Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck of information flow that is limiting the potential of computer chips in everything from personal computers to portable music players.
Researchers at Sandia National Labs specializing in inorganic synthesis and characterization, modeling, and radiation science have designed a radical system of experiments to study the science of creating metal and alloy nanoparticles.
Carbon nanotubes conduct electricity much better than conventional copper wires, though integrating the tiny devices with electronics is an ongoing challenge.
Electrostatic adhesion force makes toner particles in photo-copiers, laser printers, and fax machines, temporarily stick to paper before they are permanently fused by heat.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) designed a carbon nanotube knife that could become a tabletop tool for biologists, letting them slice and dice cells more precisely.