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Metallization of Silane Represents Extraordinarily Important Discovery

An international research team led by Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has used theoretical calculations to understand a high-pressure structural phase transition in silane which could gives rise to metallizat...

14 Oct 2008

Aviza Technology Ships Multiple Sigma fxP PVD Systems to Leading RF Device Manufacturer

Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has shipped multiple Sigma fxP PV...

14 Oct 2008

Establishment of The ANFF Promotes Development of Nanotechnology in Australia

The establishment of the Australian National Fabrication Facility will ensure maximum collaboration and cooperation by researchers and universities around Australia and lead to an exciting new era in nanofabrication in Australia. The ANFF will also provide new levels of access to developers of nanotechnology, helping them ready their technology for market.

14 Oct 2008

Research and Markets Announces Availability of Worldwide Nanotechnology Opportunities Report

Nanotechnology has begun to infiltrate every industrial sector, creating a broad range of emerging business opportunities from next-generation computer memory and storage devices to advanced drug delivery systems. Th...

From Research and Markets 14 Oct 2008

Sharp Introduces Next Generation Thin Film Solar Cells

Sharp, a world leader in solar cell production, announced today at Solar Power International 2008 that it will introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the U.S. market in the near future. With its thin film sol...

14 Oct 2008

Russia to Host International Conference Devoted to Nanotechnology

Russia will hold an international conference devoted to nanotechnology on December 3-5. "The main goal is the applied use of nano products and technology in different areas - industry, business as well as everyda...

14 Oct 2008

QuantumSphere Awarded Grant to Develop Advanced Fuel Cell Technology

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, high performance electrodes, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced that it has bee...

14 Oct 2008

Skyray XRF Introduces Low-Cost Desktop XRF Analyzer

A wide range of industries and product lines are affected by both state and federal hazardous substance regulations (RoHS, Proposition-65, etc). The ability to prove compliance may be required to maintain current business and can also help to develop new business opportunities.

From Skyray Instrument Inc 14 Oct 2008

Newest Handheld XRF in Final Testing Before North American Release

Skyray Instrument is continually improving upon its already high performing line of x-ray fluorescence instruments. The latest developments were in the evolution of the handheld XRF analyzer line; The Pocket-line.

14 Oct 2008

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Host Seminar on Use of Gas Chromatography for Environmental Analysis

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will host an informative seminar on the latest advances and applications for its vast range of gas chromatographic products for the environmental laboratory, culminating with the TSQ Quantum GC.

14 Oct 2008

New Research Center to Study Potential Silicon Successor

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) - The Georgia Tech Laboratory for New Electronic ...

14 Oct 2008

SEMI PV Group Publishes White Paper Detailing Future Vision for the PV Industry

The SEMI PV Group today announced the publication of a White Paper that details a strong future vision for the PV industry, presenting strategies the industry can implement now to help ensure a sustainable and profitable...

14 Oct 2008

Modelling the Atomic and Void Structures of Amorphous Materials

Researchers have accurately identified tools that model the atomic and void structures of a network-forming elemental material. These tools may revolutionize the process of creating new solar panels, flat-panel displays, optical storage media and myriad other technological devices.

14 Oct 2008

SiOnyx and Harvard University to Commercialize Black Silicon

Harvard University's Office of Technology Development (OTD) and SiOnyx, Inc. today announced that SiOnyx has exclusively licensed Harvard's portfolio of black silicon patents. Black silicon, a novel laser imp...

From Nano-Terra 14 Oct 2008

Harvesting Renewable Energy by Incorporating Science into Nanotechnology

More powerful than wind farms, more efficient than solar panels and more practical and aesthetically pleasing than both. Solar Botanic is a company which harvests the energy of the sun and wind by incorporating estab...

14 Oct 2008