Ghent University has been creating its particle and powder coating technologies for surface functionalization application.
By G.P. Thomas
10 Jul 2012
A new study conducted by scientists at Rice University demonstrates the mechanism behind snapping of nanomaterials when subjected to ultrasonic vibrations within a liquid.
By Will Soutter
10 Jul 2012
The SCALENANO project aims to develop cost-effective solar energy technology using sophisticated thin film technologies. The €10 million project is a part of the European Commission’s FP7-ENERGY programme. The University of Nottingham will play a major role in this project.
By Will Soutter
10 Jul 2012
Ferroelectric materials can store digital information just like their cousins, the ferromagnetic materials. Similar to the ferromagnetic materials being characterized by magnetic dipoles of either north or south and their capability to align themselves on a bigger scale to produce either attractive or repulsive magnetic force, ferroelectric materials also exhibit molecular level dipole moment comprising positive and negative electric charges.
Researchers led by Professor Joseph Lyding at the University of Illinois have devised a new technique to sharpen microscopic probes that significantly enhances image resolution. Probes are essential components of microscopes widely used to study structures of atomic scale where the tip of the probe is used to scan the sample surface to determine its chemical, electrical and mechanical properties.
By Will Soutter
9 Jul 2012
MEMC Electronic Materials, the semiconductor and solar technology provider, has unveiled a new and advanced silicon wafer to enable the manufacture of junction-isolated FinFETs. Dubbed as MEMC FOX-Si, the new device is cost effective and addresses the challenges in manufacturing of FinFETs.
Current manufacturers of solar cells have been able to produce solar devices with sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency not exceeding 20%. In this industry, even a 1% improvement would be hailed as significant progress.
A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have published a technique for studying exotic ferroelectric materials, revealing details on a sub-atomic level. The research could open up possibilities for compact, efficient devices based on a new generation of nanoelectronics.
Researchers of the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA along with researchers from UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a scalable technique for the damage-free fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors.
A recently published study on failing metal-to-metal hip implant devices reveals that the genotoxic nanoparticles released could cause severe damage to cell DNA.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jul 2012
Novavax, the biopharmaceutical company that develops vaccines for a range of diseases, announced that its Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Gregory Glenn, M.D., presented the findings of the preclinical and clinical study for Novavax’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine development program at the first conference on Modern Vaccines Adjuvants and Delivery Systems at Copenhagen in Denmark.
A novel biomimetic approach for direct delivery of clot-dissolving nanotherapeutics to the site of obstructed blood vessels has been devised by researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
By Will Soutter
7 Jul 2012
Market research information and reports provider, Research and Markets has announced the inclusion of the "The 2012 Hematology and Flow Cytometry Markets: US, Europe, Japan Emerging Opportunities and Business Expansion Strategies" to its report portfolio.
A group of bioengineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has devised a microfluidic platform for the mechanical confinement of cancer cells to investigate the impact of three-dimensional (3-D) microenvironments on mammalian cell division or mitosis events.
A research team headed by Bahram Jalali and Dino Di Carlo from UCLA has devised a new optical microscope that allows easier detection of rare cells such as circulating cancer cells.