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In Vitro Diagnosis and Analysis of the Potential Effects of Carbon Nanotube Exposure on the Human Respiratory System

Bowen E., Purser F., Park Y.B., Lee J.S., Kwon S., Utah State University, US

Recent discoveries of various forms of carbon nanostructure have stimulated researches on their applications and hold promise for applications in medicine and many other related engineering areas. While carbon nanotubes (CNT’s) are already being produced [...]

Imation Tera Angstrom™ Technology – Nanotechnology Applications

Kulkarni S.K., Imation Corp., US

Imation Tera Angstrom Technology achieves surface smoothness and uniformity on magnetic tape media that allows for increased bit and track density and increased storage capacity. This revolutionary and proprietary advanced metal particulate coating formulation and [...]

Nano-Cantilevers for an Ultra-Sensitive Bio-Assay

Zheng J., Klein K., Pucha R., Sitaraman S.K., Sitaraman S.V., Merlin D., Rajalakshmi S., Sarma D.S.R., Gerwirtz A., Sitaraman S.K., Sitaraman S.V., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Micro and Nano-scale cantilever arrays are being developed for an ultra sensitive bio-assay (Figure 1). The advantage of these cantilevers is that they eliminate the use of laser for deflection detection, which is impractical for [...]

Quantum and Kinetic Simulation Tools for Nano-scale Electronic Devices

Fedoseyev A., Kolobov V., Arslanbekov R., Przekwas A., Balandin A., CFD Research Corporation, US

The progress in LSI technologies has resulted in scaling down semiconductor devices to nano-scale dimensions where kinetic and quantum effects in the carrier transport become crucial for the device performance. The transistor counts on the [...]