force microscope research could lead to better health care

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Where biology, chemistry and physics intersect, a Kansas State University professor expects to find applications to improve human health.


Caltech scientists create nanoscale zipper cavity that responds to single photons of light

Nanoscale zipper cavity responds to single photons of light

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more. The device exploits the mechanical properties of ...


Cancerous and normal cells

Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that cancerous cells and normal cells have different physical features, but the details of these differences, and why they occur, are not well understood. In a recent edition ...