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Scanning probe microscopy in the US Department of Energy Nanoscale Research Centers: status, perspectives, and opportunities.
Dresden Center for Nanoanalysis opens at TU Dresden, Germany
The Technische Universität Dresden has celebrated the official opening of a new analytics center – the Dresden Center for Nanoanalysis.
Nanowires on their way to highly efficient photovoltaic devices?
Review paper analyzes opportunities and obstacles for III-V nanowires in solar energy harvesting.
Advances in Electrospun Functional Nanofibers
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering has published a new special issue on functional nanofibers, guest-edited by Il-Doo Kim.
Plate reader developed for drug discovery
A new automated fluorescence lifetime imaging plate reader has been used to study aggregation of HIV-1 Gag proteins.
UM nanotech researcher elected to Royal Society
Paul O’Brien’s research centres on developing new chemical processes for thin films and nanoparticles, especially of chalcogenide-containing materials.
Aluminum Foam from Scrap
A group of scientists show a low cost route to manufacture high quality aluminum foam.
Bistable graphene transistor developed
Device is capable of revolutionising technologies for medical imaging and security screening.
Look Both Ways: Metallic Janus Particles Reviewed
Patchy particles, and Janus particles in particular, already have such broad application potential that it’s hard to believe they are a relatively young concept to nanoscience.
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