NanoBlog

Cris Orfescu has created a NanoArt Exhibition to show the beauty of the nanoscale. Cris adds color, digital painting, and other manipulations to create his artworks starts with electron microscope scans. The final images are printed out on canvas using long lasting inks.

FEI has posted its Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image gallery of the very small. Most of the images seem to of biological organisms and are fascinating to look at.

The NSM Physical properties of semiconductors database is available online now. The database is based on the book "Handbook Series on Semiconductor Parameters" vol. 1 & 2 edited by M. Levinstein, S. Rumyantsev and M. Shur, and published by World Scientific, London, 1996, 1999. Data on the following compounds is available

• Si - Silicon
• GaP - Gallium Phosphide
• InAs - Indium Arsenide
• GaSb - Gallium Antimonide
• InP - Indium Phosphide
• AlxGa1-xAs - Aluminium Gallium Arsenide
• AlN - Aluminium Nitride
• BN - Boron Nitride
• Ge - Germanium
• GaAs - Gallium Arsenide
• C - Diamond
• InSb - Indium Antimonide
• GaAs1-xSbx - Gallium Arsenide Antimonide
• InN - Indium Nitride
• GaN - Gallium Nitride

Band structure of BN

The EDS Guide to State-of-the-Art Electron Devices is now available. It's not available for purchase on the IEEE EDS website yet but you can preview and purchase it at Amazon.

The new MRS Energy & Sustainability: A Review Journal is on materials for energy and sustainability will be published early next year.

The NIOSH has posted 10 critical nanotechnology topic areas under investigation to help determine the health and safety parameters of nanotechnology. The areas include:

• Toxicity and Internal Dose
• Risk Assessment
• Epidemiology & Surveillance
• Engineering Controls and PPE
• Measurement Methods
• Exposure Assessment
• Fire and Explosion Safety
• Recommendations & Guidance
• Communication & Information
• Applications

nano-archimedes is a CAD tool for simulating electron transport in nanodevices. It was developed as a collaboration between the Institute of Microelectronics, Vienna University of Technology, and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Researchers at NASA have developed a new technology to replace paint in instrument that is super-black. This super-black coating reduces reflections in telescopes and improves the sensitivity of the telescope. Carbon nanotubes are grown on alumina using a Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process and iron oxide nanoparticles act as a catalyst for the carbon nanotube growth.

IOP has announced three new journals:

• 2D Materials is a journal on graphene and other 2D materials
• Materials Research Express is a rapid review journal on the design, fabrication, properties, and applications of materials.
• Translational Materials Research is a journal on commercializing advanced materials.

Nearly 60 girls participate in the 2nd year of the CNSE-Girls Inc. The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and Girls Inc, a non-profile working to inspire girls have collaborated to introduce girls to nanotechnology.