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Progress in nanomedicine

In updating my website, understandingnano.com, recently, I’ve noticed that several efforts in the area of nanotechnology in medicine have moved from the conceptual to the pre-clinical or clinical testing stage. If you want to know more about some of
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Small Windmills Improved With Nanotubes

Solar panels are a widely accepted way to generate electricity if your house is off the grid or if you want to supplement power from the grid, however in some regions windmills may be much more effective. Considering that adding nanotubes to composit
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CMOS Sandwich

Today in class I did two activities. First we did a flow chart showing how we go from a pile of sand to a silicon wafer. The second activity was a CMOS sandwich which is shown in the picture. I used the image from figures 3.22 and 3.23 in "Semiconduc
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Tools of Nanoscience

fn1_2a_tools_cr.pptThe second unit for this course I call the tools of nanoscience. The tools actually covered are the common tools used for materials characterization. The tools actually used here are summarized in the powerpoint. They include micro
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