Tag: nanowire

More Energy in Batteries

By Katherine Bourzac | 11/06/2009 | 2 Comments

Nanowire anodes could let lithium-ion batteries run twice as long.

Wrapping Solar Cells around an Optical Fiber

By Katherine Bourzac | 10/30/2009 | 2 Comments

Dye-sensitized cells get a double boost from nanowires and optical fiber.

Nanosensors Made Easy

By Prachi Patel | 01/20/2009 | 0 Comments

A trick to assemble nanowires on silicon could lead to cheap, tiny sensing devices.

Nanosensors for Medical Monitoring

By Katherine Bourzac | 07/08/2008 | 2 Comments

Vista Therapeutics is developing ultra-sensitive detectors.

A Tiny Sensor Simply Made

By Brittany Sauser | 06/05/2008 | 0 Comments

A nanoscale biosensor that can detect minute amounts of pathogens could come to market this year.

Nano Sponge For Oil Spills

By Prachi Patel | 06/02/2008 | 4 Comments

A nanowire membrane that sops up oil while repelling water could be used for cleaning up oil spills.

Nanowires for Displays

By Prachi Patel | 05/06/2008 | 0 Comments

Copper nanowires could be used in ultra-thin field-emission displays that are brighter and sharper than flat-panel displays.

IBM's Faster, Denser Memory

By Kate Greene | 04/11/2008 | 4 Comments

Researchers led by Stuart Parkin are developing a new type of memory chip that combines the benefits of magnetic hard drives and flash.

Power from Fabrics

By Prachi Patel | 02/14/2008 | 8 Comments

Nanowires that convert motion into current could lead to textiles that can generate power.

Flexible, Nanowire Solar Cells

By Tyler Hamilton | 02/06/2008 | 0 Comments

Exotic materials and cheaper substrates could lead to better photovoltaics.

Super-Charging Lithium Batteries

By Peter Fairley | 01/04/2008 | 3 Comments

Nanowire electrodes could improve the performance of electric vehicles.

The Year in Nanotech

By Kevin Bullis | 01/03/2008 | 0 Comments

Better batteries and super-sticky glues are becoming possible because of nanomaterials.

A Better Resonator

By Prachi Patel | 12/05/2007 | 0 Comments

Researchers have made defect-free gallium-nitride nanowires that could replace bulky quartz crystals in cell-phone receivers.

Tiny Solar Cells

By Kevin Bullis | 10/18/2007 | 4 Comments

Photovoltaics made of nanowires could lead to cheaper solar panels.

Nanowire LEDs

By Kevin Bullis | 08/01/2007 | 0 Comments

Infrared light-emitting nanowires could lead to optical communications on microchips.