An Oerlikon Solar team in Switzerland in collaboration with the photovoltaic team at the Institute of Physics at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has discovered an innovative design for a thin film solar cell that is low in silicon content, and may considerably increase efficiency.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
Pentagonal ring-shaped molecules attach firmly to a copper surface caused by significant charge transfer but have minimal difficulty in side-ways diffusion and show a small level of interaction between adjacent molecules.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
A University of Oregon research team led by Richard Taylor is designing nanoflowers that will enable blind people including those afflicted by macular degeneration to regain vision.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
A Rice University team analyzing the basic physics of nanomaterials has developed an innovative technology to enhance solar energy panels.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
Market analyst, Research and Markets, has recently added a new book titled, ‘Lithography,’ published by John Wiley and Sons to their catalog.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
A Materials Science and Technology team at the Naval Research Laboratory has recently displayed electrical injection, sensing and precession in silicon spin accumulation at temperatures up to 225°C.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
Natcore Technology researchers have revealed that the company’s liquid phase deposition (LPD) method could help in the application of an antireflective (AR) coating to planar and textured solar cells resulting in a decrease of wafer thickness by doing away with the thermal vacuum AR coating procedure.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
IXYS and General Motors Components Holdings (GMCH) have signed an agreement to manufacture power semiconductor wafers. In an endeavor to develop and own technologies, IXYS created its in-house facility.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
Fluidigm has declared that its facility in Singapore has fabricated and dispatched microscopic NanoFlex valves to the count of over a billion.
Cascade Microtech, specializing in accurate wafer-level measurements, has released the first in their Viper probe cards product line.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 May 2011
3M, through its New Ventures Business, has invested in GoNano Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of high surface area nanomaterials for pollution control, catalysis, composites and sensory technologies headq...
A recent study at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have revealed the optimal characteristics for a new type of computer memory now under development. The work, performed in collaboration with researchers from George Mason University (GMU), aims to optimize nanowire-based charge-trapping memory devices, potentially illuminating the path to creating portable computers and cell phones that can operate for days between charging sessions.
Anasys Instruments is pleased to report the publication and highlighting of a "hot paper" from a group of leading French scientists in the leading scientific journal, Angewandte Chemie. The paper address a molecular mapping challenge using the exciting technique of AFM-IR, the combination of an atomic force microscope (AFM) and IR spectroscopy.
Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today announced that Elec-Tech International has placed a multi-unit order for Veeco's recently released TurboDisc(R) MaxBright(TM) MOCVD System for production of high-brightness...
Nano Bridging Molecules SA, A Swiss med-tech company announced today that it has received CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) approval to begin marketing its SurfLink Dental product.
With its bio mimicking prope...