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Nanotechnology Applications
Accelerometers
Acoustics
Actuators (Switches)
5/16/2008
A Biomimetic Actuator
Based on an Ionic Networking Membrane of Poly(styrene-alt-maleimi
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Adhesives
5/16/2008
Substrate-Independent
Layer-by-Layer Assembly by Using Mussel-Adhesive-Inspired Polymers
(p 1619-1623)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Analysis
Antennas
Anti-Ballistic Materials
Anti-Corrosion Coatings
Anti-Friction Agents
Antioxidants
Bandages
5/16/2008
The inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase activity in chronic wounds by a
polyacrylate superabsorber
(2932-2940)
Biomaterials 29 #19 (2008)
Barcodes
Barrier Materials
Batteries
Bioreactors
Blood Substitutes
Capacitors
5/16/2008
Direct synthesis of porous carbon nanotubes and its performance as conducting
material of supercapacitor electrode
(993-998)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)
Supercapacitive behavior of CVD carbon nanotubes grown on Ti coated Si wafer
(906-911)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Catalysts
Also see Fuel Cells: Catalysts
Also see Reactions: Catalysts
Cathodes
Chromatography
Coatings
Combinatorial Chemistry
4/29/2008
7,364,898
Customized micro-array construction and its use for target molecule detection
7,364,897
Methods and devices for performing chemical reactions on a solid support
7,364,697
System for infrared spectroscopic imaging of libraries
Computers
Conductive Materials
Controlled Release
See Controlled Release page.
Cosmetics
Devices
Diodes
5/16/2008
On-state behaviour of diamond Schottky diodes
(736-740)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Edge termination techniques for p-type diamond Schottky barrier diodes
(809-812)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Displays
5/16/2008
The Directional
Peeling Effect of Nanostructured Rigiflex Molds on Liquid-Crystal Devices:
Liquid-Crystal Alignment and Optical Properties
(p 1340-1347)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Drugs
Drying (Dewetting)
Electrochemistry
5/16/2008
On the Limited
Operational Lifetime of Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells
(p 1744-1749)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Electrochromic Devices
Electrodes
5/16/2008
Electrical ageing of carbon nanotube composite cathode layers
(980-985)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)
Diamond-derived ultramicroelectrodes designed for electrochemical analysis
and bioanalyte sensing
(900-905)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
DNA hybridization and phosphinothricin acetyltransferase gene sequence
detection based on zirconia/nanogold film modified electrode
(4750-4756)
Applied Surface Science 254 #15 (2008)
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal devices using highly conducting
polymers as electrodes
(# 183301)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Electrosynthesis of
ferrates with diamond anodes
(p 1600-1607)
AIChE Journal 54 #6 (2008)
Abstract
Electroluminescence
See also Luminescence.
Electrolytes
Electromagnetic Shielding
Electronic Gates
Electronics
4/29/2008
7,365,230
Cross-linkable polymers and electronic devices made with such polymers
7,365,007
Interconnects with direct metalization and conductive polymer
4/29/2008
7,365,003
Carbon nanotube interconnects in porous diamond interlayer dielectrics
Electro-optics
5/16/2008
Multifunctional liquid crystal elastomers: Large electromechanical and
electro-optical effects
(# 181902)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Electrophoresis
Emission
5/16/2008
Electron emission suppression from hydrogen-terminated n-type diamond
(986-988)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)
New approach to enhance adhesions between carbon nanotube emitters and
substrate by the combination of electrophoresis and successive electroplating
(1003-1007)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)
Flame-synthesis of carbon nanotubes on silicon substrates and their field
emission properties
(1015-1020)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)
Substrate temperature effects on the electron field emission properties of
nitrogen doped ultra-nanocrystalline diamond
(457-461)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Integrated carbon nanotube field emission differential amplifier: Modeling
and measurement of the common-mode rejection ratio
Pages 552-555)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Effect of vacuum annealing on field emission from heavily phosphorus doped
homoepitaxial (111) diamond
(745-748)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Electron field emission properties on UNCD coated Si-nanowires
(753-757)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Electron field emission from semiconducting nanowires
(758-763)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Development of an evaluation system for electron emission characteristics and
generation of X-rays using a needle type semiconductor diamond electron emitter
(764-767)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Fabrication and field emission properties of ultra-nanocrystalline diamond
lateral emitters
(776-781)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Nanodiamond lateral field emitter devices on thick insulator substrates for
reliable high power applications
(786-789)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Field emission from nanodiamond grown with ‘ridge’ type geometrically
enhanced features
(790-793)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Fiber Optics; Waveguides
5/16/2008
Nonlinear polymer-clad silicon slot waveguide modulator with a half wave
voltage of 0.25 V
(# 163303)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Nanowire Waveguides
and Ultraviolet Lasers Based on Small Organic Molecules
(p 1661-1665)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Third-Order Nonlinear
Optical Response of Gold-Island Films
(p 1281-1289)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Filaments
Filtration
Flame Retardants
Fluorescence
Fuel Cells; See Fuel Cells page.
Gratings
Gyroscope
Heat Transfer
Holography
Hydroelectric
5/16/2008
Individual
Water-Filled Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Hydroelectric Power Converters
(p 1772-1776)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Hydrogenation
Hydrogen Storage
5/16/2008
Ideal metal-decorated three dimensional covalent organic frameworks for
reversible hydrogen storage
(# 173102)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Imaging
Immobilization
Ink
Ion Exchange Reactions
Integrated Circuits
Labels
Lasers
5/16/2008
Hybrid optoelectronics: A polymer laser pumped by a nitride
light-emitting diode
(# 163306)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Lenses
Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
4/29/2008
7,365,407
Light emitting diode package with direct leadframe heat dissipation
7,365,198
Silyl compound, light emitting material, and organic light emitting device using
the same
7,364,926
Method for manufacturing gallium nitride light emitting diode devices
7,364,925
Organic light emitting device having a protective barrier
5/16/2008
Highly Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Doped
with Thiophene/Phenylene Co-Oligomer
(2881 – 2883)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #9 (2008)
No abstract.
Hybrid spacer for high-efficiency white organic light-emitting diodes
(# 183303)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Inkjet printed polymer light-emitting devices fabricated by thermal
embedding of semiconducting polymer nanospheres in an inert matrix
(# 183305)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Low-voltage, high-efficiency blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting
devices
(# 173305)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Water-Soluble
Polyfluorenes as an Electron Injecting Layer in PLEDs for Extremely High Quantum
Efficiency
(p 1624-1629)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Lithography
Lubrication
Luminesence
See also Electroluminescence.
Magnetic Devices
Magnetophoresis
Mechanical Devices
Medical
Memory Devices
4/29/2008
7,364,951
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same
7,364,937
Vertical elevated pore phase change memory
5/16/2008
Evidence of field induced nucleation in phase change memory
(# 173501)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
High-Performance
Programmable Memory Devices Based on Hyperbranched Copper Phthalocyanine Polymer
Thin Films
(p 1766-1771)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Fabrication of a
Memory Chip by a Complete Self-Assembly Process Using State-of-the-Art
Multilevel Cell (MLC) Technology
(p 1173-1177)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Microcombustion
Microelectronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
4/29/2008
7,364,564
Implant having MEMS flow module with movable, flow-controlling baffle
5/16/2008
Toward high output-power nanogenerator
(# 173105)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Phototermal self-excitation of nanomechanical resonators in liquids
(# 173108)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Piezoelectrically pumped parametric amplification and Q
enhancement in an electromechanical oscillator
(# 173109)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Microelectronics
Microencapsulation
5/16/2008
Carbon nanocapsules encapsulating cobalt nanoparticles by pulsed discharge
plasma chemical vapor deposition
(576-580)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Characteristics of graphene-layer encapsulated nanoparticles fabricated using
laser ablation method
( 664-668)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Optimizing Silica Encapsulation of Living Cells: In
Situ Evaluation of Cellular Stress
(3015 – 3021)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Preparation of Surface Porous Microcapsules Templated
by Self-assembly of Nonionic Surfactant Micelles
(3099 – 3104)
Chemistry of Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Photoinduced electron transfer in C60 encapsulated
single-walled carbon nanotube
(# 183115)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Microwave-absorption properties of ZnO-coated iron nanocapsules
(# 173117)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Encapsulation and
Growth of Gold Nanoparticles in Thermoresponsive Microgels
(p 1666-1670)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Microfluidics ; see Microfluidics page.
Microlenses: Nanolenses
Micromirrors
Micromixing
Micropumps
Microreactors; See Nanoreactors.
Microrobots
Microscopy
See Microscopy Page.
Microvalves
Microwaves
Mixing Devices
Nanocalorimetrs
Nanocontainers
Nanoheaters
Nanomachines; Micromachines
5/16/2008
Quantum control of a chiral molecular motor driven by femtosecond laser
pulses: Mechanisms of regular and reverse rotations
(272-278)
Chemical Physics 347 #1-3 (2008)
5/16/2008
Nano-precision diamond cutting tools achieved by mechanical lapping versus
thermo-mechanical lapping
(954-961)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)
Nanoreactors: Microreactors
Nanowells
Neurology
Optical
5/16/2008
Multiplex frequency conversion of femtosecond laser pulses in trefoil and
quatrefoil channels of a holey fiber
(295-298)
Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics 91 #2 (2008)
Optical Switching
Optoelectronics
Phosphors
Photocatalysts
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Photoelectric (Photovoltaic) Devices
5/16/2008
Taguchi optimization of device parameters for fullerene and Poly
(3-octylthiophene) based heterojunction photovoltaic devices
(799-803)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Polymer Photovoltaic
Devices Employing a Chemically Fixed p-i-n Junction
(p 1212-1219)
Advanced Functional Materials 18 #8 (2008)
Abstract
Photomechanical Devices
Photonics
4/29/2008
7,364,673
Widely wavelength tuneable polychrome colloidal photonic crystal device
5/16/2008
Numerical Simulation and Experimental Analysis of Photonic Band Gap in
Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibres
(1541- 1544)
Chinese Physics Letters 25 #5 (2008)
Abstract
Static tuning band gaps of three-dimensional photonic crystals in
subterahertz frequencies
(# 183504)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Enhanced light emission in photonic crystal nanocavities with
Erbium-doped silicon nanocrystals
(# 161107)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Transmission loss and dispersion in plastic terahertz photonic band-gap
fibers
(333-336)
Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics 91 #2 (2008)
5/16/2008
Coupling mode-based nanophotonic circuit device
(373-376)
Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics 91 #2 (2008)
Optofluidic Assembly
of Colloidal Photonic Crystals with Controlled Sizes, Shapes, and Structures
(p 1649-1655)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Photopolymerization
Plasticizers
Printing
Quantum Dots
5/16/2008
Ferric hydroxide supported gold subnano clusters or quantum dots: enhanced
catalytic performance in chemoselective hydrogenation
(2542 – 2548)
Dalton Transactions #19 (2008)
Emission-tunable microwave synthesis of highly luminescent water soluble
CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
(2106 – 2108)
Chemical Communications #18 (2008)
Resonant optical excitation of longitudinal-optical phonons and
intermixing in InAs/AlAs single quantum dots
(# 181909)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Anomalous photocurrent in self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots
(# 182102)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Achievement of sensing single spin with the aid of Kondo resonance in
quantum dot connected to ferromagnetic electrodes
(# 182104)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Photoinduced fluorescence enhancement in colloidal CdSeTe/ZnS core/shell
quantum dots
(# 183108)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract
Natural quantum dots in the InAs/GaAs wetting layer
(# 171104)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Theoretical determination of contact angle in quantum dot self-assembly
(# 171902)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Spin-polarized current and spin accumulation in a three-terminal two
quantum dots ring
(# 172104)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Solution-processed polymer-free photovoltaic devices consisting of PbSe
colloidal quantum dots and tetrabenzoporphyrins
(# 173307)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Application of 3C-SiC quantum dots for living cell imaging
(# 173902)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Exciton dynamics in current-injected single quantum dot at 1.55 µm
(# 161104)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Intraband emission at 
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1.48 µm
from GaN/AlN quantum dots at room temperature
(# 161105)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008))
Abstract
Modulating emission polarization of semiconductor quantum dots through
surface plasmon of metal nanorod
(# 162107)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Antibody–gold quantum dot–PAMAM dendrimer complex as an immunoglobulin
immunoassay
(667 - 672)
The Analyst 133 #5 (2008)
Size-Controlled
Ex-nihilo Ferromagnetism in Capped CdSe Quantum Dots
(p 1656-1660)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract
Quantum Wells
Radiation
Reactors; See Nanoreactors; Microreactors.
Reactions
Rectifiers
Scaffolds (Tissue Engineering)
Self-Healing Composites
Semiconductors
Sensors; See Sensors page.
Also see Biosensors
Separations
Solder
Solar Energy
5/16/2008
Carbon nanotube incorporation: A new route to improve the performance of
organic–inorganic heterojunction solar cells
(585-588)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Limiting efficiency of an intermediate band solar cell under a
terrestrial spectrum
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 171110 (2008) (3 pages)
Abstract
Engineering the randomness for enhanced absorption in solar cells
(# 171114)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Highly efficient inverted polymer solar cell by low temperature
annealing of Cs2CO3 interlayer
(# 173303)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract
Silicon nanowire array photoelectrochemical solar cells
(# 163103)
Applied Physics Letters 92 #16 (2008)
Abstract
Sorption
Sound Insulation
Spectroscopy
Spintronics
Storage
Superconductors
Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Surfaces
Temperature Measurements
Thermal Applications
See also Heat Transfer.
Thermochromic Materials
Tips for Scanning Microscopy
See Microscopy Page.
4/29/2008
7,364,924
Silicon phosphor electroluminescence device with nanotip electrode
5/16/2008
ICP etching of polycrystalline diamonds: Fabrication of diamond nano-tips for
AFM cantilevers
(728-731)
Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)
Capillary Interactions between a Probe Tip and a Nanoparticle
(1795-1798)
Chinese Physics Letters 25 #5 (2008)
Abstract
Transducers
Transistors; See Transistors page.
Ultrafiltration
Valves
Water Treatment
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