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Physics World Focus on Nanotechnology 2017

Physics World Focus on Nanotechnology 2017

It's always challenging getting ideas out of the lab and into the marketplace, as this Physics World Focus makes clear. It examines several prototype devices and new materials at the very start of the commercialization process. It also explores “superhydrophobic” materials and graphene. More positively, it features spin-out firm Nanoco – which is commercializing quantum-dot technology – and David Gao, who parlayed expertise in atomic-scale modelling into a nanotech start-up. Finally, Daniel Twitchen and Matthew Markham describe an unusual type of diamond that could be used for quantum computing and could revolutionize medical imaging.

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Illustration of graphene feature

Commercializing the ‘wonder material’

An artist's drawing of a diamond overlain with a semi-transparent pattern of 1’s and 0’s. A green laser-like beam enters one side of the diamond and a red beam of 1’s and 0’s comes out the other side. An inset drawing shows a ball-and-stick model of atoms that make up the structure of diamond with NV defects. Black carbon atoms in a lattice surround a single blue nitrogen atom feature

The cutting edge of quantum physics

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Bridging the gap in nanotech

Photo of graduate students Shahank Gowda and Muchen Xu sitting in a small boat with an outboard motor, in a harbour with palm trees and the masts of sailing vessels visible in the background feature

Smooth sailing

Byung Hee Hong interview

Learning from industry

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