Chinese researchers have used lasers to made tiny springs and turbines out of a polymerized ferrofluid, which could be used in micro- or nanomachines.
Month: July 2010
Biocompatible Quantum Dots
Progress in using quantum dots for in vivo imaging: for the first time, a systematic biodistribution study of silica-coated quantum dots is reported.
Thin and smooth sub-10 nm metallic lines
Metal lines thinner than 10 nm can be fabricated by electron-beam patterning and hydrogen reduction of metal-naphthenates.
Inner Values Trump Exterior
Metal-organic frameworks surpass feasible nanoparticle powders in surface area and come close to the ultimate adsorption limit for solids.
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