Nanofabrication : Science World Report

Jan 20, 2016 10:30 AM EST

Graphene Oxide 'Paper' Changes With Strain, Study Reveals

Researchers have developed a new graphene oxide "paper" that changes under a small amount of strain.

Feb 07, 2014 04:21 PM EST

Ultra-Tiny Nanocomputer, Densest Nanoelectronic System Ever Built

Steps toward ultra-small electronic computer systems that push beyond the imminent end of Moore's Law, which states that the device density and overall processing power for computers will double every two to three years, are taken.

Sep 03, 2013 04:51 PM EDT

Novel Self-Powered Nanoparticles Developed to Deliver Healing Drugs Directly to Bone Cracks

A novel method for finding and delivering healing drugs to newly formed microcracks in bones has been invented by a team of chemists and bioengineers at Penn State University and Boston University. The method involves the targeted delivery of the drugs, directly to the cracks, on the backs of tiny s...

Aug 26, 2013 03:43 PM EDT

New Process Enables Fabrication of Ultrathin Carbon Nanomembranes

Bielefeld University researchers have developed a new way to produce a variety of carbon nanomembranes (CNM) from self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The CNMs consist of just one layer of molecules, with a thickness of ∼0.5 to ∼3 nanometers — much thinner than conventional membranes.

Aug 08, 2013 04:59 PM EDT

Simple Table Salt Could Help New High-Tech Industry Using Silicon Nanostructures

Chemists at Oregon State University have identified a compound that could significantly reduce the cost and potentially enable the mass commercial production of silicon nanostructures -- materials that have huge potential in everything from electronics to biomedicine and energy storage.

Jul 29, 2013 03:36 PM EDT

New Nanoscale Self-Assembling Materials Could Enable Further Chip Miniaturization

A new class of self-assembling molecular materials could have many applications, and especially enable the further miniaturization of micro-chips, essential to make our gadgets ever more powerful.

Jul 23, 2013 05:18 PM EDT

Milestone in Emerging Super-Black Nanotechnology Achieved by NASA Engineer

A NASA engineer has achieved yet another milestone in his quest to advance an emerging super-black nanotechnology that promises to make spacecraft instruments more sensitive without enlarging their size.

Jul 21, 2013 11:57 PM EDT

Desktop Printing at the Nano Level

A new low-cost, high-resolution tool is primed to revolutionize how nanotechnology is produced from the desktop, according to a new study by Northwestern University researchers.