Nearly a decade ago, Tronics recognized the market potential of China for MEMS.
By Will Soutter
23 May 2012
Abakan’s company, Powdermet has reported significant developments in the commercialization of MComP nanocomposite metals and become a part of a joint venture development team, consisting of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Eck Industries and Oshkosh, to advance nanostructured high-strength light-weight metals.
By Will Soutter
23 May 2012
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have discovered that the presence of hydrogen continuously changes the structure and properties of graphene oxide, a nanomaterial showing promise in applications such as energy storage, catalysis, optics, composites, sensing, nanoelectromechanical systems, and nanoelectronics.
By Will Soutter
23 May 2012
Researchers at the University of Kentucky have demonstrated a new technique capable of accurately detecting a single chemical at high contamination and ultra-low concentration.
By Will Soutter
23 May 2012
sp3 Diamond Technologies, a provider of diamond deposition reactors, products and services, has dispatched its Model 655D Series hot filament (HF) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond reactor system to the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 May 2012
The Indian River State College (IRSC) has inaugurated its advance materials laboratory in the premises of its recently established Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
By G.P. Thomas
23 May 2012
The U.S. Army has provided a $1.5 million grant over a three-year period to fund research carried out by Purdue University in collaboration with neurosurgeons from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the area of brain treatment using nanotechnology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 May 2012
Nanotechnology, which has widespread applications in various spheres such as electronics, food, health care products, personal products, pharmaceutical products and textiles has come under the scanner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration which has planned to launch a series of studies into the possible risks involved in nanotechnology.
By G.P. Thomas
23 May 2012
Nanotechnology developers seeking to eliminate the risk of releasing defective new products with strict leak rate specifications
incorporating nanotechnology to market can now rely on USON-Innovative
Systems, a newly created joint venture between USON’s best-in-class leak testers and Innovative Products and Equipment’s automation systems expertise.
Nanosolar Inc. today announced that it has completed a 1 MW ground-mounted solar installation at Camp Roberts, the largest of California's National Guard training facilities, located in San Miguel, California.
Physik Instrumente LP, the US operation of piezo and nanopositioning systems manufacturer Physik Instrumente GmbH, will now handle sales, distribution and service of miCos GmbH products for the US, Mexico and Canada effective June 1, 2012.
A multi-institute toxicity study on quantum dots in primates has discovered that these nanocrystals are safe for a period of one year.
By Will Soutter
22 May 2012
sp3 Diamond Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of diamond products, deposition equipment and services, today announced that it has shipped its Model 655D Series hot filament chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond reactor system to the University of California, Berkeley’s Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory. The Model 655D system will be used to fabricate diamond microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structures for the development of micromechanical resonators for radio frequency (RF) filters.
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc., a global leader in nanotechnology, is pleased to announce that it has unveiled a new family of highly thermally-conductive bonding and printed materials called Thercobond™ for power...
Research teams headed by Valérie Keller from the Laboratoire des Matériaux, Surfaces et Procédés pour la Catalyse and Denis Spitzer from the French-German Research Institute of Saint Louis have designed a micromechanical sensor based on male silk moths’ ultrasensitive sense organs used to detect pheromone molecules released by females.
By Will Soutter
21 May 2012