Nanomaterials Research update Nanothermometers feel the heat Nanotubes can now be used to measure temperature in non-vacuum conditions
Transport properties Research update Nanowires line up for plastic electronics Researchers have made cost-effective high-performance thin-film transistors using nanowires and nanoribbons Read article: Nanowires line up for plastic electronics
Transport properties Research update Nanotubes boost ceramic performance Ceramic insulators become conducting when carbon nanotubes are added Read article: Nanotubes boost ceramic performance
Quantum optics Research update Microscope sketches quantum circuits Erasable lithography will make life easier for semiconductor physicists Read article: Microscope sketches quantum circuits
Soft matter and liquids Research update Organic devices get back on track After the embarrassment of the Schön affair, research into organic semiconductor devices is moving forward again
Nanomaterials Research update Nanoactuator gets in a spin Researchers make the first real actuator from carbon nanotubes Read article: Nanoactuator gets in a spin
Nanomaterials Research update Nanoparticles reinforce steel Japanese researchers have discovered a new way to make stronger steel
Nanomaterials Research update Nanotubes make miniature gas sensors US researchers have built a low-cost sensor with carbon nanotubes Read article: Nanotubes make miniature gas sensors
Semiconductors and electronics Research update New look for nanowire devices Researchers in Germany have made a mechanically robust nanowire transistor
Nanomaterials Research update Nanotubes go their separate ways German researchers have developed a way to separate metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes Read article: Nanotubes go their separate ways
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