Researchers at Umeå University and Aalto University have discovered an efficient method to fabricate graphene nanoribbons directly within single-walled carbon nanotubes.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
Natcore Technology has received a patent from the US Patent Office for a solar cell that utilizes carbon nanotubes to enhance its performance.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
AlwaysOn has selected NanoH2O, a developer of nanotechnology-based reverse osmosis membranes for desalination of sea water, as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
New Renaissance Institute, a Belmont, California-based for-profit interdisciplinary research and development organization, has declared that it has sold numerous molecular electronics patent assets, which cover important fields concerning the future of commercial carbon nanotube, graphene ribbon and semiconducting polymer nanoelectronics fabrication, to an undisclosed buyer in August 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new family of sophisticated predictive and filtering software for integrating the outputs from several MEMS sensors.
Scientists at Fractal Antenna Systems based in Boston have reported that new measurements verify its claims of a functioning ‘invisibility cloak’ that uses advanced metamaterial layers, produced from self repetitive designs known as fractals.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Scientific instruments company FEI has entered into a partnership with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to establish the OHSU/FEI Living Lab for Cell Biology that will have advanced electron microscopes to enhance knowledge about lethal diseases such as AIDs and cancer and their treatment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its low power 65-nm process-based Lattice MachXO2 PLD family with embedded flash technology has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Digital Semiconductor Product of the Year’ category by an independent panel of judges of Elektra 2011, a competition of the European Electronics Industry Awards.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Nanometrics, a provider of sophisticated metrology systems, has proclaimed that its Atlas XP+ optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology systems have been chosen by an Asian foundry for process control of sophisticated logic devices.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Scientists at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics have found that atomic nano-switches mimic the human memory.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
On September 25 – 29, 2011, Micromeritics will be participating as a sponsor of the 4th International Conference on Carbons for Energy Storage/Conversion and Environment Protection (CESEP 2011). Originally held in Orléans, France in 2005, past CESEP conferences have also been held in Krakow, Poland and Malaga, Spain. In 2011 CESEP returns to France, organized by the French Carbon Group, situated at the historical “Palais des Congres” in Vichy.
An international research team has explained for the first time that silicon nanowires that have been randomly grown can considerably enhance the power-generating capabilities of solar cells by trapping sunlight radiating in from different angles and capturing a wide spectrum of light waves.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Graphene2012, the biggest European event in graphene, will be conducted from 10 to 13 April 2012 at Brussels44Center in Brussels, Belgium.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
A research team led by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zabel of Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum (RUB) has for the first time experimentally confirmed the spin pumping effect, an important physical phenomenon, in magnetic layers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have determined that nanoblades, a novel nanomaterial, can store and discharge hydrogen rapidly and at relatively low temperatures when compared to the same kind of materials. They can also be recharged for numerous times.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011