Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses
...viral outbreaks." Lieber and his colleagues merged nanowires conducting a small current with antibody receptors...ppropriate only in laboratory settings. The use of nanowires provides immediate verification of a given virus's presence without any specialized biochemical mani...Physics tip sheet #36 - July 30, 2003
... that it is possible to grow silicon and germanium nanowires with a thickness of one atomic layer by using the natural self-organization of atoms at surfaces. More complex structures, such as nanorings, are also possible, and researchers hope to be able to one day use these methods to build complex semiconduct...Prions offer nanotech building tool
...e entire Earth. Moreover, these devices depend on nanowires to conduct electricity. So far, the mass producti...lectrical wire. In all important respects, these nanowires possess the characteristics of conventional solid metal wire, Lindquist explained, such as low resis...Physics tip sheet #4 March 13, 2002
...ps.org/abstract/PRSTAB/v5/e031301 2) Biomolecular nanowires A. Calzolari, R. Di Felice, E. Molinari, A. Garbesi arXiv preprint server Whats twice as good as a double helix? A quadruple helix especially when it forms a long stable wire that conducts electricity. A stable structure is formed when sets of four...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
... this year detail the progress from communicating nanowires (26 January 2001) to nanotube and nanowire-based logic circuits (9 November 2001) to computational circuits using single-molecule transistors (8 November 2001, Science Express ). Molecular computers with the speed, reliability, and low cost of silic...Faster nanowires may advance nanotechnological applications for detecting glucose, hormones or DNA
... wide. The Chidsey lab`s earlier attempts to make nanowires produced a substance called oligophenyleneelthynyl...s of a meter). For practical applications, though, nanowires may need to conduct electricity farther. That`s why Chidsey looked for a new material. Chidsey and h...