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Inductively Coupled Plasma and Plasma Enhanced Vapor Deposition Tools Ordered By Harvard University Center for Nanoscale Systems

Surface Technology Systems plc (STS) announced that they have sold two plasma processing systems to Harvard University, one of the prestigious "Ivy League" institutions in Northeastern USA. The inductively coup...

9 Jul 2007

Report Released On Plasma Aided Nanofabrication

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Plasma-Aided Nanofabrication: From Plasma Sources to Nanoassembly to their offering. In this single work to cover the use of plasma as nanofabrication tool in suffici...

9 Jul 2007

Russia Passes Law To Develop Nanotechnology Corporation

The lower house of Russia's parliament Wednesday adopted a law on establishing a Russian nanotechnology corporation. The corporation's functions will include interaction between government, business, and scien...

9 Jul 2007

Nanotechnology Research In The UK To Be Driven By New Nanotech Task Force

The UK’s Nanotechnology Task Force, convened by the University of Surrey, launched on 25 June 2007 with a conference to discuss the future of nanotechnology in the UK The Task Force has been created in response ...

9 Jul 2007

Researchers Create Nano Wagon Wheels

It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7 nm, whose “hub”, “spokes”, and “...

9 Jul 2007

Nanotechnologists Change the Color of Iron Oxide Particles Using a Magnetic Field

University of California, Riverside nanotechnologists have succeeded in controlling the color of very small particles of iron oxide suspended in water simply by applying an external magnetic field to the solution. The di...

5 Jul 2007

Oxford Instruments Launch New TEM EDS Detector

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis is pleased to announce the launch of a new 50mm2 Si(Li) TEM EDS detector for users who want to maximise solid angle or minimise counting time. Collection efficiency of the X-ray detecto...

5 Jul 2007

European Commission Looking for Consultants to Analyze Nano Projects

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has published a call for tenders for exploitation strategy and innovation consultants (ESIC) for nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production...

5 Jul 2007

Researchers Attempt to Develop a Standard Means for Tapping the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes

In a three-year project that researchers say could revolutionize the electronics industry, engineers at The University of Texas at Dallas are attempting to establish a standard means for tapping the potential of carbon n...

4 Jul 2007

Carbon Nanotubes Unite Metals and Plastics to Form Ultra Lightweight Composite

University of Virginia engineering professor Mool C. Gupta and his team have used carbon nanotubes to unite the virtues of plastics and metals in a new ultra-lightweight, conductive material that may revolutionize electr...

4 Jul 2007

nCoat Completes Acquisition of Metallic Ceramic Coatings

nCoat, Inc. announced that on Friday, June 29, 2007 it completed the acquisition of all the capital stock of MCC, Inc. (Metallic Ceramic Coatings or "MCCI"), doing business in the marketplace under the brand of...

4 Jul 2007

Unidym Establishes Technical Advisory Board

Unidym, the nanotechnology company that develops high-performance, cost-effective products for the electronics industry, and majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, today announced it has established...

3 Jul 2007

Australian Bio-Nanotech Form Looks to Raise US$18 Million

pSivida Limited, today announced that on June 29, 2007 it entered into definitive agreements to raise approximately US$18.0 million (A$21.3 million) in gross proceeds in a registered direct offering through the sale of i...

3 Jul 2007

Industrial Nanotech Provides Project Updates

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today important updates to a number of ongoing projects. “As Industrial Nanotech enters the third quarter of 2007, the company has m...

3 Jul 2007

Nanosoccer Match to Take Place at 2007 RoboCup

Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not...

3 Jul 2007