Nanotechnology : Science World Report

Jan 17, 2013 11:56 AM EST

New Quantum Dot Nanocrystal Technology Available in 2013 TVs

The principle of nanoscale fluorescent particles called quantum dots were already discovered in 1981, but corresponding applications are just now becoming commercially viable. That is also thanks to the massmarket rollout of LED-backlit TVs and light sources, since the quantum dots can work in symbi...

Jan 15, 2013 03:02 PM EST

Much Faster Nanoscale Flexible Circuits Developed

Flexible nanoscale circuits, which could be used in foldable devices, integrated in clothes, or used in satellites for their low weight, have been developed by Stephen Bedell and Davood Shahrjerdi at IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Jan 15, 2013 12:10 PM EST

Quantum Computers: Proteins Assemble Crucial Nanodiamond Array

Biological self-assembly of nanodiamond arrays have been proposed and experimentally implemented for the first time by a team of researchers around Prof. Martin Plenio at Ulm University, Germany.

Jan 09, 2013 03:02 PM EST

Scientists combine synthetic and biological nanoparticles to produce new metamaterials

Aalto University scientists have organized synthetic and biological building blocks in a single structure - combining virus particles (and other protein cages) with inorganic nanoparticles to form crystalline layer structures, or superlattices.

Dec 31, 2012 04:16 PM EST

Electron-driven, switchable molecular nano-motor demonstrated

A team of researchers demonstrated a working example of a single-molecule motor, that can be switched to rotate in both directions, using the capabilities of scanning tunneling microscopes to manipulate single atoms and construct new molecules to build molecular devices, among them molecular motors ...