News articles tagged with 'substrate'
'Spincasting' holds promise for creation of nanoparticle thin films
— 30 Mar 2011 17:34 | TechnologyResearchers from North Carolina State University have investigated the viability of a technique called 'spincasting' for creating thin films of nanoparticles on an underlying substrate…
Syracuse University research team shapes cell behaviour research
— 11 Mar 2011 15:37 | BiologyA team led by James Henderson, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and researcher…
Creasing to cratering: Voltage breaks down plastic
— 4 Mar 2011 15:51 | TechnologyA Duke University team has seen for the first time how soft polymers, such as wire insulation, can break down under exposure to electrical current…
Stretched rubber offers simpler method for assembling nanowires
— 28 Feb 2011 17:01 | TechnologyResearchers at North Carolina State University have developed a cheap and easy method for assembling nanowires, controlling their alignment and density. The researchers hope the findings…
Spiders adjust courtship signals for maximum effect
— 25 Jan 2011 20:20 | BiologyCommunication is important in any relationship, but for spiders, it can be a matter of life or death…
Real-world graphene devices may have a bumpy ride
— 21 Jan 2011 20:08 | TechnologyElectronics researchers love graphene. A two-dimensional sheet of carbon one atom thick, graphene is like a superhighway for electrons, which rocket through the material with 100 times…
Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers fabricate more efficient polymer solar cells
— 3 Dec 2010 17:23 | TechnologyResearchers from Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have developed a process capable of producing a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer on textured substrates that improves…
Ultrathin alternative to silicon for future electronics
— 23 Nov 2010 17:35 | TechnologyThere's good news in the search for the next generation of semiconductors. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and…
Nanogenerators grow strong enough to power small conventional electronics
— 9 Nov 2010 12:40 | TechnologyBlinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that a device's clock needs resetting. But in the laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech, the blinking number…
Engineers make artificial skin out of nanowires
— 13 Sep 2010 10:46 | TechnologyEngineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a pressure-sensitive electronic material from semiconductor nanowires that could one day give new meaning to the…