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Cambrios’ Coating Material Used to Produce Large Area Touch Sensors

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, the leader in nanotechnology-based solutions for the transparent and flexible conductor markets, today announced its partnership with sensor maker eTurboTouch Technology Inc. to develop large area touch sensors made with Cambrios’ ClearOhm™ coating material.

4 Jan 2013

EPFL Scientists Employ Microfluidics to Observe Bacteria Behavior

EPFL scientists used microfluidics to observe the behavior of individual tuberculosis-like bacteria in the presence of antibiotics. Their observations call into question the prevailing theory of bacterial resistance, and they have proposed a new explanation for why some bacteria become resistant. The research is published January 4, 2013 in the journal Science.

4 Jan 2013

Solexel Ultra Thin Epitaxial Silicon Film Solar Cell Demonstrates Record Efficiency

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that Solexel (www.solexel.com) presented its world record achievement of 20.62% efficiency from 156 mm x 156 mm full-square solar cell using its low cost ultra thin epitaxial silicon film and porous silicon lift-off technology at PV Asia Pacific (APVIA/PVAP) Expo 2012 in Singapore on October 24, 2012. This record thin-silicon efficiency was achieved by Solexel's unique epitaxial cell architecture and proprietary manufacturing process flow, utilizing Applied Nanotech's proprietary aluminum metallization material.

4 Jan 2013

Market Report on Prospects for MRAM Technology

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: A Magnetic Moment: Prospects for MRAM Technology, Markets and Applications

4 Jan 2013

Nanostructured Pattern-Coated Surface Increases Heat-Transfer

Many industrial plants depend on water vapor condensing on metal plates: In power plants, the resulting water is then returned to a boiler to be vaporized again; in desalination plants, it yields a supply of clean water. The efficiency of such plants depends crucially on how easily droplets of water can form on these metal plates, or condensers, and how easily they fall away, leaving room for more droplets to form.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Jan 2013

Researchers Employ Short Laser Pulses to Selectively Heat Gold Nanoparticles

Plasmonic gold nanoparticles make pinpoint heating on demand possible. Now Rice University researchers have found a way to selectively heat diverse nanoparticles that could advance their use in medicine and industry.

4 Jan 2013

Next QNano FP7 Project-Funded Modelling Training School to be Held in March 2013

Following on from the success of the first training school held in March 2012, the next Modelling Training School funded under FP7 project QNano will take place on the 27th March 2013 at the Edinburgh Training & Conference Venue (ETCV), St. Mary’s Street, Edinburgh, UK.

4 Jan 2013

NanoViricides Retains Id3A as Architect for cGMP Pilot Production Facility

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company") announced today that it has retained Id3A, LLC (“Id3A”), as the architect for its laboratory and cGMP pilot production facility project. As previously announced, this facility will be built by renovating an existing 18,000 sq. ft. light manufacturing plant on a 4.2 acre lot in Shelton, CT. Ms. Kathyann Cowles, AIA, will serve as the Principal Architect for the project. Id3A recently began working with the Company for the architecture portion and now the Company has formally engaged Id3A as the architects for this project.

From NanoViricides, Inc 3 Jan 2013

Christmas Tree Needles Can Sterilize Nano Medical Devices

As Twelfth Night approaches and the Christmas decorations start to look increasingly congruous as the last crumbs of cake are swept away and the remnants of the turkey have finally been consumed, there is the perennial question as to what to do with the tree. Research published in the International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology suggests that the needles of the plant Pseudotsuga menziesii, commonly known as the Douglas fir could be used to sterilize nano devices destined for medical applications.

3 Jan 2013

Interaction between Antifreeze Proteins and Nano Ice Crystals Takes Place over Longer Distances

Certain plants and animals protect themselves against temperatures below freezing with antifreeze proteins. How the larva of the beetle Dendroides canadensis manages to withstand temperatures down to -30 degrees Celsius is reported by an international team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith from the Department of Physical Chemistry II at the Ruhr-Universität in the journal PNAS. Together with American colleagues, the RUB-researchers showed that interactions between the antifreeze proteins and water molecules contribute significantly to protection against the cold. Previously, it was assumed that the effect was only achieved through direct contact of the protein with ice crystals. The team obtained the results through a combination of terahertz spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations.

3 Jan 2013

Nanovere Launches Wipe-On Clear Nanocoating for Automotive Applications

Imagine for a moment a world were automotive plastics never fade, a self-cleaning wheel that resists brake dust, a self-cleaning tire that looks new for life, or a fiberglass boat that resists fading for life. These and other amazing benefits are now possible due to 10 years of research & development in nanotechnology.

From Nanovere Technologies 3 Jan 2013

New Way to Manipulate Surface of Liquid Crystals

Directed assembly is a growing field of research in nanotechnology in which scientists and engineers aim to manufacture structures on the smallest scales without having to individually manipulate each component. Rather, they set out precisely defined starting conditions and let the physics and chemistry that govern those components do the rest.

3 Jan 2013

Oxford Instruments Workshop on Nanoscale Plasma Processing At MIT Microsystems Lab Was A Great Success

The first workshop organised by Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), Cambridge, MA in December was attended by a wide audience, and hailed a great success. It addressed the latest research and technologies in plasma etch and deposition, via technical presentations and discussions focussing on latest innovations, as well as a networking lunch.

2 Jan 2013

World Moto Seeks Patent for MEMS Technology-Based Moto-Meter

World Moto, Inc. ("World Moto" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed a patent for "an apparatus providing automated fare calculations and operating statistics to be installed on any means of conveyance." Changing the way the world goes around, World Moto is a global authority on the $500 billion dollar a year motorcycle taxi industry and inventor of the Moto-Meter, the world's first motorcycle taxi meter.

2 Jan 2013

Nanonex Delivers NX-2600BA Nanoimprint Lithography System to University of Pennsylvania

Nanonex Corporation, the inventor and world’s leading provider in nanoimprint lithography solutions with the longest history, announces the delivery of Nanonex’s NX-2600BA system to University of Pennsylvania...

From Nanonex Corporation 2 Jan 2013