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Carbon Nanotubes May Be a Base Material for Future Computers as Electrons are Over 100 Times Faster in Graphene than Silicon

University of Maryland physicists have shown that in graphene the intrinsic limit to the mobility, a measure of how well a material conducts electricity, is higher than any other known material at room temperature. Graph...

25 Mar 2008

Grand Plan for Solar Energy to be Presented at Brookhaven Talk

Vasilis Fthenakis, head of the National Photovoltaic Environmental Research Center at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, will give a talk titled "Solar Grand Plan" at the Labora...

25 Mar 2008

Buckyballs Shown To Hold Hydrogen at Similar Densities to the Centre of Jupiter

Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buc...

25 Mar 2008

Signet Solar Expands Manufacturing in India

Signet Solar, a manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced plans to locate its second manufacturing site in the Sriperembudur Special Economic Zone near Chennai, India. Signet Solar&r...

20 Mar 2008

Technological Breakthrough of Smart NanoBattery Showcased on New mPhase Website

mPhase Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of its new website designed to showcase its revolutionary Smart NanoBattery. The website articulates the nanotechnology based breakthrough, history, awards and articles...

From MyPebble 18 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Enabled Sensors to Guide Bat Inspired Robot Spy Plane

A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.

14 Mar 2008

Carbon Nanotubes to be Incorporated into Thin Film Solar Cells

Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Nippon Kayaku, to integrate Unidym's printable transparent electrodes ...

13 Mar 2008

Thin Film Thermoelectric Technology Used in Micro Thermal Electricity Generator

Micropelt GmbH, manufacturer of thin-film thermoelectric chip-like devices, announces the TE-Power-Bolt, a voltage adjustable thermal battery that uses excess heat to generate electrical energy for devices that consume only a few milliwatts (mW) of power, such as wireless sensor nodes.

12 Mar 2008

Using Nanotechnology to Mimic Photosynthesis to Make Oxygen by Water Oxidation Catalysis

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan are trying to mimic part of the complex natural process of photosynthesis with the goal of making non-polluting fuels such as hydrogen, for example, for use in fuel cells. In the March 10, 2008, web release of the journal Inorganic Chemistry containing a Forum on "Making Oxygen," the scientists report they were able to mimic the "water oxidation catalysis" that occurs in natural photosynthesis.

11 Mar 2008

Environmentally Safe and Friendly Nanoparticles to be Launched into Solar Cells, Nanotechnology Based Lighting and Security Devices

Voxtel is set to announce its entry into the business of manufacturing
“green” semiconductor and metal-oxide nanocrystals for a wide variety customer applications, including:
photovoltaic solar cells, electro-luminescent lighting, anti-counterfeiting taggants, and security
inks.

7 Mar 2008