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Researchers Create Semiconductor ‘Nano-Shish-Kebabs’ With Potential for 3-D Technologies
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Vancouver researchers develop nanocrystalline cellulose with added sugars to counteract the tendency of such materials to crack.
Entirely new approach to develop micro-electromechanical systems
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Interfacing Living Cells with Nanomaterials
Interfacing biological systems with nanomaterials may have a significant impact in research fields such as biosensors and tissue engineering.
Deposition of thin films by MAPLE
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February Highlights from physica status solidi
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Litmus paper for detecting organic solvents
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Scientists have developed autonomous catalytic microrobots that swim towards a specified target with a speed of 20 body length per second.
Cooling semiconductors using only light
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