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New Technology to Fabricate Polymeric Nanofibers and Metallic Nanowires

Researchers at the University of Texas - Pan American have published the first results of their work utilizing Forcespinning™ Technology to fabricate polymeric nanofibers and metallic nanowires. The article, which appears in the November issue of the peer-reviewed journal Materials Today, was authored by Drs. Karen Lozano and Kamal Sarkar.

9 Nov 2010

New Metamaterial Improving Picture Quality of Ultrasounds

New "metamaterials" can overcome some of the limitations of microscopes and imagers, including ultrasound imagers. Researchers in the Nano-scale Science & Engineering Center have come up with a metamaterial...

9 Nov 2010

"Laser Targeting" for Nanoscale Microscopy:

The researchers characterize their new technique as a neat solution to the "needle in a haystack" problem of nanoscale microscopy, but it's more like the difference between finding the coffee table in a darkened room either by walking around until you fall over it, or using a flashlight.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 9 Nov 2010

Revealing Crystal Structure of Compound Essential to Sonar and Computer Memory

Using a neutron beam as a probe, researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun to reveal the crystal structure of a compound essential to technologies ranging from sonar to computer memory. Their recent work* provides long-sought insight into just how a widely used material of modern technology actually works.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 9 Nov 2010

New 65-nm Embedded Flash Process from Microsemi

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at building a secure, smart, connected world, announced that its SOC Products Division, formerly known as Actel Corporation, toda...

9 Nov 2010

Report on Advances in Nanotechnology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "NANO Magazine - Issue 20" report to their offering. Issue 20 of NANO Magazine explores the many facets of nanotechnology: from nanomedicine, to carbon nanotubes...

9 Nov 2010

FibeRio Unveils New Nanofiber System Based on Forcespinning Technology

FibeRio Technology Corporation – The Force For Nanofibers - is announcing the launch of the first ever nanofiber production equipment utilizing Forcespinning Technology at the Filtration 2010 and Materials Research Society conferences in Philadelphia and Boston, respectively, from November 30 - December 2.

9 Nov 2010

Calando Pharmaceuticals and Nanotope Receive Funds under U.S. Government’s QTDP Program

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that its portfolio companies, Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Nanotope, Inc., have been awarded cash grants totaling $490,000 ($245,000 each) under the U.S. Government’s Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (“QTDP”) program.

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 9 Nov 2010

Scientists Find Ways to Create Thin Layers of Highly Ordered Polymers

Displays thin like paper, rolled into a tube and other equally futuristic devices will not be created without organic electronics. Creating flexible electronic systems requires knowledge of polymer properties and conditions in which they become self-organised.

9 Nov 2010

Relativistic Transparency in Plasma Has Potential to Function Like Optical Switch

Just like an electrical switch allows the flow of electricity into electrical circuits, relativistic transparency in plasma can act like a fast optical switch allowing the flow of light through otherwise opaque plasma. ...

9 Nov 2010

AIXTRON Receives New Order for Black Magic PECVD System from DTU Danchip and DTU Nanotech

AIXTRON AG today announced a new order for a Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD (PECVD) system from DTU Danchip and DTU Nanotech at the Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby, Denmark. The institution placed the order...

From AIXTRON SE 9 Nov 2010

Georgia Tech Professor Designs Enhanced Nanogenerator Using Array of Nanowires

Blinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that a device's clock needs resetting. But in the laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech, the blinking number on a small LCD signals the success of a five-year effort to power conventional electronic devices with nanoscale generators that harvest mechanical energy from the environment using an array of tiny nanowires.

9 Nov 2010

Northrop Grumman Awards Manufacturing Contract to Nanocomp Technologies

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy-saving performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced it has been awarded a manufacturing contract from Northrop Grumman under the U.S. Army Manufacturing Technology Program (ManTech).

9 Nov 2010

IEEE Honors Cyrium for Patented Photovoltaic Cell Technology

Cyrium Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of multi-junction concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells, today announced that it was awarded the 2010 Outstanding Corporate Award in Clean Tech from the Ottawa Section of IEEE, the global association that advances innovation and technological excellence.

9 Nov 2010

SEMATECH Engineers to Highlight Advanced Nanowire FETs at IEDM Event

Revealing research breakthroughs, engineers from SEMATECH’s Front End Processes (FEP) program will present technical papers at the 56th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) from December 6-8, 2010, at the Hilton in San Francisco, CA.

9 Nov 2010