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Sofradir Launches New Pair of IR Cores Based on All-Silicon Microbolometers

Sofradir EC, Inc. has introduced a new pair of infrared imaging cores based on uncooled microbolometer infrared detectors. The ATOM 640 and ATOM 320 IR cores combine state-of-the-art electronics and high performance u...

3 Apr 2010

CTI to Install its First Edible Oil Nano Technology Refining System

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. announced today that it will install its first edible oil nano technology refining system as a result of its exclusive licensing agreement with Desmet Ballestra.

3 Apr 2010

YSI Collaboration Team Receives Million-Dollar Grant for Carbon Nanotube-Based Nutrient Sensor Project

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has approved a $1,127,873 award to Yellow Springs-based YSI Inc., Riehl Engineering and the University of Cincinnati for their "Advanced Modified Carbon Nanotube-Based Nutrient Sensor" project.

3 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology Guru Honored Again

Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application, has been elected an Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Einstein Profes...

3 Apr 2010

Plastics Could Replace Expensive Metals Used in Flexible Displays

A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels.

3 Apr 2010

Researchers Conduct Study on Lightweight Lithium-Air Batteries

A team of researchers at MIT has made significant progress on a technology that could lead to batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists. Yang Shao-Horn, an MIT associate...

3 Apr 2010

Nanomaterial Global Sales Expected to Reach Over $34 Billion by 2025

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Nanomaterials Market. Global nanomaterial demand to rise 20% annually through 2013 While market demand has not match...

3 Apr 2010

New NIST-Designed Instrument for Nanoscale Mechanics Applications

How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of—let's say—gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms? It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that questions that once would have interested only physicists or chemists are now being asked by engineers.

3 Apr 2010

Kent Receives $1 Million Award to Advance Display Materials for Flexible Liquid Crystal Films

Kent Displays announced today a $1 Million award from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission's Advanced Materials Program.

3 Apr 2010

Unexpected Wrinkles Discovered in Nanotube Coating

A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research at NIST and North Dakota State University.

3 Apr 2010

New Device for Scalable Ion Traps Lead to Quantum Computer Development

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms (ions) that potentially could process dozens of ions at once with the most ve...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 3 Apr 2010

Spray Painting Technique to Manufacture Organic Thin-Film Transistors

A multidisciplinary research team at NIST has found that an organic semiconductor may be a viable candidate for creating large-area electronics, such as solar cells and displays that can be sprayed onto a surface as easily as paint.

3 Apr 2010

CHAD's Inline Wafer Process Equipment Enhanced with Loading and Unloading Capability

CHAD Industries announced today automated wafer loading and unloading capability for inline wafer process equipment.

3 Apr 2010

Tech Papers Assess Advanced Technologies for Utilizing New III-V Materials

Facing financial constraints and serious technical challenges, the semiconductor industry must practice creative collaboration to survive, grow, and link to emerging industries, SEMATECH President and CEO Dan Armbrust sa...

2 Apr 2010

Researchers Uncover Intriguing Details About Graphene’s Superior Electrical and Optical Properties

By controlling the layered growth of graphene - a relatively "new" form of carbon that's just a single atom thick - researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered intriguing details about the material's superior electrical and optical properties.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 2 Apr 2010