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Massimo Perucca, PhD - Diad Group: Magnetic colloidal Nanoparticles assembly to overcome conductivity hurdle

Researchers at the University of Hull, UK, recently proposed a new strategy for tuning the conductivity in colloidal nano-particle (CNPs) arrays. CNPs are addressed as device building blocks for electronic and optical applications because of their easy assembly into arrays using inexpensive solution-based methods; nevertheless the major obstacle limiting their wider application is that the CNPs arrays generally exhibit poor conductivity. [...]

Massimo Perucca, PhD - Diad Group: Metallic nanoparticles assembly for microelectronic and sensor devices without substrate patterning

Recently a composite group of researchers from the University of Toulouse including Dr J. Grisolia, Dr B. Viallet and Dr L. Ressier (LPCNO/CNRS), C. Amiens, S. Baster from the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC – CNRS), A.S. Cordan and Y. Leroy from the the Institut d'Electronique du Solide et des Systèmes (InESS-CNRS), Dr Caterina Soldano (CEMES/CNRS) and J. Bruggerat the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), report a fast and low-cost process to fabricate and electrically address parallel micrometric stripes of closely-packed 20 nm gold nanoparticles on SiO2 substrates without any patterning of the substrate. [...]

Massimo Perucca, PhD - Diad Group: Nano-electro mechanical devices by assembly of nanotubes with same chirality

As-produced single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) come in a mix of "chiralities" (or handedness) with varying electronic properties. However, the nanotubes all need to be of the same chirality if they are to be employed in device applications. A team of researchers led by Ralph Krupke at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) may now have overcome this problem by using a "polymer wrapping" technique that produces arrays of tubes in which the carbon atoms are arranged in the same way. [...]

Massimo Perucca, PhD - Diad Group: Researchers Give A Major Boost to Nanorobotics

Now robotics can be even implemented at nano-scale. The nano-machines building blocks are molecules consisting essentially of an axle and a ring, or hoop, threaded over it. To prevent the hoop from slipping off the axle, bulky "stoppers" are placed at each end. These, in turn, consist of intertwined rings. This nanoscale simple system is called rotaxane (meaning "wheel axle", from ancient Greek). [...]

The Nanohand Project International Exploitation Event

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To Fix This Engine, You'll Need a Quantum Mechanic // By Adrian Cho, ScienceNOW Daily News, 9 June 2009

The news reported that a team of theoretical physicists proposed a fully quantum-mechanical version of the classic spinning electric motor that consists of just two atoms trapped in a ring of light. The work has close link with HYDROMEL project in the area of robotic nano manipulation and assembly to build the motor. [...]

German Researchers Furnish DNA with Nano "Wire" // Dr. Zuobin Wang – University of Cardiff (UK) - Dr. Maddalena Rostagno – DIAD Group (I)

The DNA biomolecule, responsible in nature for storing hereditary information, is being used increasingly as a component in nanotechnology. One successful approach for producing functional nanostructures from DNA is to insert metal ions into an artificial DNA double helix, which serves as a framework. [...]

Web sites

European Technology Platform for Micro- and NanoManufacturing (MINAM)
http://www.minamwebportal.eu/index.php?m1=Public-Area

The technology platform on future manufacturing technologies
Manufuture platform:
www.manufuture.org

The European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration
http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/public

Conferences

Launching the "NANOfutures" European Initiative - The European Technology Integration and Innovation Platform (ETIP) in Nanotechnology - June 15-16th 2010 - Gijón - Asturias - Spain