NanoBlog

The New Journal of Physics has produce a special issue focusing on quantum liquids.

Eugene Cloete from Stellenbosch University describes a nano water filter made from electrospun nano fibers outer layer that filter and kills bacteria and an inner charcoal section that filters chemical compounds. The filter resembles a tea bag and can filter 2 liters of water.

Jeri Ellsworth makes a FET in her kitchen using household chemistry in these videos NMOS transistor, fab part 1, fab part 2, etch chamber, hot point testing, transistor demo, and wafer cleave.

Professor Karl Berggren from MIT give this short summary lecture on microlithography.

Brookhaven is hosting a tour of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials on July 17. If you have a chance to see the please do so. I enjoyed touring the center when it first opened.

Did you miss the Materials Today Virtual Conference - Characterization Techniques and Analysis held on June 15? I did. It's now available on demand.

Cambridge University Press has made all of their journals open source for the next 6 weeks. The demand has so good their servers are overwhelmed. The feeding frenzy has begun.

The APS has posted its list of upcoming meetings. So many great topics. So little time.

Did you miss the US Senate hearing on National Nanotechnology Investment: Manufacturing, Commercialization & Job Creation yesterday? It's out as an archive now. I only saw bits of the last half hour. It was way more interesting than I expected.

Sir Harry Kroto gave this lecture on Architecture in Nano Space in 2007.