Nanoproducts will eventually need to be degradable as nanoparticles don’t seem to disappear.
By Will Soutter
28 May 2012
A research team from the University of Florida (UF) has fabricated a graphene solar cell that demonstrates a power conversion efficiency of 8.6%, a record value, when considering earlier attempts in the making of graphene solar cells that managed only 2.9% conversion efficiency.
By Will Soutter
28 May 2012
A multi-institute research team has developed a novel nanostructured metamaterial that can transmit light more efficiently, taking one step closer to the realization of novel optical technologies.
By Will Soutter
28 May 2012
A research team led by Jim DeYoreo from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the US Department of Energy has for the first time directly observed the forces behind ‘oriented attachment,’ a key phenomenon whereby adjoining nanoparticles bind with each other in a typical crystallographic orientation.
Tanner EDA’s full-flow HiPer Silicon design suite is now offered along with Berkley Design Inc.’s Analog FastSPICE platform. The HiPer silicon suite offers software solutions for circuit design ranging from drafting schematic layouts to physical circuit layout and verification.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
28 May 2012
Directed Self Assembly technique that was previously used only in laboratories for test circuit structures has been successfully extended to real circuits of 22 nm by researchers at the Stanford University.
By G.P. Thomas
28 May 2012
Researchers at Northwestern University, Chicago, have proposed new metamaterials that exhibit compressibility properties contrary to nature. Metamaterials are those materials that are not available in nature but are engineered and also exhibit properties contrary to nature by virtue of their structure rather than composition.
By G.P. Thomas
28 May 2012
A research team headed by Haimei Zheng from the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has experimentally demonstrated a key but controversial hypothesis describing nanocrystal growth.
A team of Chinese scientists has developed and evaluated models of a ‘nanoclutch,’ a tool to regulate the speed of nanomotors.
By Will Soutter
28 May 2012
A research team led by Kan Wang from the Iowa State University has developed a technique using mesoporous silica nanoparticles for concurrently delivering functional DNA and proteins into plant cells.
By Will Soutter
25 May 2012
A research team at Penn State has developed a two-dimensional (2D) bilayer material by integrating one-to-two-atom-thick graphene layer with a hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer having a thickness of few to several hundred atoms for fabricating wafer-scale transistors with improved performance.
By Will Soutter
25 May 2012
Research carried out at Northwestern University, Chicago, has yielded a new solar cell that addresses the limitations of current solar cells.
By G.P. Thomas
25 May 2012
The world of communication and information exchange is set to undergo major transformation with advancement in quantum technologies.
By G.P. Thomas
25 May 2012
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a nanofluidic device that can be used to analyze epigenetic changes in the DNA by studying one molecule at a time.
By Will Soutter
25 May 2012
The Association for the Development of Research and Innovation of Quebec has presented a ‘Celebrate Partnerships!’ award to ArboraNano, the Canadian Forest NanoProducts Network, for its collaborative work with CelluForce, NanoQuébec and FPInnovations in the commercialization of nanocrystalline cellulose.
By Will Soutter
25 May 2012