Items Tagged With Nano Devices

Scientists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a beam of electrons to move a single atom in a small molecule back and forth between two positions on a crystal surface, a significant step toward learning how to build an “atomic switch” that turns electrical signals on and off in nanoscale devices.

Anasys Instruments is proud to announce that their scientific co-founder, Professor William King of Georgia Tech, has been named as a member of MIT’s Technology Review 2006 TR35, for his work in the area of nanoscale thermal probes. The TR35, chosen by the editors of Technology Review and an elite panel of judges, consists of 35 individuals under the age of 35 whose innovative work in technology is changing our world.  Prof. King’s work in thermal characterisation is expected to have profound implications in the characterisation of materials at the nanoscale.

New York University chemistry professor Nadrian C. Seeman and his graduate student Baoquan Ding have developed a DNA cassette through which a nanomechanical device can be inserted and function within a DNA array, allowing for the motion of a nanorobotic arm. The results, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, mark the first time scientists have been able to employ a functional nanotechnology device within a DNA array.

University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) Engineering adjunct professor Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner, researcher Alexander Khitun and professor Kang Wang have created three novel nanoscale computational architectures using a technology they pioneered called “spin-wave buses” as the mechanism for interconnection. The three nanoscale architectures are not only power efficient, but also possess a high degree of interconnectivity.