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Opinion: Complex Nanotube Circuits

26 Dec 2009 17:47:39 PST

Written by Chris Phoenix
1) Grow the nanotubes on a separate substrate, then stamp them onto the circuit. This lets the circuit stay at low temperatures. By contrast, nanotubes are single, precise molecules being assembled to build up useful larger systems. This is a lot closer to the original meaning of the word.

Original story at Responsible Nanotechnology .

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Opinion: Nanotubes That See Everything

05 Mar 2009 21:05:24 PST

MA Carbon nanotubes that respond to visible light might mean better solar cells and artificial retinas. By Katherine Bourzac Light tube: This colorized atomic force microscope image shows a carbon nanotube that is two micrometers long and one nanometer ...

Original story at MIT Technology Review .

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Opinion: Nanotubes wreak havoc with heat

02 Mar 2009 12:59:14 PST

Many researchers believe that future generations of electronic devices could be made from carbon nanotubes — tubes with walls just one atom thick — which could enable much smaller feature sizes and hence much better computing performance. ...

Original story at PhysicsWeb .

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Opinion: ENRHES aims to improve safety of engineered nanoparticles

05 Feb 2009 08:49:15 PST

The overall aim of the project is to perform a comprehensive and critical scientific review of the health and environmental safety of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), metal and metal oxide nanomaterials. The review will consider sources, pathways of exposure, the health and envi...

Original story at Nanovip.com .

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Opinion: WMHT, UAlbany NanoCollege Partner to Feature Nanotechnology on Statewide ‘New York Now’ PBS Program

26 Jan 2009 14:02:49 PST

Report from the NanoDesk," which is produced and hosted by WMHT's Susan Arbetter and debuts on Friday, January 30, will examine the public policy implications of the technology advances being enabled by nanotechnology - described by the National Nanotechnology Initiative as "leadi...

Original story at Nanovip.com .

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Opinion: Nanotech bill introduced

17 Jan 2009 05:15:39 PST

Honda's bill, the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002, would establish a nongovernmental advisory board to monitor and influence the National Nanotechnology Initiative and government agencies doing nanotechnology research. Honda is currently looking to na...

Original story at Nanovip.com .

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Opinion: Bangalore: Nanotech promises exciting future

21 Dec 2008 16:14:00 PST

The various approaches that have been taken to develop applications using carbon nano tubes are a blend of the traditional top-down approach and the bottom-up approach, but there are several bottle necks in that approach.” Source information

Original story at Nanovip.com .

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Opinion: Nanotech moves to head of the class

11 Dec 2008 09:20:24 PST

Driven by a local economy that increasingly is high-tech, more public schools are launching studies in nanotechnology — the creation, use or manipulation of objects at the nanoscale (nano means one-billionth of something). Albany's "NanoHigh" program is a partnership between the sc...

Original story at Nanovip.com .

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Opinion: Panel Criticizes U.S. Effort on Nanomaterial Risks

11 Dec 2008 09:10:22 PST

The panel analyzed the risk research strategy of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the program to coordinate federal efforts in nanotechnology research and development. Its report concluded that the initiative’s strategy “does not present a vision, contain a clear set of goa...

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Opinion: Nanotech moves to head of the class

11 Dec 2008 02:00:00 PST

Driven by a local economy that increasingly is high-tech, more public schools are launching studies in nanotechnology ? the creation, use or manipulation of objects at the nanoscale (nano means one-billionth of something). Albany's "NanoHigh" program is a partnership between the sc...

Original story at Albany Times Union .

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Opinion: Green Earth Nano Science, Inc. Expands Operation in India with Permaweld Pvt Ltd

02 Dec 2008 23:47:55 PST

GENS) Global Operations, reported: "India is growing at a very fast pace and its current trade openness creates a good timing for the introduction of our innovative photo catalyst nanotechnology, along with all upcoming products we have in our R&D portfolio; we are very pleased wi...

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Opinion: Green Earth Nano Science Expands Operation In India

29 Nov 2008 08:57:51 PST

Green Earth Nano Science, Inc., (GENS) a nanotechnology solutions provider and a global supplier and licensor of proprietary photocatalyst* technology, recently signed an Exclusive Master Distributor license agreement with Permaweld Pvt Ltd; Article body

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Opinion: IP Model Proposed For North-South Nanotechnology Divide

25 Nov 2008 00:12:06 PST

But “nanotechnology could also have destructive impact on developing countries’ economies,” Hassan Moawad Abdel Al, former president of Alexandria’s Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications, told Intellectual Property Watch.

Original story at Nanovip.com .

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Opinion: Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing, Experiments & Simulations

10 Oct 2008 09:46:52 PDT

Written by nick2
Water is a polar molecule consisting of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Although its net charge is zero, the molecule has a positive side (hydrogen) and a negative side (oxygen). This polarity causes the molecule to orient in a particular direction when in the presence of an electri...

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Opinion: Carbon Nanotubes Make Superglue Look Silly

09 Oct 2008 23:33:12 PDT

Zee News India - Oct 9, 2008 Thanks to molecular forces between the wall and the setae, the gecko's relatively small foot can hold its entire body up. Using carbon nanotubes ... Adhesive stickier than gecko's feet The Press Association

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Opinion: Neural Electrodes Improved with Carbon Nanotube Coating

23 Sep 2008 11:44:36 PDT

From MIT Tech Review: Electrodes are placed in a water-based solution of carbon nanotubes; when a small voltage is applied to sites on the electrodes, carbon nanotubes localize there and can be fixed. Joseph Pancrazio, a neuroscientist at the National Institute of Neurological Disord...

Original story at Medgadget.com .

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Opinion: Nanoceria Particles for Eye Disease

17 Jul 2008 12:06:49 PDT

At the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma special nanoparticles are being studied as a potential treatment for retinal disease. Nanoceria, a type of nanoparticle made out of cerium oxide molecules has some interesting properties, including the ability to scavenge f...

Original story at Medgadget.com .

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Opinion: LLNL Researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport

20 Jun 2008 23:01:31 PDT

Written by nick2
A while back I asked a member of the LLNL team what the best investment of dollars would be for research in this field. He said that the best investment currently would be “in coming up with scalable (economical) processes for producing membranes that use nanotubes or other useful nanomate...

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Opinion: Seeing Nano Propellers of the Future

19 Jul 2007 11:29:46 PDT

Written by Michael
While previous research has looked at how molecular devices rotate in flowing gases, Král and his group are the first to look at molecular propeller pumping of liquids, notably water and oils. Petr Král's Design and Modeling of Nanoscale Systems Group

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Opinion: Nano propellers for drug deliveries

17 Jul 2007 09:38:44 PDT

Written by Roland Piquepaille
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) have used molecular dynamics simulations to build a nanoscale propeller with molecule-sized blades. This is the first time that researchers are looking at nanodevices able to pump fluids. However, they recognize that such dev...

Original story at ZDNet .

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Opinion: Imagining Self-Repairing Nanomaterials

18 Jun 2007 17:02:50 PDT

Written by Michael
The latest most excellent Nanowerk Spotlight by Michael Berger is about the latest efforts of scientists to figure out how self-repairing nanomaterials will be constructed in the future. One can only imagine the immense implications for clinical medicine that such materials will hav...

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Opinion: Neurosurgeons, Just Cut Out the Glowing Tissue

13 Jun 2007 07:01:02 PDT

Written by Josh(jumbehr@gmail.com)
Led by CMU chemist Marcel Bruchez and Steven Toms, director of neurosurgery at the Geisinger Clinic, in Danville, PA, the researchers took crisp fluorescent images of brain tumors, called gliomas, in rats. The rats had been injected with nanoparticles that emit infrared light when the...

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