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Chemistry World March 8, 2013 Victor Chechik |
Handbook of less common nanostructures The book by Kharisov et al. starts with a critical discussion of nanostructure synthesis. This concise description is very valuable and will be of use to any scientist working with nanomaterials. |
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 David Smith |
Understanding Nanomaterials Understanding Nanomaterials by Malkiat Johal, offers a useful overview which could easily be adapted into an undergraduate program at a final year level, or make a good foundation course for graduate students. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2012 Caryl Richards |
Theory of quantum optical devices Semiconductor Quantum Optics by Mackillo Kira and Stephan Koch is an extremely detailed description that rapidly builds on the fundamental concepts to the more esoteric light - -matter phenomena in low-dimensional semiconductors. |
Technology Research News January 28, 2004 |
Protein orders semiconductor bits Researchers working to make structures at the size-scale of molecules are tapping self-assembly techniques found in nature. Researchers have found a way to construct fairly complicated nanostructures by combining a genetically engineered form of the protein cohesin with quantum dots. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2014 Andrei Khlobystov |
Nanoscience: giants of the infinitesimal Scientists influenced by William Morris have said that an area of science is worth studying only if it is useful or beautiful. This book compellingly demonstrates that nanoscience is both. |
Geotimes May 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Lava Cooks up Carbon Nanotubes Mount Etna may be a fiery factory for one of the most sought-after tools of nanotechnology: tiny carbon nanotubes. |
Chemistry World February 10, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Controversial new theory for nanotube growth If predictions are borne out experimentally, the theory could have practical implications for researchers trying to control nanotube growth in the lab. But experts say the theory may be unrealistic. |
Technology Research News May 5, 2004 |
Nano Test Tubes Fabricated Researchers have found a way to make minuscule test tubes from carbon and silica nanotubes. |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley |
For Pure Nanotubes Add Water Washing away impurities with water turns out to be as good for growing carbon nanotubes as it is for keeping a clean house. |
Chemistry World October 15, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Liming Dai: Integrating nanochemistry into the macroscopic world Liming Dai's expertise lies across the synthesis, chemical modification and device fabrication of conjugated polymers and carbon nanomaterials for energy-related and biomedical applications. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich |
The Building of a Market Thank you for flying, nano enthusiasts. Now hold on. From an investment perspective, the report of shoddy deliveries reminds us that nanofakers are still out there, making promises. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2014 Toby Sainsbury |
Graphene: fundamentals and emergent applications This excellent book offers an expansive overview of the tremendously exciting field of research that the discovery of graphene created. |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Coated Nanotubes Make Biosensors Researchers are using carbon nanotubes to sense single molecules, and are tapping the way carbon nanotubes give off near-infrared light in order to read what the sensors have detected. |
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans |
Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists. |
Technology Research News March 9, 2005 |
Method Makes Double Nanotubes Researchers can now fabricate pure batches of double-walled carbon nanotubes, which theoretically should be more thermally and chemically stable than single walled nanotubes. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2006 Michael Gross |
Nanoribbons Put Electrons in a Spin A small ribbon made of the carbon honeycomb pattern found in graphite and nanotubes could display intriguing electronic properties and serve as a material for spin-based electronics (spintronics), researchers have predicted. |
Technology Research News June 30, 2004 |
Nanotubes boost neuron growth The method is a step toward neuron-electronic interfaces that would allow for direct biological control of computers and prosthetic devices. |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 |
Short Nanotubes Carry Big Currents Researchers have developed a simple way to fabricate carbon nanotube devices whose length is as small as ten nanometers, and have shown that electricity can pass through the nanotubes very efficiently. |
Chemistry World May 9, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Filming fullerene formation Real-time, atomic level microscopy has revealed that the round, cage-like structures of fullerenes can form directly from sheets containing large numbers of carbon atoms. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
EU ministers call for nanomaterial ban They have called for nanosilver and long multiwalled carbon nanotubes to be banned in electrical and electronic products. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Nanotube growth caught on camera French and US researchers have produced the first video evidence that carbon nanotubes turn as they grow. |
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotube mix makes liquid crystal Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be as narrow as 0.4 nanometers, or the span of four hydrogen atoms. They have useful electrical and mechanical properties and are a leading player in nanotechnology. |
Chemistry World January 18, 2012 Laura Howes |
A simple separation solution for carbon nanotubes Single-walled carbon nanotubes exist in both metallic and semiconducting forms, but many of the applications of the materials require either one type or the other, making separation increasingly important. |
Technology Research News August 11, 2004 |
Speck trios make secret codes Researchers have devised a way to use quantum dots -- tiny bits of semiconductor -- to print invisible secret codes onto surfaces. The method could be used to authenticate valuable documents like passports and certificates. |
Technology Research News October 6, 2004 |
Design rules build on self-assembly Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed computer simulations that promise to speed the process of finding ways to build practical nanostructures, including precisely-structured materials, electronic and optical components, and chemical sensors. |
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene. |
Technology Research News July 14, 2004 |
Laser tweezer traps nanotubes The researchers have showed that it is possible to pattern clusters of nanotubes into configurations that are likely to have near-term applications as chemical, biological and physical sensors. |
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 |
Fiber spun from nanotube smoke Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have developed a relatively simple way to manufacture continuous fibers of carbon nanotubes. |
Chemistry World January 17, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Nanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013 As we welcome in 2013, will nanotechnology continue to dominate many of the scientific headlines in the coming year, just as it has done over the past decade? |
Chemistry World July 10, 2014 |
Emily Weiss: Tuneable illumination Research in the Weiss group looks at the fundamental physical chemistry of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots in both the solution and solid phase. |
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 |
Nanotubes Lengthen to Centimeters Researchers have found a way to grow very long carbon nanotubes. One long-range possibility is using ultralong carbon nanotubes fibers to make an elevator to low Earth orbit. |
Technology Research News December 15, 2004 |
Aligned Nanotubes Accommodate Bone Researchers have found that artificial joints can be improved by mimicking the alignment of collagen fibers and natural ceramic crystals in real bones using today's nanotechnology techniques. |
Technology Research News July 16, 2003 |
Nano toolbox gains carbon cones Researchers have come up with a useful twist on carbon nanotubes. Their nano pipettes grow thicker at one end to form microscopic cones that have central channels. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Cutting graphene to ribbons American researchers have used nickel nanoparticles as 'atomic-scale scissors' to cutgraphene sheets into useful pieces. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Acid solution for nanotube fibres US researchers have found new ways of dissolving carbon nanotubes without chemically modifying them. |
Reactive Reports Issue 30 David Bradley |
Shedding light on quantum dots Hybridising an inorganic nanocrystal and a quantum dot lead to a quantum dot-organic light-emitting device (QD-OLED) a new kind of optoelectronic device that could lead to new types of flat panel displays to supersede liquid crystal displays in everything from mobile devices to TV sets. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Sinitskii & Tour |
Graphene Electronics, Unzipped By unrolling tiny carbon tubes, you can produce superthin sheets with truly extraordinary electronic properties |
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Electron pairs power quantum plan Researchers from HP Laboratories and Qinetiq plc in England have mapped out a way to manipulate a pair of very cold electrons that could eventually lead to practical quantum computers made from quantum dots, or tiny specks of the type of semiconductor material used in electronics. |
Reactive Reports July 2004 David Bradley |
Pure Nanotubes Researchers have developed a novel technique that allows them to purify carbon nanotubes and to sort those that are semiconducting from the metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. |
Chemistry World July 8, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
DNA gets nanotubes sorted out DNA could be the answer to sorting different kinds of carbon nanotubes, say US researchers. |
Chemistry World November 18, 2014 Philip Ball |
The quantum moment: how Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg taught us to love uncertainty This book explores the cultural reception of quantum physics since its earliest days, when Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg and others grappled with the bizarre findings of their research, telling them how the world is structured. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
International Nanosafety Drive Launched The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has brought countries together to pool their resources and test the human health and environmental safety of several nanomaterials that are already in use. |
Chemistry World July 3, 2008 Hayley Birch |
A new spin on sorting nanotubes A new method for sorting carbon nanotubes could prove useful in creating nanomaterials for fast switching transistors, solar cells and touch screens, say scientists. |
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Nanotubes grown on plastic Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have devised a way to grow vertical forests of carbon nanotubes on flexible plastic. |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Sapphire Steps Shape Nanotubes Arrays Researchers have found that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes along atom-size steps on a sapphire surface. |
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 |
Magnets Align Nanotubes in Resin Carbon nanotubes have great potential as components of new materials but aligning the tiny tubes can be tricky. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State University have developed a way to orient the nanotubes in a polymer mix using a magnetic field. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
EPA issues nanotechnology research strategy Under EPA's new plan, the agency is focusing its research on seven manufactured nanomaterial types, which may require safety decisions. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich |
Nano Firms Tie the Knot The merger of Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) and C Sixty, along with an expanding customer base, makes CNI an even more attractive IPO. Will 2005 be the year carbon nanotubes are introduced to the public? |
Technology Research News February 11, 2004 |
DNA sorts nanotubes Researchers have come up with a way to use DNA to separate carbon nanotubes by electrical type -- metallic or semi conducting -- and by diameter. A carbon nanotubes's electrical properties and diameter are related. |
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers. |