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For the first time, researchers have directly measured the electronic structure of individual carbon nanotubes whose physical properties had already been determined. This new study, pioneered by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory working with their colleagues at Columbia University, may help scientists determine the usefulness of carbon nanotubes in various applications, from microelectronics to mechanical, thermal, and photovoltaic devices. The researchers report on their work in the April 28 issue of Science.

It takes concerted efforts by science and industry to maximise the benefits of synergies between research, development and production with respect to process technologies for nanoelectronics. The Fraunhofer-Center Nanoelectronic Technologies CNT is a public-private partnership between the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Infineon Technologies AG and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), and forms part of a newly established research platform for nanoelectronics representing a total investment value of €700 million. The European Commission has granted funding of €232.5 million towards this research and development project, including €48 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for plant and equipment for the initial phase of the CNT.

Science and industry work hand in hand at the Fraunhofer-Center Nanoelectronic Technologies CNT in Dresden developing new process technologies for nanoelectronics. The European Commission has granted funding of 232.5 million euro to support the research platform.

The rapid growth of patent applications in three key areas of nanotechnology in the Far East and US is not being matched in Europe, in spite of substantial investment in research, according to a report by Marks & Clerk, one of the world’s leading firms of patent and trade mark attorneys. In its inaugural Nanotechnology Report, Marks & Clerk explores worldwide patent activity in the fields of nanoelectronics, nanoenergy and nanotechnology in health and personal care.

FEI Company has been rated by semiconductor companies around the world as one of the ten best providers of process diagnostics equipment, for the second consecutive year. Among companies engaged in providing high-resolution scanning and transmission electron microscopy systems (SEMs/TEMs), FEI ranked #1 in 2006, according to the annual customer satisfaction survey by the industry research firm VLSI Research Inc.