Thinking of carbon nanotube (CNT) composites, one might expect superstrong materials. But a closer look at the steep challenges to improve the mechanical...

To build devices at molecular scale, we need to control the position, orientation and movement of individual molecules on surfaces...

Graphite consists of layers of atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice. A single layer of carbon atoms, called graphene has unique electronic properties...

Imaging techniques with high spatial resolution in the mid-infrared region of the optical spectrum (wavelength ranging from 3 microns to 25 microns) have...

Metal nano particles have a particularly large optical cross-section that can be used in high resolution imaging and treating cancer. Heat transport,...

Nanodiamonds, a revolutionary class of nanomaterials, are 2 nanometers in diameter in single-particle...

Drs. Albert Fert (France) and Peter Gr?nberg (Germany) were announced as the recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery of "giant...

When I was in Norway a few months ago, I was talking to an official from their research council about...

Projection lithography (photo lithography) is the preferred top-down tool for device fabrication. Projection lithography has been highly successful during...