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Rice technique points toward 2-D devices: Researchers create fine patterns that combine single-atom-thick graphene, boron nitride

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
Rice University scientists have taken an important step toward the creation of two-dimensional electronics with a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor and an insulato...
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Production of Nanocomposite Films for Packaging Foodstuff with Photocatalytic Ability

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
Iranian researchers produced a new type of clay-titanium oxide nanocomposite films which improve the blocking properties of normal polyethylene films, control the production of polyethylene, postpone...
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NYS Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Releases Audit That Determines Fuller Road Management Corporation is Safeguarding Public Funds: Report concludes that FRMC fosters ethical business climate in supporting growth at NanoCollege

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today released an audit that determines that proper management of internal controls has been exercised by the Fuller Road Management Corporation (FRMC), e...
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Iran Sets Up 1st Specialized Nanotechnology Lab for Students in Tehran

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
The first specialized nanotechnology laboratory for students was inaugurated in a ceremony in Avicenna Research Center in Tehran on February 2, 2013.
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mPhase Technologies Receives Notice of Allowance for Key Smart Surface Patent: Device for Fluid Spreading and Transport Allowed

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) reported today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) of a Key Smart Surface Patent.
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Notre Dame study explores the potential benefits and threats of nanotechnology research

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
Every day scientists learn more about how the world works at the smallest scales. While this knowledge has the potential to help others, it's possible that the same discoveries can also be used in way...
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INRS develops a nanohybrid with remarkable properties using a new laser-plasma process: Towards a new generation of optoelectronic nanomaterials

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
By achieving the synthesis of a novel nanohybrid structure by means of the pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique, Professor My Ali El Khakani and his team paved the way for a new generation of optoele...
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New method of producing nanomagnets for information technology

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
An international team of researchers has found a new method of producing molecular magnets. Their thin layer systems made of cobalt and an organic material could pave the way for more powerful storage...
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Self-assembling silica microwires may herald new generation of integrated optical devices: Optical Materials Express paper details new laser technique with applications in sensing, photovoltaics, optical switches

Nanotech-Now - January 28, 2013 - 7:45am
Silica microwires are the tiny and as-yet underutilized cousins of optical fibers. If precisely manufactured, however, these hair-like slivers of silica could enable applications and technology not cu...
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Nanosilicon produces hydrogen on demand

Nanotechweb - January 28, 2013 - 4:25am
Technique requires no heat, light or electricity.
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