Advanced Science News
Technology
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Piezotronic Logic Gates Take the Strain
US scientists have developed the first examples of logic gates (NAND, NOR and XOR gates) that can be switched simply by bending...
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Quantum Dot Monolayers
Materials scientists from the USA have made a thin layer of quantum dots on a photonic crystal surface, thereby creating a stable...
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Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down for Simple Surface Stripes
A simple way to create very small patterns on a surface by using a mixture of top-down and bottom-up technology has been...
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MaterialsViews Interviews: Yanglong Hou
MaterialsViews interviews Yanglong Hou of Peking University on nanobiotechnology and magnetic nanoparticles.
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Book Review: Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge
Professor Sanjay Mathur of the University of Cologne reviews Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge, a new text covering areas of energy research...
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Flick of Switch Controls Medicine: Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
A recent review gives an up-to-the-minute round-up of how mesoporous silica nanoparticles are used to deliver drugs into cells.
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Porous silicon nanoneedles for barcodes and other applications
Researchers at the University of Texas have fabricated biodegradable, nanobarcodes of silicon. The porosity of the silicon structures enables their applications in...
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Focussed Nanopatterning
Scientists develop a simple way to organise nanoparticles on a surface without the need to first alter the surface.
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Dimensionally Different: Complex Patterned Photoresists
Scientists in the USA have exploited all three dimensions of patterned photoresists, to make complex components using just one template.
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Materials Views Interviews: Martin Pumera
Following up on his recent essay, “Will the real Graphene please stand up?”, Materials Views caught up with Professor Martin Pumera from...
