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Novel Mass Spectrometry Imaging Technique Captures Kinetic World of Metabolites

What would you do with a camera that can take a picture of something and tell you how new it is? If you’re Berkeley Lab scientists Katherine Louie, Ben Bowen, Jian-Hua Mao and Trent Northen, you use it to gain a better understanding of the ever-changing world of metabolites, the molecules that drive life-sustaining chemical transformations within cells.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 13 Jun 2013

Novel Nanoscale Thermometer to Study Heat Dissipation in Molecular-Scale Circuits

In findings that could help overcome a major technological hurdle in the road toward smaller and more powerful electronics, an international research team involving University of Michigan engineering researchers, has shown the unique ways in which heat dissipates at the tiniest scales.

13 Jun 2013

Imec Highlights New Insights into 3D FinFETs at VLSI 2013 Symposium

At this week’s VLSI 2013 Symposium in Kyoto, Japan, imec highlighted new insights into 3D fin shaped field effect transistors (FinFETs) and high mobility channels scaling for the 7nm and 5nm technology node.

From IMEC 13 Jun 2013

BASF Assists Research Program on Nanomaterial Safety

BASF has participated in a research project by BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) about the safety effects of nanoparticles. The results of the project will allow faster and easier evaluation of nan...

From BASF 12 Jun 2013

Polymer Brushes in 3D

Polymer brushes are polymers in which individual polymer chains stand side by side on a surface, causing the chains to stick out like bristles on a brush.

12 Jun 2013

Nanotechnology Helps Watch Cancers Spreading in Living Tissue

UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumours, using tiny ‘biosensors’ along with new advanced imaging techniques.

12 Jun 2013

Gold-Indium Alloy Nanoparticles Exposed to Air Become Catalytic Nanostructures

Gold bars may signify great wealth, but the precious metal packs a much more practical punch when shrunk down to just billionths of a meter. Unfortunately, unlocking gold's potential often requires complex synthesis techniques that produce delicate structures with extreme sensitivity to heat.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 12 Jun 2013

Nanoscale State-of-Charge Mapping Reveals Lithium Ion Movement in Electrodes

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have confirmed the particle-by-particle mechanism by which lithium ions move in and out of electrodes made of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, or LFP), findings that could lead to better performance in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, medical equipment and aircraft.

From Sandia National Laboratories 12 Jun 2013

Innovative Nanomaterials Company Semblant Introduces Plasma Conformal Coat Process

Nano-materials company Semblant Ltd. today announces it has launched the PlasmaShield™ plasma conformal coat process to deliver the best in class environmental protection without the expense associated with material costs or manufacturing complexity.

12 Jun 2013

Nanotech Security’s Optical Nanotechnology Receives Pre-Commercial Technology Award

Nanotech Security Corp. (the “Company”), developer of next-generation security and authentication features using patented nano-optics, is pleased to announce that it has received a Technology Impact Award (TIA) for Most Promising Pre-Commercial Technology at the annual British Columbia Technology Industry Association awards ceremony.

12 Jun 2013

China’s GSMC Selects SPTS Rapier Etch System to Manufacture Inertial MEMS Devices

SPTS Technologies, a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has secured an order from one of China’s leading foundries, Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (GSMC). The SPTS Omega c2L Rapier etch system will be used to manufacture inertial MEMS devices in Shanghai, China.

12 Jun 2013

eMemory's Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technologies to be Integrated into UMC's 28nm Process

eMemory, an embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) industry leader and United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced an expanded technology cooperation to integrate eMemory's one-time-programmable (OTP) and multiple-time-programmable (MTP) embedded non-volatile memory technologies into UMC's 28nm process.

12 Jun 2013

Researchers Develop Improved Technique for Producing Nanocrystals

Using star-shaped block co-polymer structures as tiny reaction vessels, researchers have developed an improved technique for producing nanocrystals with consistent sizes, compositions and architectures – including metallic, ferroelectric, magnetic, semiconductor and luminescent nanocrystals.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 12 Jun 2013

Europlasma Launches New Family of Nanocoatings

Belgium based Europlasma, a world leader in low pressure plasma technology, is happy to announce the launch a new family of nanocoatings under the “Nanofics 110” brand name.

From Europlasma NV 12 Jun 2013

Alchimer and Imec Collaborate on Commercializing Wet Deposition Technology for Potential CMOS Scaling to 7nm

Alchimer, S.A., a leading provider of wet deposition technologies for dual damascene, through-siliconvias (TSVs), MEMS and solar, today announced a joint development project with imec to evaluate and implement Copper (Cu...

From IMEC 11 Jun 2013

Nanotechnology News

Novel Mass Spectrometry Imaging Technique Captures Kinetic World of Metabolites

Novel Nanoscale Thermometer to Study Heat Dissipation in Molecular-Scale Circuits

Imec Highlights New Insights into 3D FinFETs at VLSI 2013 Symposium

BASF Assists Research Program on Nanomaterial Safety

Polymer Brushes in 3D

Nanotechnology Helps Watch Cancers Spreading in Living Tissue

Gold-Indium Alloy Nanoparticles Exposed to Air Become Catalytic Nanostructures

Nanoscale State-of-Charge Mapping Reveals Lithium Ion Movement in Electrodes

Innovative Nanomaterials Company Semblant Introduces Plasma Conformal Coat Process

Nanotech Security’s Optical Nanotechnology Receives Pre-Commercial Technology Award

China’s GSMC Selects SPTS Rapier Etch System to Manufacture Inertial MEMS Devices

eMemory's Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technologies to be Integrated into UMC's 28nm Process

Researchers Develop Improved Technique for Producing Nanocrystals

Europlasma Launches New Family of Nanocoatings

Alchimer and Imec Collaborate on Commercializing Wet Deposition Technology for Potential CMOS Scaling to 7nm

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