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IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd |
A Nanometer-Scale Etch A Sketch Scientists use a microscope to write and erase nanowires.  |
Chemistry World February 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Silicon Conducts an Electrical Surprise Silicon can conduct electricity when experts assumed it couldn't, sparking a surprising direction in silicon electronics.  |
Chemistry World September 18, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Researchers See Electrons in a Spin Scientists in the US have successfully measured the spin polarisation state of single atoms adsorbed to a surface, bringing the prospect of quantum computing and spin-based electronics (spintronics) a step closer.  |
Chemistry World February 21, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Taking the Measure of Atomic Friction Scientists in the US and Germany have successfully used an atomic force microscope to determine exactly how much effort is needed to drag a single atom of cobalt across the surface of different metals.  |
Chemistry World August 11, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Nanomachines Power up with Piezoelectricity Nanomachines sound like a great idea, but where is the nanobattery to power them? The problem could be solved with piezolelectric nanowires (NWs), tiny strips of matter a few atoms wide that give out electricity when they are flexed.  |
Chemistry World May 26, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Salt nanowire surprise Common table salt - normally a brittle crystalline material - can be pulled into nanowires that will extend by more than twice their own length without breaking  |
Chemistry World February 24, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Marine microbes wired up A new study provides evidence for the existence of naturally occurring electric circuits orchestrated by marine bacteria.  |
Chemistry World July 30, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
AFM Tip Feels Nano-Surfaces Scientists in the US have developed an artificial fingertip that boosts the resolution of atomic force microscopy, a technique that opens a window onto the nanoscale world.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 Kira Welter |
Cooler fuel cells Solid oxide fuel cells, which generate electricity at around 700 C, may be able to operate at room temperature - thanks to a new layered material that is remarkably efficient at conducting oxygen ions.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Bohr et al. |
The High-k Solution Microprocessors coming out this fall are the result of the first big redesign in CMOS transistors since the late 1960s.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Bedair et al. |
Spintronic Memories to Revolutionize Data Storage Superdense MRAM chips based on the bizarre property of electron spin could replace all other forms of data storage  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Individual Atoms' Chemical ID Revealed Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that atomic force microscopy can be used to reveal the chemical identity of individual atoms on a surface at room temperature.  |
Chemistry World July 4, 2010 Hayley Birch |
DNA sticks at flick of switch A new technique that sticks individual DNA molecules to a gold surface works at the flick of an electrochemical switch.  |
Chemistry World October 17, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Shining a New Light on Nanowires Scientists have created tiny solar power cells using silicon nanowires 200 times thinner than a human hair. The cells could provide renewable energy for both nano- and large-scale applications.  |
Technology Research News October 17, 2005 |
Data storage technologies Today's magnetic disk drives could be improved by incorporating much larger magnetoresistance or replaced by microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), near-field optics, holographic systems, or even molecules for better data storage solutions.  |
Technology Research News October 8, 2003 |
Process orders nanowire arrays Harvard University researchers have found a way to neatly layer and pattern rows of nanowires.  |
Technology Research News January 26, 2005 Eric Smalley |
Nano Bridge Builds Logic Researchers from the Japanese National Institute for Materials Science have given an old technology -- the mechanical electric switch -- a quantum update.  |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 |
Nanowires boost plastic circuits The move is on to develop flexible, cheap, plastic electronics, but so far organic circuits have fallen far short of silicon chip performance. Researchers from the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Germany have moved the field forward with a new way to make flexible transistors.  |
Chemistry World September 3, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
First steps of water condensation observed The US team conducting the research found that the first two layers - each two molecules thick - form as ice, with subsequent layers forming into liquid droplets.  |
Chemistry World December 10, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Flexible organic flash memory Researchers have succeeded in making an elusive component of organic electronics: a flash memory transistor that can be incorporated into a thin, flexible plastic sheet.  |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity.  |
Chemistry World August 17, 2012 Philip Ball |
Getting under water's skin The surface tension of water is explained in textbooks with pictures showing water molecules pulling each other sideways and downwards at the liquid surface, producing a kind of surface 'skin'.  |
Chemistry World January 9, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
A Silicon Surprise Two teams of US scientists have demonstrated silicon-based 'thermoelectric' materials that could convert waste heat back into electricity.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2008 R. Stanley Williams |
How We Found the Missing Memristor The memristor -- the functional equivalent of a synapse -- could revolutionize circuit design  |
Technology Research News October 6, 2004 |
Crystal structure tunes nanowires A new process that controls the crystal structure of nanowires made from specific semiconductors may enable electronic components, such as light-emitting diodes and laser diodes, with tunable properties.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Linda Geppert |
Power to the Molecules A "crossbar latch" supplies the missing piece for a nanosize alternative to the transistor. Now, researchers at Hewlett-Packard plan to knit them into a huge circuit, hoping to put the technology on the market in about 10 years.  |
Chemistry World August 27, 2015 Jon Cartwright |
AFM pictures show bond polarity Researchers in Germany and the Czech Republic have improved the clarity of atomic force microscopy to probe the distribution of charges within atoms and molecules.  |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Nanowires make flexible circuits Nanowires might one day be used to make microscopic machines. But before then they could help liberate computer circuits from the rigid, expensive confines of silicon chips. A process that makes thin films from semiconductor nanowires improves the prospects for plastic electronics and electronic paper.  |
Chemistry World February 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Nano-welding with a light touch US researchers have found a new way to weld together metal nanowires - simply by bathing them in white light.  |
Reactive Reports November 2005 David Bradley |
Water, Water How a strand of water just a few molecules thick could provide nanoscale clues about water's intriguing properties and why water is the dread enemy of atomic force microscopy.  |
Wired October 2001 Wil McCarthy |
Ultimate Alchemy Research into artificial atoms could lead to one startling endpoint: programmable matter that changes its makeup at the flip of a switch...  |
Technology Research News June 16, 2004 |
Silicon Nanowires Grown in Place Researchers have found a way to grow nanowires between pairs of metal electrodes deposited on silicon wafers.  |
Chemistry World December 15, 2010 Hayley Birch |
New technique probes electron properties of individual atoms A new, low voltage electron microscopy technique allows scientists to discriminate not just between atoms of different elements but between atoms of the same element in different electronic states.  |
Chemistry World July 4, 2013 Daniel Johnson |
Sublime Leidenfrost In the Leidenfrost effect, a liquid collides with a surface much hotter than its boiling point, forming a protective cushion of gas that also becomes an insulating layer, slowing further evaporation.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Neil Savage |
Silicon Nanowires Turn Heat to Electricity Thermoelectric converters could tap waste heat from power plants and microchips.  |
Chemistry World October 25, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
Nanotube Gives Ultimate Force Measurement US researchers have pushed chemical force microscopy (CFM) to its ultimate limit by measuring the interaction of a single functional group with a carbon nanotube.  |
IEEE Spectrum May 2013 Alexander Hellemans |
Nanowire Transistors Could Keep Moore's Law Alive Researchers are perfecting ways to produce gate-all-around devices  |
Technology Research News January 26, 2005 |
The How It Works Files Nanotechnology: The laws of physics behave differently at very small scales. At the nanoscale, electrons travel more quickly through wires, transistors can mete out electrons one at a time, objects stick to each other, and light can bend matter.  |
CIO August 15, 2003 John Edwards |
Spin Control Spintronics might sound like the name of a long-lost '80s pop band, but it's actually a scientific field that may someday lead to more compact and useful mobile devices.  |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 |
Nanowire Makes Standup Transistor Researchers have devised a simple way to make a set of vertical transistors from nanowires.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 Alexander Hellemans |
Strange Bedfellows Hybrid microcircuits, incorporating the desirable properties of the III-V compounds with those of cheap and ubiquitous silicon substrates, might soon find an important niche in electronics after all.  |
Chemistry World December 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Iron Oxide Succumbs to the Gentle Touch Chemists in Japan and France have produced a new iron oxide with a sheet-like structure that could be used in fuel cells and sensors.  |
Technology Research News July 30, 2003 |
Crystal cracks nurture nanowires Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have devised a way to form titanium nanowires within an intentionally flawed sapphire.  |
Chemistry World May 1, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Nanotrees without the seeds Lead sulfide wires that sprout in intricate tree-like patterns show you don't need templates or catalysts to control nanowire growth, say US-based chemists.  |
Chemistry World September 26, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Perovskite solar cells show hydrogen production promise A new, highly efficient process for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen has been demonstrated by researchers in Switzerland.  |
Home Toys December 2005 David Frey |
How to Hide the Wires Most consumers agree that the best wire is a hidden wire. Here are three options to hiding yours.  |