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NanoTech Connect Digest – Mar 2017

March 20th, 2017

 

 

March 2017 Edition

Recent Headlines:

Nanofabrication:

Graphene Sheets Capture Cells Efficiently – Science Daily

Researchers have developed a new method for capturing cells on a treated graphene oxide surface, which could lead to very low-cost diagnostic systems for a variety of diseases.

Packwood Method Uses AI to Fine-tune Nanofabrication – SC Online News

Daniel Packwood, Junior Associate Professor at Kyoto University’s […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Feb 2017

February 23rd, 2017

 

 

Recent Headlines:

Nanofabrication:

Creating Atomic Scale Nanoribbons – Beckman Institute

Silicon crystals are the semiconductors most commonly used to make transistors, which are critical electronic components used to carry out logic operations in computing. However, as faster and more powerful processors are created, silicon has reached a performance limit: the faster it conducts electricity, the hotter it gets, […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Jan 2017

January 13th, 2017
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: Nanoscale ‘Conversations’ Create Complex, Multi-Layered Structures – Brookhaven National Laboratory Ever since scientists discovered that atomically thin materials could have useful electronic properties, engineers have been seeking ways to mass-produce so-called single-layer chips. A new technique shows how it might be done. Flexible Device Captures Energy From Human Motion – PHYS Building nanomaterials with features spanning just […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Dec 2016

December 15th, 2016
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: Stanford Engineers Create Prototype Chip Just Three Atoms Thick – Stanford Ever since scientists discovered that atomically thin materials could have useful electronic properties, engineers have been seeking ways to mass-produce so-called single-layer chips. A new technique shows how it might be done. Flexible Device Captures Energy From Human Motion – PHYS The day of charging cellphones […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Nov 2016

November 21st, 2016
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: A Tiny Machine – UCSB In 1959 renowned physicist Richard Feynman, in his talk “Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” spoke of a future in which tiny machines could perform huge feats. Researchers Develop Textured Metal-Oxide Sheets Using Graphene Templates – AZO Nano A new method of producing ultrathin metal-oxide sheets with intricate crumple and wrinkle pattern […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Oct 2016

October 14th, 2016
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: Scientists Just Developed the World’s Smallest Transistor – Science Alert Scientists have succeeded in creating the world’s smallest transistor, producing a switch with a working 1-nanometre gate. If you want to know how incredibly tiny that is, a human hair is around 80,000 to 100,000 nanometres wide. On the Thermodynamic Path Enabling a Room-temperature, Laser-assisted Graphite […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Sep 2016

September 16th, 2016
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: Biomimetic Surface Patterning for Long-Term Transmembrane Access – Scientific Reports This architecture uses nanometer length-scale surface patterning to replicate the structure and function of membrane proteins, creating a gigaohm seal between the cell and a planar electrode array. ONR-Sponsored Scientists Create Electrical Wires Using Renewable “Green” Energy Resources – Azo Nano Scientists sponsored by the Office of […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Aug 2016

August 18th, 2016
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: Smarter Self-assembly Opens New Pathways for Nanotechnology – Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven Lab scientists discover a way to create billionth-of-a-meter structures that snap together in complex patterns with unprecedented efficiency. Simulation-Guided Drafting Process Introduces New Possibilities in Nanomanufacturing – Azo Nano Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in association with the Graz University […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Jul 2016

July 14th, 2016
    Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: Tiniest Imperfections Make Big Impacts in Nano-Patterned Materials – EurekAlert! A research team at Clarkson University reports an interesting conclusion that could have major impacts on the future of nano-manufacturing. Graphene Quantum Dots Can Improve the Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells – Phys.org Small flakes of graphene could expand the usable spectral region of light in silicon […]

NanoTech Connect Digest – Jun 2016

June 20th, 2016
Recent Headlines: Nanofabrication: NRL Develops New Low-Defect Method to Nitrogen Dope Graphene Resulting in Tunable Bandstructure – U.S. NRL An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Electronics Science and Technology and Materials Science and Technology Divisions, has demonstrated hyperthermal ion implantation (HyTII) as an effective means of substitutionally doping graphene – a hexagonally-arranged […]