Nanotechnology : Science World Report

Apr 12, 2013 02:41 PM EDT

Synthetic Diamonds as Revolutionary Building Material for Optomechanical Circuits

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have for the first time used polycrystalline diamond to manufacture optical circuits, as the material has the particular optical and mechanical properties necessary for this.

Apr 11, 2013 11:56 AM EDT

Nanowire Network Research Boosted, Which Mimics Brain Functions

To continue potentially ground-breaking research into nanowire networks, the highest possible ERC research grant for an individual was awarded to Professor John Boland, Director of the CRANN nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin. The professor in the School of Chemistry will receive ...

Apr 10, 2013 05:27 PM EDT

Nanocrystalline Germanium Could Drive Next Speed Revolution in Computer Chips

Comparable to "wonder material" graphene, scientists successfully created for the first time a one-atom-thick sheet of germanium that has incredible properties, promising a new pathway to take electronics to the next level. Interestingly, germanium also was the material that allowed the development ...

Apr 09, 2013 08:51 PM EDT

New Kind of Nanotechnology Imaging Technique Developed

By using high-energy X-rays produced by synchrotron sources, researchers achieved a major breakthrough in measuring the structure of nanomaterials under extremely high pressures. For the first time, they developed a way to get around the severe distortions of high-energy X-ray beams that are used to...

Apr 09, 2013 05:59 PM EDT

First Step Towards Optical Transistors With Semiconductor Nanocrystals

The global communication infrastructure, relying on fiber-optic backbones, struggles to keep pace with the ever rising surge of bandwidth and speed demand, because the light signals transmitted through the fiber-optic lines must still be switched and processed electronically, creating a bottleneck i...

Apr 05, 2013 04:03 PM EDT

British Graphene Research Cluster Receives More Grants and Projects

A new research project focusing on graphene membranes was injected with a large research grant at the University of Manchester. Expected results could provide solutions to worldwide problems; from stopping power stations releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, to detecting the chemical signals...

Apr 04, 2013 10:46 PM EDT

Quantum States Achieved With Individual Silicon Atoms

In another step towards atomic-scale quantum computers, scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states by introducing individual silicon atom 'defects' using a scanning tunnelling microscope (the crucial nanotech tool that can both see and manipul...

Apr 01, 2013 11:31 PM EDT

Experiment Shows Fluids Can Flow Upwards at Nanometer Scales

An interesting phenomenon involving nanowires and liquid that had been predicted by theorists was now experimentally demonstrated for the first time. The effect can be imagined as drinking a glass of water by just by inserting a solid wire into it and sucking on it as though it were a soda straw.

Mar 13, 2013 05:55 PM EDT

New Nanolaser Works at Room Temperature

So called nanolasers, being invisible to the naked eye, could one day become crucial components serving in photonic chips to transfer data at lightspeed within and between chip components.

Mar 05, 2013 06:11 PM EST

Super Effective Camera Chips And Solar Cells Possible With Graphene

Theoretically expected, it was now experimentally proven by scientists for the first time that the fascinating new material graphene is also highly efficient at converting light into electricity--which makes it an ideal candidate to boost the sensitivity of imaging sensors and also to increase the m...

Feb 27, 2013 12:51 PM EST

First Complex Carbon Nanotube Circuits Demonstrated

Carbon nanotubes are one of of the most promising future nanomaterials and could among other applications enable the next exponential speed up of computer chips. While single transistors have already been made with the faster and more energy efficient material, it wasn't possible to scale-up the har...

Feb 12, 2013 03:41 PM EST

Nanoscribe Makes Fastest 3D Laser Lithography Printer for Nanostructures

The world’s fastest 3D printer of micro- and nanostructures has been developed by Nanoscribe GmbH, a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the German company announced at the Photonics West.