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New statistical technique improves precision of nanotechnology data
Jul 01, 2009 |
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A new statistical analysis technique that identifies and removes systematic bias, noise and equipment-based artifacts from experimental data could lead to more precise and reliable measurement of nanomaterials ...
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Transforming nanowires into nano-tools using cation exchange reactions
Oct 23, 2009 |
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A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale ...
Small graphene wires may be poor conductors
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Ohio University physicists researching electron properties in graphene ribbons have found that narrow wires made of this material may not be good conductors.
Argonne's Hard X-ray Nanoprobe provides new capability to study nanoscale materials
Jun 24, 2008 |
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[B]Novel microscopy tool provides highest resolution for hard x-rays[/B] The Center for Nanoscale Materials' (CNM) newly operational Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is ...
Ultrafast electron microscopy reveals switchable nanochannels in materials
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close—on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises”, as they report ...
Running electronics using light
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "If you open up almost any electronic gadget, you will see various elements that operating using electric circuitries," Nader Engheta tells PhysOrg.com. "Many of them have different functi ...
'Normal' cells far from cancer give nanosignals of trouble
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Northwestern University-led study of human colon, pancreatic and lung cells is the first to report that cancer cells and their non-cancerous cell neighbors, although quite different under the microscope, ...
Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying the patterns that emerge in natural and social phenomena is a popular area of research, although usually individual phenomena are studied separately from each other. In a recent study, ...
Coupling of Single Quantum Dots to Smooth Metal Films
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory's CNM Nanophotonics Group have measured how light emission from individual colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, is modified when in proximity to ...
Nanoswitches Toggled by Light
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close—on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises”, as they report ...
A snapshot of the transformation of nanoscale structures
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Researchers have achieved a milestone in materials science and electron microscopy by taking a high-resolution snapshot of the transformation of nanoscale structures.
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