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Imec Technology Forum Brussels Puts Nanotechnology in the Hot Seat

Premier Technology Event Explores Different Angles and Future Course of Nanotechnology and its Use in New Applications through Exclusive Keynotes and Presentations.

From IMEC 13 Apr 2016

$11m UK Investment in Nano Start-up Boon for Eco Energy

An ambitious plan to make commercially viable, nanostructured, gel-based batteries to lead the renewable electricity revolution is closer to becoming a reality, with the multimillion-dollar investment by the UK’s major utility-scale solar energy company into a pioneering University of Sydney start-up.

13 Apr 2016

Graphene’s Imperfect and Cheaper Form Helps Develop Nanoscrolls

In the future, billions of small graphene-based nanoscrolls could be used to develop water filters. A single, atom-thick layer of graphene is rolled up to make a single scroll. Each scroll can be custom made to trap particular molecules and pollutants in its firmly wound rolls. A highly selective, durable, and lightweight water purification membrane can be developed by stacking billions of these nanoscrolls in layers.

13 Apr 2016

White Graphene Allows Lithium-Ion Batteries to Withstand Long Stretches in High Temperatures

Rice University materials scientists have introduced a combined electrolyte and separator for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that supplies energy at usable voltages and in high temperatures.

12 Apr 2016

Breakthrough Nanophotonic Chip for Next Generation Optical Technologies

A novel nanophotonic chip has veen developed by an Australian-based research team that would enable the nano-control of light. This would provide a better understanding of black holes and allow the development of advanced optical technologies.

12 Apr 2016

Penn Engineers Use Nanocrystal Inks to Develop Transistors

The transistor is considered to be the most basic building blocks in the field of electronics, used to build circuits that can amplify electrical signals or switch them between the 0s and 1s at the heart digital computation. Transistor fabrication is an extremely complex process, which requires high-temperature, high-vacuum equipment.

11 Apr 2016

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research and the University of Geneva Announce the 5th Euro AFM Forum at the University of Geneva, June 22-24, 2016

The Department of Quantum Matter Physics (DQMP) at the University of Geneva and Oxford Instruments Asylum Research are pleased to announce the 5th Euro AFM Forum to be held June 22-24 at the University of Geneva.

11 Apr 2016

Three-Dimensional Microneedle-Based Nanoscale-Tipped Electrodes for Intracellular Recording

Our current understanding of how the brain works is very poor. The electrical signals travel around the brain and throughout the body, and the electrical properties of the biological tissues are studied using electrophysiology. For acquiring a large amplitude and a high quality of neuronal signals, intracellular recording is a powerful methodology compared to extracellular recording to measure the voltage or current across the cell membranes.

11 Apr 2016

Scientists Develop Nanoparticles to Safely Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Nanoparticles designed to block a cell-surface molecule that plays a key role in inflammation could be a safe treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and Southwest University in China.

11 Apr 2016

$13MM Invested in New 100,000ft² Technology Center by Physik Instrumente

Precision motion and nanopositioning solutions leader PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. recently announced the construction of a new Technology Center at its worldwide headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany. After a year of planning, the cornerstone has been ceremoniously laid.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 7 Apr 2016

Innovative Graphene-Based Microchip Shows Promise for Faster Wireless Data Transmission

A novel graphene-based microchip, developed by a group of researchers from EPFL and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), can eliminate unwanted radiation, enabling faster wireless data transmission.

7 Apr 2016

New Method Uses Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Gene Transfer

A new and highly efficient technique has been developed for gene transfer by a group of researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

7 Apr 2016

Finely Tuned Carbon Nanotubes Could be Used for Thermoelectric Power Generation

Researchers from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have explained that an accurately tuned carbon nanotube thin film can function as a thermoelectric power generator, which can then be used to capture and use waste heat.

7 Apr 2016

Researchers Create Aberrated Probes for Performing Novel Atomic-Level Spectroscopy

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Uppsala University, researchers have done the scientific equivalent by using, rather than eliminating, flaws inherent to electron microscopy to create probes for performing novel atomic-level spectroscopy.

6 Apr 2016

Physicists Capture Explosion of Superheated Nanoparticles as X-Ray Images

Think of it as a microscopic movie: A sequence of X-ray images shows the explosion of superheated nanoparticles. The picture series reveals how the atoms in these particles move, how they form plasma and how the particles change shape.

6 Apr 2016