Discovery Park - Birck Nanotechnology Center

New microtweezers may build tiny 'MEMS' structures

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for research.

Down to the wire for silicon: Researchers create a wire 4 atoms wide, 1 atom tall

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The smallest wires ever developed in silicon - just one atom tall and four atoms wide - have been shown by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Melbourne University and Purdue University to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires.

'Nanoantennas' show promise in optical innovations

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have shown how arrays of tiny "plasmonic nanoantennas" are able to precisely manipulate light in new ways that could make possible a range of optical innovations such as more powerful microscopes, telecommunications and computers.

New device could bring optical information processing

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have created a new type of optical device small enough to fit millions on a computer chip that could lead to faster, more powerful information processing and supercomputers.

Online course on fundamentals of nanotechnology offered

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Online courses covering the fundamentals of nanotechnology will be offered beginning in 2012 by the science portal nanoHUB, the national Network for Computational Nanotechnology and Purdue University.

New '3-D' transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities have created a new type of transistor made from a material that could replace silicon and have a 3-D structure instead of conventional flat computer chips.

'Label-free' imaging tool tracks nanotubes in cells, blood for biomedical research

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living cells and the bloodstream, which could aid efforts to perfect their use in biomedical research and clinical medicine.

New medical, research tool possible by probing cell mechanics

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers are making progress in developing a system that measures the mechanical properties of living cells, a technology that could be used to diagnose human disease and better understand biological processes.

New biosensor benefits from melding of carbon nanotubes, DNA

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Purdue University scientists have developed a method for stacking synthetic DNA and carbon nanotubes onto a biosensor electrode, a development that may lead to more accurate measurements for research related to diabetes and other diseases.

Vibrometer-based model enables accurate measurements in liquid with existing AFM hardware

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The use of a piezoelectric element (acoustic excitation) to vibrate the base of a microcantilever is a popular way to perform dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM).