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Size-Controllable Bulky Ligands Stabilize Multiple Bonds of Heavy Elements into Photoactive Materials

Organic compounds containing double or triple bonds can pack a powerful punch. By sharing electrons between atoms through a process called pi conjugation, unsaturated molecules often have exceptional photonic and electro...

18 Feb 2010

Best Dry Powder Feeder on the Market Just Got Better

The PowderJet dry powder feeder is a sampler used to transport powders through the HORIBA LA-950 for particle size analysis. The best dry powder feeder on the market just got better thanks to three significant design improvements. First, the upper air pressure limit has been increased from 3 to 4 bar (approximately 60 psi).

18 Feb 2010

$HORIBA Introduces LA-950 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer with Improved Software$

HORIBA Introduces LA-950 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer with Improved Software

The HORIBA LA-950 system is the highest performance laser diffraction particle size analyzer available. Recent improvements to the PowderJet dry powder feeder include increasing the upper measurement pressure to 4 bar, completely flexible adjustment of working pressure from 0 to 4 bar, and automatic recoding and display of the pressure used for the measurement.

From HORIBA 18 Feb 2010

Scientists Develop Way to Make Simple Oil Droplets "Smart" Enough to Navigate Through Complex Maze

Call them oil droplets with a brain or even "chemo-rats." Scientists in Illinois have developed a way to make simple oil droplets "smart" enough to navigate through a complex maze almost like a trained lab rat.

18 Feb 2010

Nanopores to Detect Specific Genetic Sequences

As efforts such as The Cancer Genome Atlas and others generate vast quantities of information about the genetic makeup of different types of cancer, it is becoming increasingly clear that such information has great poten...

18 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology Boosting Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy

One of the hallmarks of cancer is that tumors are able to suppress the immune system, preventing the body's own defense system from eliminating the disease, particularly as tumors spread through the body.

18 Feb 2010

Design Considerations for Tumour-Targetting Nanoparticles

One of the challenges of using nanoparticles for imaging tumors during surgery is that there needs to be a tradeoff between the number of nanoparticles that target a tumor and the rapid clearance of any unbound nanoparti...

18 Feb 2010

MRI Contrast Agent and Nanodiamond Dramatically Enhances Signal Intensity

A Northwestern University study shows that coupling a widely used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent to a nanodiamond results in dramatically enhanced signal intensity and thus vivid image contrast. &quo...

18 Feb 2010

Collaboration at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex will Target Mask Defects at 22 nm and Below

SEMATECH has launched a global consortium at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex to develop critical metrology tools for detecting defects in advanced masks needed for ex...

18 Feb 2010

Enhanced Photoreception with Nanochip

Rod cells, or rods, are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than can the other type of photoreceptor, cone cells. Named for their cylindrical shape, rods are concentrated ...

18 Feb 2010

Researchers Develop New Method to Optimize Molecular Self-Organization

Some classes of molecules are capable of arranging themselves in specific patterns on surfaces. This ability to self-organize is crucial for many technological applications, which are dependend on the assembly of ordered...

18 Feb 2010

Xennia Announces New Nano Process Technology for Use in Textile Materials

Xennia Technology, a subsidiary of Royal Ten Cate, presents today its process demonstrator for printing and finishing of textile materials. This new nano process technology is based on inkjet technology, whereby ink or coating particles are applied with great production precision and speed.

18 Feb 2010