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Using nanowires to build all-optical logic gates

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A team of researchers at Aalto University in Finland has found a way to use nanowires to build all-optical logic gates—a major step toward building a light-based computer. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describ...

Jul 30, 2018

Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time

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Chemists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new method of observing the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles, which only measure a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair, in real time. The particles are used in medic...

Jul 30, 2018

Nearly pure nanotubes from unusual catalyst

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Growing a batch of carbon nanotubes that are all the same may not be as simple as researchers had hoped, according to Rice University scientists. Rice materials theorist Boris Yakobson and his team bucked a theory that when growing nanotubes in a...

Jul 30, 2018

Femtosecond laser creates nanoelectronics on graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Traditional CMOS technology cannot be directly merged with graphene applications. Photo- and electron-based lithographies, which are the main processess in today's semiconductor industry, requires use of polymers and harsh liquids that can drastic...

Jul 30, 2018

Femtosecond laser creates nanoelectronics on graphene

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Traditional CMOS technology cannot be directly merged with graphene applications. Photo- and electron-based lithographies, which are the main processess in today's semiconductor industry, requires use of polymers and harsh liquids that can drastic...

Jul 30, 2018

Synthesizing Catalysts that Produce Homogenous Batches of Carbon Nanotubes

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Researchers from the Rice University have reported that developing a batch of carbon nanotubes that are identical might not be as simple as scientists had hoped. Rice materials theorist Boris...

Jul 30, 2018

Lasers write better graphene anodes

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity.

Jul 30, 2018

Researchers propose a facile, general, and effective strategy to prepare carbon nanomaterials

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A research team proposes a simple, effective, and versatile method to prepare a series of functional carbin nanomaterials from small organic molecules by a transition metal assisted carbonization process.

Jul 30, 2018

Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have developed a new method of observing the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles in real time.

Jul 30, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A molecular switch at the edge of graphene

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Molecular electronics is a wonderful and exciting concept: imagine the ave-inspiring power of chemical synthesis combined with nanoelectronic circuits, the backbone of the information society!!!! Mole...

Jul 28, 2018

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