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Tag Archives: nanotubes
Breakthrough will lead to further entanglements
The title of this post, “Breakthrough will lead to further entanglements” should be taken literally…and figuratively. An experiment by L. G. Herrmann in France, working with colleagues in France, Spain, and Germany, and published in Physical Review Letters has demonstrated for the first time in a solid state device the property of quantum mechanics called [...]
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A self assembling forest of peptides
Granted, for most people the words in a ‘self assembling forest of peptides’ may not strike a chord of recognition. Researchers at Tel Aviv University (Israel) hope recognition will come. The phrase describes a preliminary technology, proof of concept really, involving a certain kind of nanotechnology using nanotubes. Like many uses of nanotubes, there is [...]
Posted in News: General Nanotech Also tagged nanotechnology, peptides, super-capacitor Leave a comment
Nanotech ink plus a piece of paper: A novel(ty) battery
The search for a better battery is endless. The underlying physics present limitations that are hard to surpass, but there’s seemingly no end to human ingenuity when it comes to finding new ways of storing electrical energy. Try this one: Scientists at Stanford University (California, USA) have created an ink compounded with nanotechnology materials, dipped [...]
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Lasers make nanoyarn
Add another ‘nano’ contraction to the list: Nanoyarn. In this case, the ‘yarn’ is composed of nanotubes created from boron nitride. (Boron nitride is what makes ‘clown white’ white.) The word yarn is suggestive of possible uses and reasonably accurate. The new nanoyarn, manufactured for the first time by the U.S. Department of Energy Jefferson [...]
Posted in News: Nanomanufacturing Also tagged boron nitride, carbon nanotubes, lasers, nanomanufacturing, nanotechnology, nanoyarn Leave a comment
Nano-coating for better neuro-implants
One of the key difficulties with all bio-implants is rejection by the body. Traditionally, rejection had to be fought with relatively powerful immuno-suppressant drugs that tended to have severe side-effects. A lot of effort has gone into finding less problematic ways of reducing rejection, and this new study using nanotechnology is promising: The new brain [...]
Posted in News: Nano-medicine Also tagged biochemistry, implants, nanotechnology, neuroscience Leave a comment
Add to the nanokit: Boron nitride nanotubes