The safe commercialization of nanotech will require special attention to the manufacture and disposal of materials using carbon nanotubes.
Nanowires of indium phosphide grown directly on an electrode greatly increase the flow of electrons through a polymer film to the electrode.
Arizona State University chemists have demonstrated a nanotech version of molecular self-regulation by designing a molecule that mimics the way in which plants defend themselves from an overload of sunshine.
In an application of nanotechnology to medicine, a nanotech material has been produced that self-assembles in the presence of bodily fluids into highly hydrated fibers that stop bleeding within 15 seconds.
Nanotechnology can use catalytic motors to convert chemical to mechanical energy, using fuels that are chemically simpler than ATP and catalysts that are simpler than enzymes.
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Can online gamers add to the nanotech toolkit for perfecting the de novo design of proteins that do not exist in nature?
Using a spin-on coating that is applied to a silicon wafer, nanotech researchers have developed a method for mass fabrication of nanowire photonic and electronic devices.
Researchers have joined about eight nanoparticles together to make nanostructures resembling segmented worms, and find these survive many hours.
There is hope that nanotechnology in the form of silver nanoparticles will provide protection against drug-resistant bacteria in hospitals, but there is also concern that unregulated use of silver nanoparticles in commercial products will damage the environment.
