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Shaking Things Up: NIST Researchers Propose New Old Way to Purify Carbon Nanotubes
Release Date: 04/30/2013 An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute … more
Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-on Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes with Ceramic
Release Date: 04/17/2013 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of … more
Nanoscale Edge Variations Observed with Record-breaking Resolution in Magnetic Nanodevices
Release Date: 03/27/2013 Ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy image of the precession of an edge mode in a 500 nm diameter permalloy disk. The disk appears … more
NIST Captures Chemical Composition with Nanoscale Resolution
Release Date: 02/12/2013 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have demonstrated that a new spectroscopy … more
Controlling Particles for Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals
Release Date: 01/17/2013 Optical micrographs showing the assembly of a 2D colloidal crystal composed of approximately 200 particles. Top: The initia more
'Cloning' Could Make Structurally Pure Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics
Release Date: 11/14/2012 Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a … more
Researchers Observe, Control, and Optimize the Growth of Individual Carbon Nanotubes
Release Date: 10/31/2012
Researchers Introduce New Method for Imaging Defects in Magnetic Nanodevices
Release Date: 09/12/2012 Top: Scanning electron micrograph of an array of magnetic nanodisks with a oval-shaped “defect” structure at center. … more
NIST Measurements May Help Optimize Organic Solar Cells
Release Date: 03/06/2012 Organic solar cells may be a step closer to market because of measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and … more
Two for One: Simultaneous Size and Electrochemical Measurement of Nanomaterials
Release Date: 03/06/2012 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have done a mash-up of two very different experimental … more
CNST and Sandia Researchers Publish a Detailed Review of Electrical Contacts in One and Two Dimensional Nanomaterials
Release Date: 02/15/2012 Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Sandia National Laboratories have published a detailed review of recent … more
NIST Releases First Certified Reference Material for Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Release Date: 12/20/2011 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the world’s first reference material for single-wall carbon … more
Armchair Science: DNA Strands That Select Nanotubes Are First Step to a Practical ‘Quantum Wire’
Release Date: 08/02/2011 DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper,* researchers at the … more
Graphene: What Can Go Wrong? New Studies Point to Wrinkles, Process Contaminants
Release Date: 07/06/2011 Using a combination of sophisticated computer modeling and advanced materials analysis techniques at synchrotron laboratories, a research team led … more
Nanowire-based Sensors Offer Improved Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds
Release Date: 06/21/2011 A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has … more |
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