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A coming marriage: Additive Manufacturing and Nanotechnology

Impact: Nanotechnology    June 1, 2010
It could be a marriage made in engineering heaven: Additive manufacturing and nanotechnology. First, let’s introduce additive manufacturing. Throughout history manufacturing of metallic parts and most other materials as well starts with a solid shape of the material and gets cut down to size. If you want to make a sword, you first get a [...]
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Key technique: Fluid-process nanotubes like polymers

News: Nanotechnology    November 26, 2009
Carbon nanotubes are the lab stars of nanotechnology. They can conduct electricity better than copper. They can behave like a metal – or a semiconductor. They can be 10 times stronger than steel. They can be controlled by heat or by magnetism. As coated tubes, they can contain medicine. In short, they’re extremely versatile, which [...]
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E Coli: Maker of competitive plastics

News: Hydrocarbon Use    November 23, 2009
Our old friend, E. Coli, the bacteria found in every person’s gut and the bio-scientist’s lab-love, has found a new role: Maker of the polymers for plastic. Note that the E. Coli mentioned in the study has already been bio-engineered.
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