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5/2/02
IEEE Spectrum On-line -
"The Toughest Transistor Yet"
CNSI Professor Umesh
Mishra is co-author of IEEE Spectrum's feature article
that describes the prospects of gallium nitride transistors.
GaN holds promises for high power and energy-efficient transistors.
4/30/02
Small Times - "Genefluidics
counts on glass to break into nanobio market"
At the Southern California Technology Venture Forum (SCTVF),
CNSI professor Chih-Ming Ho, spoke about what's happening
between biological sciences and nanotechnology and of sensitive
methods for analyzing material at the nanoscale.
4/17/02
UCLA News - "UCLA
Undergraduates Selected to Present Research on Capitol Hill"
Two UCLA undergraduates were seleceted to present their research
on Capitol Hill. One of them, Gilmer Youn, is a senior who
conducts research in organic chemistry and nanotechnology,
designing and synthesizing chemical compounds that function
as molecular machines on the nano scale. "In every respect,
Gilmer has simply blown me away," said CNSI Professor
J.
Fraser Stoddart.
4/2/02
UCLA Today -
"People"
CNSI professor Eli
Yablonovitch was awarded the 2001 Julius Springer Prize
for Applied Physics for his work on photonic crystals. The
prize is awarded annually by the Springer-Verlag publishing
company to scientists who have made an outstanding and innovative
contribution to the field of applied physics.
3/5/02
New York Times - "Scientists
Develop Plastic That Mends Itself" (login
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CNSI Professor Fred
Wudl describes the invention of a self-healing plastic.
3/4/02
C & EN News: Science Concentrates - "Polymer,
heal thyself!" (requires subscription)
CNSI Professor Fred
Wudl and coworkers have created a new polymeric material
of thermally reversible covalent bonds.
2/22/02
Nanotech Bulletin - "Nano-East
Meets Nano-West at JETRO LA"
Nano-diamonds and the production of nanotubes are a few of
the topics highlighted in the half-day conference, "Japan
Meets the Nano-Republic of LA". CNSI Prof. Jim
Gimzewski participated in the conference and provided
an overview of the California NanoSystems Institute.
1/29/02
Nature - "Cylinders
make circuits spontaneously"
CNSI Professor James
Heath and colleagues develop conducting grids of carbon
nanotubes to function as a diode.
1/24/02
Small Times - "Researchers
create electric-chemical system of "traffic lights" for
molecular computing grid"
The Hewlett-Packard-UCLA team propose an electric-chemical process
to control the intersections of their computer grid circuitry.
1/24/02
Wall Street Journal
- "H-P, UCLA Receive a Patent for New
Technology" (requires subscription)
CNSI and UCLA Professor James
Heath and Hewlett-Packard researchers Philip Kuekes and R. Stanley
Williams have received a broad patent for UCLA and H-P in nanotechnology.
"The patent lays out several methods for 'growing' crossed
arrays of tiny wires on a silicon substrate".
1/24/02
Miami Herald
- "Firm lauds find in molecular technology" (requires
payment for full article)
The Hewlett-Packard-UCLA team are building computer chips at the
molecular level. CNSI Professor Jim
Heath and R. Stanley Williams of HP plan to create a hybrid-molecular-silicon
computer circuitry.
1/23/02
CNet News.com - "HP
claims big step in tiny chips"
Hewlett-Packard and CNSI Professor James
Heath patent method to commercialize nanochips.
1/22/02
Small Times - "Molecular
motors could propel MEMs devices, says UCLA scientist"
At MEMs 2002 conference in Las Vegas, CNSI Professor Carlo
Montemagno describes a nanomotor that is 11 nm tall and 11 nm
in diameter.
1/22/02/
Small Times - "Record
Numbers at MEMs conference 'Means the industry is really forming'"
CNSI Professor Carlo
Montemagno was a key speaker at the MEMs 2002 conference in
La Vegas.
1/18/02
BioMedNet Magazine -"Interview
with James Gimzewski"
CNSI Prof. Jim
Gimzewski discusses the potential of nanobiotechnology.
1/02
Discover - "Future
Tech: Computing with a Twist"
CNSI Prof. David
Awschalom's "emerging technology of spintronics
may soon make it possible to store movies on a Palm Pilot
or build a radical new kind of computer."
2/23/01
DOD News - "Nanotechnology
Research Awards Announced"
CNSI Professor Horia Metiu (UCSB) was awarded a research grant
on the topic of Nanostructures of Catalysis.
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