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Probing a living cell through a nanotube

The hybrid nanoscale system developed by Prof. Lieber’s team provides a unique approach for recording intracellular electrical signals. The system consists of a hollow nanotube, which serves as a probe, and a Si nanowire based field-effect…

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Improved amide synthesis using silver as a catalyst

The Madix and Friend laboratories have developed a novel amide synthesis that uses metallic silver or silver-based alloy with oxygen adsorbed on the surface to catalyze the reaction of primary or secondary amines with alcohols or aldehydes. The…

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Method for Separating and Recovering Rare Earth Elements Using Bacteria

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Bubble expansion of homogeneous epoxy suspensions of nanowires and carbon nanotubes to produce large area films

The invention describes a general and scalable, low temperature method involving bubble expansion of homogeneous epoxy suspensions of nanowires and carbon nanotubes to produce large area films. The nanowires and carbon nanotubes are well aligned in…

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Improved performance of copper interconnects

Copper (Cu) is now the preferred material for interconnections in ICs because it conducts better and lasts longer than aluminum. However, there are well-known problems with copper interconnects. Copper tends to migrate out of the wiring, degrading…

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Cyborg tissue: Macroporous nanowire nanoelectronic scaffolds for synthetic tissues

This technology uses macroporous, flexible and free-standing nanowire nanoelectronic scaffolds (nanoES), and their hybrids with synthetic or natural biomaterials. 3D macroporous nanoES mimic the structure of natural tissue scaffolds. The structures…

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Control over deposition of nanoscale materials using structured surfaces

The ability to precisely localize and control deposition of materials at the nanoscale is extremely important for a wide variety of emerging technologies. Many unique physical properties emerge only at the nanoscale and it is very useful to be able…

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Low-cost method for measuring the frequency content of a signal above the acquisition rate

Harvard researchers have developed a new method for determining the PSD of a signal that dramatically extends the effective detection bandwidth of current instruments. The invention circumvents previous limitations of acquisition rate and detector…