Super-Resolution Microscopy benefits from new PI nano ™ Nanopositioning Scanning Stage

Auburn, MA, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. ( the inventor of Piezo-Z nanofocusing drives ) has extended its line of piezo stages for super-resolution microscopy.

The new PI nano™ series nanopositioning stages feature a very low profile of 20 mm (0.8”), a large aperture and deliver highly accurate motion with sub-nanometer resolution in 2 and 3 axes. A piezo controller is included and comes with a 24-bit USB port, Ethernet, RS-232 and an analog interface, as well as solid software support for all major image acquisition packages. The piezo stage is supplemented by the optional M-545 manual XY microscope stage available in different versions for Olympus, Nikon, Zeiss and Leica microscopes.

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Last month, IMEC - a world leading independent research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology - unveiled a new 3D integration process enabling flexible electronic systems with a thickness of less than 60 micrometer at Smart Systems Integration Conference in Brussels (Belgium). This ultra thin chip package technology allows integrating complete systems in a conventional low cost flex substrate. This will enable low cost, unobtrusive wearable electronics like wearable health and comfort monitoring and more. Read the rest of this article »

An all-electric Russian sports car already making headlines is expected to get a power boost from nanotechnology. The battery-powered Marussia will leverage nanotechnology to allow it to travel 400 km on a single charge, even in Russia's extremely cold climate. Big things come in little packages, indeed.

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Cloaking technology can bend light around itself could hide objects from sight. Imagine how the world would look like when Nanotech scientists are able to bring electromagnetic devices in the market. And news is that this is not impossible now.

Beyond possible military and lifestyle uses (remember the science fiction senses Hollywood movies), scientists are working on a material that could eliminate hurdles in communication signals. The material is easier to make and has a far greater bandwidth. It is made from a so-called metamaterial -- an engineered, exotic substance with properties not seen in nature. Metamaterials can be used to form a variety of "cloaking" structures that can bend electromagnetic waves such as light around an object, making it appear invisible. Read the rest of this article »

Nanotechnology - also called Nanotech - as per popular literature is a field whose theme is the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size.
Extremely diverse from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale, Nanotechnology is creating wonders and analysts say that future lies in Nanotechnology. Read the rest of this article »