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Nanowire quantum dot counts electrons - nanotechweb.org — measuring current one electron at a time Imaging using quantum-entangled photons — quantum entanglement stretches the brain. Nanotube-coated pot boils water fast — the ... Read more..Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
[0807.0378] Nano Imprint Lithography on Silica Sol-gels: a simple route to sequential patterning — multiple layers of stamping for nanophotonic or microfluidic apps. I love microfluidics, what a crazy ... Read more..Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I started taking graduate matsci courses several years ago at the UW via the Edge program, and also took some on campus. I have found it hard to continue ... Read more..Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nanoglassblowing — new ways of creating nanofluidic elements Insights into hidden world of protein folding — new insights into just how proteins fold, in some cases inside the chamber of something ... Read more..Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
50% greater fuel cell efficiency — basically by nanoscale engineering of the fuel cell elements. cool frictional duality — suggests that smart nanoscale fabrication might be able to affect friction Read more..Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Physicists show electrons can travel over 100 times faster in graphene than in silicon — and faster than in copper. Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars — uses a vapor deposition process to create small catalyst spheres New aluminum alloy used to create hydrogen — I don’t understand this one as well Changing ... Read more..Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nanowire arrays think big - nanotechweb.org — bottoms up, “organic” assembly of nanowires. Some technique like this is going to be necessary for nanowire devices. And solving the ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
LiTraConâ„¢ via toolmonger. Pretty awesome. Read more..Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Graphene breaks speed record - nanotechweb.org and Scientists make ‘Perfect” nanowires. Intriguing. Wonder what could be done with nanoengineering materials and electricity transmission. Read more..Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision Read more..Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Pioneer’s Kuro Plasma Will Deliver Absolute Black — Contrast Ratio Is ‘Officially Irrelevant’ | Gadget Lab from Wired.com — I’d like this, I hate the grayish emissions from most of ... Read more..Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Nanowires convert heat to electricity - nanotechweb.org — this seems very interesting. the huge amount of electricity we waste as heat is an appealing target. I wonder what ... Read more..Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube Transistors — on the road to processing power embedded in damn near everything — boxes, clothing, walls, desktops, paper, pretty much everything. And here’s one application — objects ... Read more..Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Quest for a New Class of Superconductors — exploration of materials for higher temp superconductivity — basically trying to find materials that conduct without involving phonons Silicon nanowire battery with ... Read more..Sunday, December 9th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Been tough to keep up with my coursework at UW this year — they just don’t have a deep distance learning curriculum, particularly in materials science, my interest area. ... Read more..Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Programming with molecules — It has been tried before, but researchers are now fully realizing the potential of DNA and want to create a programmable way of combining computers with ... Read more..Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
This seems pretty great — Breakthrough toward industrial-scale production of nanodevices — full PDF here. Nanowire-based devices can be used for very small, very fast circuit elements, but have ... Read more..Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
World’s First Nanoradio Could Lead to Subcellular Remote-Control Interfaces — now this seems totally awesome. Being able to radio control nanoscale devices seems incredibly useful. Read more..Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
A new field for me — .:: Attosecond Spectroscopy ::. — introduced to by a recent review article in Science magazine. Fascinating — spectroscopy at the electron level, the ... Read more..Monday, July 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Perfect lens could reverse Casimir force (July 2007) - News - nanotechweb.org — a way to eliminate sticking forces at the nano/mems level. pretty fascinating. Motor proteins (AAAS membership required) ... Read more..Sunday, July 1st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Brian Ruby at Carbon Nanoprobes. Smart guy. Read more..Monday, March 19th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Scientists collaborate to study biologically assembled quantum electronic systems — interesting, lots of people think about how to embed electronics into biological systems or how to use electronics to control ... Read more..Thursday, March 8th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Lieber Research Group — excellent source of info on semiconductor nanowires. A great archive of technical papers. Read more..Sunday, February 25th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Wikipedia of course Nice RPI presentation pointed to by wikipedia HEMT history Read more..