Nanotechnology News

Engineers and researchers designing and building new microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) can benefit from a new test method developed at the … more

Nanowires grown at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a mechanical “quality factor” at least 10 … more

In the growing catalog of nanoscale technologies, nanowires—tiny rows of conductor or semiconductor atoms—have attracted a … more

A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACE EVENT NIST Presents Its Microfluidics Technologies For Commercial Adoption On Tuesday, October 9, … more

Spectroscopic image showing the microwave-frequency magnetic resonances of an array of parallel, metallic thin film nanowires … more

Collaboration Aims to Strengthen the Nation's Lead in Nanoelectronics   Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the … more

If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot … more

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have done the … more

For electrical charges racing through an atom-thick sheet of graphene, occasional hills and valleys are no big deal, but the … more

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with colleagues at George Mason University and Kwangwoon University … more

[Top] Micrograph of a complete nanowire LED with the end contact. The long nanowire (A) is about 110 micrometers long, a shorter nanowire (B) … more

Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using less than a drop of salt water in a system that can … more

(a) Schematic of NIST single nanowire manipulation sy more

DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an … more