Nanowires, solar cells, and silicene – these and more in September’s physics highlights.
Plastics project management: saving money in the wrong places
Plastics consultant Mark Rosen looks at how efforts to save money in part development are often counter-productive.
Optical technique could be essential tool for computer chips
Technique developed several years ago at NIST for improving optical microscopes could be applied to the next generation of computer chip circuit components.
Dr. Angela Belcher awarded 2013 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Leading nanotechnology scientist wins award for research inspired by nature and its ability to create materials.
The New World of Fractal Structuring
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics advisory board member Han Meijer presents his work on fractal structuring at ANTEC 2013.
Startups in materials science: interview with Ben Wang
We chat to Ben Wang, founder of Svaya Nanotechnologies, about turning research into companies and the differences between Silicon Valley and academia.
UM nanotech researcher elected to Royal Society
Paul O’Brien’s research centres on developing new chemical processes for thin films and nanoparticles, especially of chalcogenide-containing materials.
Steel Research International Top 5
This month’s top 5 most read articles from Steel Research International.
Nanodevices can be both battery and memory
Resistive memory cells open up new possibilities in nanoelectronics.
Georgia Tech team win DARPA contract for chip-cooling technology
Technology is intended to able to handle heat loads as much as ten times greater than systems commonly used today.