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Graphite Poised for Growth in the Coming Years

Graphite, commonly known for its use in No 2 pencils, is quietly finding new applications that are poised to greatly expand its demand in the coming years. Its traditional uses in the steel industry are still rising, ...

13 Dec 2012

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Creates New Division to Expand Biotech Commercialization Services

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has created a new operating division to translate its academic and clinical research and discoveries into marketable products and services that will benefit patients. The new enterprise, Wake Forest Innovations, is being led by Chief Innovation Officer Eric Tomlinson, DSc, and Ph.D., who is also President of the Piedmont Triad Research Park.

13 Dec 2012

New Factor Could Limit the Performance of Rechargeable Car Batteries

A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently on the road.

13 Dec 2012

Unappreciated Fullerene Property Could be Replicated to Create New Class of Fullerene Mimics

An insight into the properties of fullerene is set to open the door to a new class of electronic acceptors which can be used to build better and cheaper organic solar cells.

12 Dec 2012

Nanoroughened Surfaces Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream.

12 Dec 2012

Micron Ships 45nm 1Gb PCM-Based Multichip Package Solution for Mobile Devices

Micron Technology, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the addition of a new product to its Phase Change Memory (PCM) portfolio. With high-volume shipments of its 45-nanometer (nm), 1-gigabit (Gb) PCM-based multichip package (MCP) solution for mobile devices well underway, the company is now sampling a 512-megabit (Mb) PCM plus 512Mb LPDDR2 MCP that offers greater flexibility in terms of application requirements.

From Micron Technology, Inc. 12 Dec 2012

Primoceler Develops Laser-Based Welding Machine for Microelectromechanical Systems

Primoceler Inc, a microfabrication company specializing in glass welding and laser scribing, has announced its development of a new laser-based welding machine for microelectromechanical systems. Primoceler's new machine produces an extremely small heat-affected zone during the hermetic sealing of sensitive components, improving manufacturing processes and expanding the potential for packaging sensitive components under or inside glass.

12 Dec 2012

Researchers Develop Fully Stretchable Supercapacitor Composed of Carbon Nanotube Macrofilms

Electronic devices become smaller, lighter, faster and more powerful with each passing year. Currently, however, electronics such as cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc., are rigid. But what if they could be made bendable or stretchy?

12 Dec 2012

New Report Analyzes the Global Market for Nanotechnology

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Nanotechnology Industry

12 Dec 2012

Intel Introduces Low-Power, 64-Bit Server-Class System-on-Chip for High-Density Microservers

Intel Corporation introduced the Intel® Atom™ processor S1200 product family today, delivering the world’s first low-power, 64-bit server-class system-on-chip (SoC) for high-density microservers, as well as a new class of energy-efficient storage and networking systems. The energy-sipping, industrial-strength microprocessor features essential capabilities to achieve server-class reliability, manageability and cost effectiveness.

12 Dec 2012

USA Graphite Comments on Graphene Commercialization by Leading Electronics Company

USA Graphite Inc. (the "Company") is excited by Samsung Electronics' progress into commercial applications using graphene.

12 Dec 2012

Bruker to Host Webinar on Soft Matter Characterisation with AFM

Bruker Nano Surfaces Division invite you to attend a webinar entitled "Measuring Absolute Values of Modulus of Elasticity for Soft Materials with AFM", on Wednesday 19th December.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 12 Dec 2012

New MPIE Department to Study Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials

The Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research; in the following: MPIE) has established a new department headed by Prof Gerhard Dehm.

11 Dec 2012

STMicroelectronics Offers 28nm Fully-Depleted-Silicon-On-Insulator Technology Platform

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced today another step towards the availability of its 28nm FD-SOI Technology Platform, now open for pre-production from its Crolles (France) 300mm manufacturing facility.

11 Dec 2012

Rolith Receives License for Nano-Patterning Methods to Make Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Rolith, Inc., the leader in developing advanced nanostructured coatings and devices, today announced that it has received an exclusive license to methods of micro and nano-patterning substrates to make transparent conductive electrodes from the University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer (U-M Tech Transfer).

11 Dec 2012

Nanotechnology News

Graphite Poised for Growth in the Coming Years

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Creates New Division to Expand Biotech Commercialization Services

New Factor Could Limit the Performance of Rechargeable Car Batteries

Unappreciated Fullerene Property Could be Replicated to Create New Class of Fullerene Mimics

Nanoroughened Surfaces Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

Micron Ships 45nm 1Gb PCM-Based Multichip Package Solution for Mobile Devices

Primoceler Develops Laser-Based Welding Machine for Microelectromechanical Systems

Researchers Develop Fully Stretchable Supercapacitor Composed of Carbon Nanotube Macrofilms

New Report Analyzes the Global Market for Nanotechnology

Intel Introduces Low-Power, 64-Bit Server-Class System-on-Chip for High-Density Microservers

USA Graphite Comments on Graphene Commercialization by Leading Electronics Company

Bruker to Host Webinar on Soft Matter Characterisation with AFM

New MPIE Department to Study Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials

STMicroelectronics Offers 28nm Fully-Depleted-Silicon-On-Insulator Technology Platform

Rolith Receives License for Nano-Patterning Methods to Make Transparent Conductive Electrodes

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