Author Archives: Walt

What is the state of nanotechnology in creating semiconductors?  As the size of the individual semiconductor components shrink, the current material employed starts to create concerns.  Projections have been made for incorporating nanomaterials, like conductive carbon nanotubes, for interconnects between … Continue reading →

The term “roadmap” implies something (a document, a pictorial representation, etc.) that provides the guidance to get from one point to another.  Due to the lack of a direction in developing large scale nanotechnology applications (author’s opinion), there is a … Continue reading →

There is more reporting of “structured” materials.  The terminology employed to define “structured” overlaps with “metamaterials”.   First metamaterials are typically an engineered assembly of various elements that are constructed in specific atomic structure arrangements to create non-natural occurring combinations and … Continue reading →

The accuracy of “scientific” research has recently reappeared in the press.  A previous blog (February 25, 2015) addressed the implication of erroneous published medical research results.  An earlier blog (July 17, 2014) discussed falsifying peer review processes.  The concern is … Continue reading →

There are announcements about new findings or new concepts in nanotechnology that may not appear a “big” changes.  Typically, the definition of nanomaterials is: For a material to be called nanomaterial, its size must be smaller than 100 nm in … Continue reading →

The development of nanotechnology in medicine is a longer-term process than nanotechnology in general.  The reason is that the application of any technology, device, or medicine to humans has an involved process with many steps that require a long time … Continue reading →

Are we starting to see device developments at the atomic level?  During 2017, there have been many stories on graphene and other two-dimensional materials.  Various companies have started developing production capabilities.  Yes, graphene and similar material are only one atom … Continue reading →

It is always a challenge to write an end-of-year blog.  The question is what to focus on. Highlights of 2017? Or possible coming items in 2018?  Or maybe some of both.  There has been some expansion of graphene manufacturing capabilities … Continue reading →

There is a rule developed by Gordon Moore that projected the increase of density of semiconductors.  For many years the path “Moore’s Law” predicted (a doubling of density roughly every 18 months) has been followed.   The driver for this pattern … Continue reading →