Sentences with phrase «nanoscale devices»

BBCurrent trends in optical and X-ray metrology of advanced materials for nanoscale devices V (MATERIAL PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION)

The effect now found in the two - dimensional magnetic structures comes with the promise that it will be of practical use in nanoscale devices, such as magnetic nanomotors, actuators, or sensors.

Toward the realization of nanoscale device control, we report a molecular valve embedded in a membrane that can be opened by illumination with long - wavelength ultraviolet (366 nanometers) light and then resealed by visible irradiation.

These investments, made under the auspices of the NNI, have enabled groundbreaking discoveries that have revolutionized science; established world - class facilities for the characterization of nanoscale materials and their fabrication into nanoscale devices; educated tens of thousands of individuals from undergraduate students to postdoctoral researchers; and fostered the responsible incorporation of nanotechnology into commercial products.

Now scientists have come up with a hybrid approach that could offer researchers a way to craft prototype nanoscale devices quickly and cheaply, speeding up the already blistering pace of developments in the field.

Molecules are delivered from the AFM tip to a solid substrate of interest via capillary transport, making DPN a potentially useful tool for creating and functionalizing nanoscale devices.

This may be used in small - scale thermal and electrical contacts and other nanoscale devices.

Branton and his colleagues came up with the idea for ice lithography around five years ago, but say they have only now refined the technology to the point where they can produce working nanoscale devices.

Yu - Ming Lin, who researches nanoscale devices at IBM, envisions graphene transistors amplifying signals between cell towers and eventually inside cell phones.

By offering single atomic plane precision, the technique could find uses in fabricating structures for functional nanoscale devices such as microchips.

Abstract: Carbon nanotubes bound for electronics need to be as clean as possible to maximize their utility in next - generation nanoscale devices, and scientists at Rice and Swansea universities have found a way to remove contaminants from the nanotubes.

Home > Press > Touchy nanotubes work better when clean: Rice, Swansea scientists show that decontaminating nanotubes can simplify nanoscale devices

In 2007, Sir Fraser, by then at Northwestern University, was recognized by the award of Foresight's 2007 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology in the Experiment category for pioneering «the synthesis and assembly of unique active molecular machines for manufacturing into practical nanoscale devices.

Nanoelectronics: Electronics on a nanometer scale, whether made by current techniques or nanotechnology; includes both molecular electronics and nanoscale devices resembling today's semiconductor devices.

Scientists have dreamed of building nanoscale devices that manipulate light the same way digital devices control electricity.

Scientists have discovered a pioneering new technique to transform ambient heat into motion in nanoscale devices — which could revolutionise future generations of data storage and sensors.

His research specializes in the electronic properties of nanoscale devices, encompassing semiconductor nanoelectronics, quantum devices, ion - implanted plastics as novel conducting materials.

The energy generated by the device is currently small (about a nanowatt), but Wang says that this is still an important step along the road to developing useful power sources for nanoscale devices.

In their studies, Bahl's research group uses the extremely minute forces exerted by light to generate and control mechanical vibrations of microscale and nanoscale devices — a field called optomechanics.

New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that a nanoscale device, called a memristor, could be used to power artificial systems that can mimic the human brain.

«The more we understand about how these fibers work, the more we can get them to self - assemble,» a key advantage for nanoscale devices that are very difficult to manipulate directly.

University of Wisconsin — Madison engineers have created a nanoscale device that can emit light as powerfully as an object 10,000 times its size.

«Optomechanics is an area of research in which extremely minute forces exerted by light (for example: radiation pressure, gradient force, electrostriction) are used to generate and control high - frequency mechanical vibrations of microscale and nanoscale devices,» explained Gaurav Bahl, an assistant professor of mechanical science and engineering at Illinois.