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Editor's choice

Airbrushed nanotubes detect cancer cells Dec 2, 2008

Biosensor chip is a step towards fast-acting hand-held oncometers

Technology update

Nanotechweb.org: best of 2008 Dec 22, 2008

Top five most viewed stories of the year

Gold nanoparticles help make industrial dyes Dec 19, 2008

Environmentally friendly technique avoids use of toxic transition metals or nitrates

Nanocavities put the brakes on light Dec 17, 2008

Large-scale arrays of coupled nanocavities are promising for all-optical circuits

Plastic memories on the horizon Dec 15, 2008

Belgian researchers make high-density arrays of ferroelectric polymer nanostructures

Graphene goes large scale Dec 12, 2008

A new chemical-based approach produces gram quantities of "wonder material"

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Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics and Renewable Energy
10-14 August 2009

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In depth

Nanopositioning: how to make the right choices Dec 1, 2008

Stefan Vorndran takes a look at five key application areas to illustrate what's on offer

Holey LEDs target TV backlights Nov 13, 2008

Nanoimprint lithography offers a route to making high-performance LEDs at the right price point. Faiz Rahman and Ali Khokhar go into detail.

White papers

Magnetic read/write processes with vacuum SPM Dec 10, 2008

NT-MDT application note

Measuring in the magnetic field Dec 10, 2008

NT-MDT application note

The real-time visualisation and size analysis of nanoparticles in liquids – nanoparticle tracking analysis. Sep 3, 2008

Application note from Robert Carr, Jonathan Smith, Patrick Hole, Andrew Malloy, Philip Nelson and Jeremy Warren from Nanosight Ltd and Lost Artifact Ltd

Basics of Zeta potential Aug 4, 2008

Agilent Technologies application note.

Improving low current measurements on nanoelectronic and molecular electronic devices Mar 3, 2008

Jonathan L. Tucker, Keithley Instruments, Inc.