Scanning probe microscopy in the US Department of Energy Nanoscale Research Centers: status, perspectives, and opportunities.
Any which way you can: Nano-toolboxes for programmable self-assembly
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Molecular self-assembly of multifunctional nanoparticle composites with arbitrary shapes and functions
The Betentacled One: Soft Robots that Move in Three Dimensions
January 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Soft robotic tentacles that can be manipulated using pressurization have been developed by the Whitesides group at Harvard.
A Bitter Pill for Counterfeiters: Labeling Drugs with QR Codes
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Polymer microtaggants using high-capacity and error-correctable QR code for anti-counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals.
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Skyscrapers Sweat it Out: Sweating Surfaces for Building Materials
October 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Using thermosresponsive polymers to keep buildings cool.
Teaching an Electronic Pavlov’s Dog: Memristive Devices in Neuromorphic Circuits
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Researchers demonstrate learning in a memristive device.
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Producing Nanomaterials via Laser Ablation
February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Professor Weiping Cai and co-workers have investigated the laser ablation/irradiation in liquid technique for producing nanomaterials.
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Analysis on the Wing: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Copper Butterfly Wings
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Scientists have mimicked the shape of a butterfly wing to improve the sensitivity of Raman Spectroscopy.
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Remote controlled nanoparticles deliver the goods
December 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Iron oxide nanoparticles can be used to provide a local source of heating in a thermoresponsive sol–gel copolymer solution.
At the Edge of Chaos: A New Type of Computing
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A computing network that exhibits emergent behavior similar to that in biological brains is hypothesized by Adam Z. Stieg of the California NanoSystems Institute
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