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Nanotechnology Company Liquipel Announces New Technology and Branding Licenses

Liquipel LLC, the sole owner and licensor of Liquipel, today announced new technology and branding licenses in Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The new licenses are the latest announcements in Liquipel's global expansion initiative.

7 Dec 2012

Innovative Technique to Fabricate Nanomaterials

A new method for creating very thin layers of materials at the atomic scale, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, could “unlock an important new technology” for creating nanomaterials, according to nanomaterials expert Dr. Jay A. Switzer of Missouri University of Science and Technology in the journal.

7 Dec 2012

Duke University Team Develops Novel Metamaterial

Microscopic metallic cubes could unleash the enormous potential of metamaterials to absorb light, leading to more efficient and cost-effective large-area absorbers for sensors or solar cells, Duke University researchers have found.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 7 Dec 2012

New Microscopy Tool to Explore Solar-to-Electric Energy Conversion

If nanoscience were television, we'd be in the 1950s. Although scientists can make and manipulate nanoscale objects with increasingly awesome control, they are limited to black-and-white imagery for examining those objects. Information about nanoscale chemistry and interactions with light—the atomic-microscopy equivalent to color—is tantalizingly out of reach to all but the most persistent researchers.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 7 Dec 2012

Journal Vaccine Reports Novavax' Phase I RSV Nanoparticle Vaccine Candidate Results

Novavax, Inc. today announced that the journal Vaccine has published the company's data from its 2011 Phase I clinical trial of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion (F) recombinant nanoparticle vaccine candid...

7 Dec 2012

Innovative Nanostructured Metal Film Nearly Triples Organic Solar Cell Efficiency

Princeton researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of solar power.

7 Dec 2012

University of Kentucky Researcher Recognized for RNA Nanoparticles Study

University of Kentucky researcher Yi Shu was awarded the Best Poster Presentation at the National Cancer Institute Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer's Annual Principal Investigators' Meeting last month.

7 Dec 2012

3D Integration and Advanced Lithography Challenges Discussed in SUSS MicroTec Japan Seminar

SUSS MicroTec, a global supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, hosted the SUSS MicroTec Japan Seminar 2012 on December 4, at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo. In two parallel tracks the latest developments in 3D Integration and Next Generation Lithography as 193i, EUVL and NIL were presented and discussed. Both seminars attracted approximately 200 attendees.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 7 Dec 2012

Researchers Produce Fluorescent Gold Nanoparticles Inside Human Hair

In a discovery with applications ranging from hair dyeing to electronic sensors to development of materials with improved properties, scientists are reporting the first synthesis of gold nanoparticles inside human hairs. Their study appears in ACS' journal Nano Letters.

From American Chemical Society 7 Dec 2012

Written Nominations Requested for 2013 Nano Today Award

Nano Today is requesting written nominations from our reader community for the 2013 Nano Today Award. The purpose of the award is to recognise pioneering research in the field of nanostructured materials, and the winner of the award will be invited to give a plenary lecture at the next Nano Today Conference on 8 - 11 December 2013.

7 Dec 2012

Femtosecond Crystallography Reveals 3D Structure of Enzyme Linked to Sleeping Sickness

An international team of scientists, using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, has revealed the three dimensional structure of a key enzyme that enables the single-celled parasite that causes African trypanosomiasis (or sleeping sickness) in humans.

From Arizona State University 6 Dec 2012

3-D Transistors with Indium-Gallium-Arsenide Nanowires May Enable More Compact Computers

A new type of transistor shaped like a Christmas tree has arrived just in time for the holidays, but the prototype won't be nestled under the tree along with the other gifts.

6 Dec 2012

Nano-Sized Sensors Detect Atomic Oxygen in Upper Atmosphere

Tiny sensors -- made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the "next best thing" since the invention of silicon -- are now being developed to detect trace elements in Earth's upper atmosphere and structural flaws in spacecraft.

6 Dec 2012

WF Nanotechnology Center Develops Nearly Indestructible Molded Plastic Lights

Decking your home with holiday lights soon won’t include the hassle of burnt-out bulbs or broken strands.

6 Dec 2012

ALIO Introduces 6-D Nano Precision Hybrid Hexapod Motion System

Hexapods, also known as PKM or parallel kinematic machines, were designed many years ago for amusement rides and later mostly known as flight simulators for pilot training. Over the years new designs of the PKM's were developed for the micron precision world of manufacturing, laboratories motion needs and product inspection. Although many modern day Hexapod companies tout nanometer resolution or repeatability, the real issue with Hexapods for the new world of nano precision is 6-D Nano Precision®.

From ALIO Industries 6 Dec 2012