News tagged with silicon dioxide
Inspired by steel, nanomanufacturing gets wear-resistant carbide tip
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Light but stable: novel cellulose-silica gel composite aerogels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Delicate and translucent as a puff of air, yet mechanically stable, flexible, and possessing amazing heat-insulation properties—these are the properties of a new aerogel made of cellulose ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Method that can validate nuclear collision models benefits IAEA
A novel technique for materials research is unexpectedly also contributing to the nuclear safety efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Dr. Weilin ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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New biosensor is based on a nanowire crystal array
(PhysOrg.com) -- A quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies disease markers or other molecules in low-concentration solutions could be the result of a Cornell-developed nanomechanical biosensor, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells above 23% efficiency
Imec together with its silicon photovoltaic industrial affiliation program partners Schott Solar, Total, Photovoltech, GDF-SUEZ, Solland Solar, Kaneka and Dow Corning, have demonstrated an excellent conversion ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Hot nickel nudges graphene: Study simplifies manufacture of semiconducting bilayer graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- By heating metal to make graphene, Rice University researchers may warm the hearts of high-tech electronics manufacturers.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Microspiders: Polymerization reaction drives micromotors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it seems like science fiction, microscopic "factories" in which nanomachines produce tiny structures for miniaturized components or nanorobots that destroy tumor cells within the body ...
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Microcantilevers are masters of measurement
(PhysOrg.com) -- Devices that look like tiny diving boards are a launching platform for research that could improve detergents and advance understanding of disease.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Boron nitride is a promising path to practical graphene devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a two-dimensional honeycomb of carbon, just one atom thick, whose intriguing electronic properties include very high electron mobility and very low resistivity. Graphene is so ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 30, 2011 |
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IBM introduces new graphene transistor
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a report published in Nature, Yu-ming Lin and Phaedon Avoris, IBM researchers, have announced the development of a new graphene transistor which is smaller and faster than the one they i ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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'Nano-bricks' may help build better packaging to keep foods fresher longer
Scientists are reporting on a new material containing an ingredient used to make bricks that shows promise as a transparent coating for improving the strength and performance of plastic food packaging. Called "nano-bricks," ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Nanorods could greatly improve visual display of information (w/ Video)
Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles in the lab that respond to an external magnetic field in a way that could dramatically improve ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Detecting lethal diseases with rust and sand
The next big thing in medical diagnostics could be minutes particles of rust, iron oxide, coated with the material from which sand is formed, silicon dioxide. These magnetic nanoparticles, a mere 29 to 230 nanometers across, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 31, 2011 |
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New 'frozen smoke' material: One ounce could carpet three football fields
Scientists are reporting the development of a new, ultra-light form of "frozen smoke" -- renowned as the world's lightest solid material -- with amazing strength and an incredibly large surface area.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Virus killer gets supercharged
A simple technique to make a common virus-killing material significantly more effective is a breakthrough from the Rice University labs of Andrew Barron and Qilin Li.
Jan 12, 2011 |
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