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Angstron and K2 Partner to Develop Nano Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries

Angstron Materials Inc., has teamed with K2 Energy Solutions to participate in a Department of Energy (DOE) research project for the development of hybrid nano graphene platelet-based high-capacity anodes for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.

18 Jun 2010

New Microscopic Device Assists Biologists in Single-Molecule Experiments

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have created a microscopic device to assist biologists in making very fast molecular measurements that aid the understanding of protein folding. This development may help elucidate bio...

18 Jun 2010

Artificial 'Molecules' with Asymmetric Structure can Control Flow of Electrons in Semiconductor Materials

Nanoscale devices confine electrons and enable manipulation of electron spin—an inherent property akin to the direction in which the particle is rotating. An unexpected mechanism for this control in asymmetric stru...

17 Jun 2010

Researchers Make Magnetic Sheets Nanometers Thick

Materials do funny things at the nanoscale. A metal oxide complex called lanthanum strontium manganite is ferromagnetic in large quantities. But scaled to nanometer thickness, it becomes an insulator and loses much of its ferromagnetism. Same material, different behavior.

17 Jun 2010

NYU Chemist Seeman Wins Kavli Prize in Nanotechnology

New York University Chemist Nadrian Seeman has been awarded the 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his creation of robotic devices that have the potential to create new materials a billionth of a meter in size. The K...

17 Jun 2010

SouthWest NanoTechnologies CEO to Discuss Commercialization of Carbon Nanotube Materials for Coatings and Composites

CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) Dave Arthur will be speaking at the New England Nanomanufacturing Summit 2010 about "The Commercialization of Carbon Nanotube Materials for Coatings and Composites".

17 Jun 2010

EU to Add EUR 40 Million to International Cooperation in Science and Technology Programme

The EU will add EUR 40 million to its contribution to the international Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) programme. This was announced by the Spanish Secretary of State for Research, Felipe Pétriz, at th...

17 Jun 2010

Company Applies Diamon-Fusion Nanocoating as Standard Feature on Solar Panels

Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, announced today the specification and utilization of its flagship Diamon-Fusion&re...

From DFI- Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. 17 Jun 2010

Argonne Lab Names Three Scientists as Distinguished Fellows

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has named scientists Amanda Petford-Long, Orlando Auciello and Ali Erdemir as Distinguished Fellows, the laboratory’s highest scientific and engineering rank.

From Argonne National Laboratory 17 Jun 2010

Nanotechnology Researchers Develop iPhone Game Called Waterfall

A team of researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the Thomas Young Centre have developed an iPhone application; a game called 'Waterfall'. It's available for free from iTunes or via: www.koolistov.net.

17 Jun 2010

London Centre for Nanotechnology Wins RSC Marlow Award

Professor Angelos Michaelides from London Centre for Nanotechnology has been awarded the Marlow Award 2010 of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for his work in surface and physical chemistry.

17 Jun 2010

Nanotechnology Professor Featured in The Journal of Chemical Physics Editors' Choice for 2009

The Editors at The Journal of Chemical Physics facilitate publication of the most innovative and influential articles in the field of Chemical Physics each year. In a recent edition, the Editors selected a few of the man...

17 Jun 2010

ALD to Exhibit Multi-Crystalline Solar Wafer Production Systems at Intersolar 2010

ALD's SCU400plus is one of the most widely-spread and reliable production systems for Directional Solidification of multi-crystalline solar Silicon ingots (DSS) with leading wafer producers as customers all over the world.

17 Jun 2010

Synopsys Launches Rapid3D Technology for Sub-45nm Custom IC Designers

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today unveiled Rapid3D technology, a new 3D fast field solver engine fully integrated into Synopsys' StarRC™ Custom parasitic extraction solution.

From Synopsys, Inc. 17 Jun 2010

TSMC Validates Magma's Solutions for 28-nm AMS Reference Flow 1.0

Magma® Design Automation, a provider of chip design software, today announced TSMC has validated the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform and FineSim™ SPICE and FineSim Pro circuit simulation products for TSMC's first Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Reference Flow inclusion, targeting its most advanced 28-nanometer (nm) process technology.

17 Jun 2010