Discovery Park - Birck Nanotechnology Center

New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies.

Better control of carbon nanotube 'growth' promising for future electronics

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use tiny structures called carbon nanotubes to create a new class of electronics that would be faster and smaller than conventional silicon-based transistors.

Purdue, India researchers form center on nanomaterials and energy

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center are collaborating with Indian colleagues at the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research and General Electric Co.'s John F. Welch India Technology Center to launch a center focused on how advancements in nanomaterials can address growing energy needs.

New findings could help hybrid, electric cars keep their cool

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.

New nanolaser key to future optical computers and technologies

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging.

Discovery to aid study of biological structures, molecules

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers in the United States and Spain have discovered that a tool widely used in nanoscale imaging works differently in watery environments, a step toward better using the instrument to study biological molecules and structures.

Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic applications.

Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging.

Re-thinking electronics - from the bottom up

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

More than 70 graduate students from across the country and Purdue University are on campus this week to learn about a new approach to 21st century electronic materials and devices.

Indiana life-sciences firm signs deal to use research space at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An Indiana medical-device company has signed a research agreement through the Purdue Research Foundation to use laboratories and equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, officials announced Thursday (July 16).