Qcept Technologies, the company that provides non-visual defect (NVD) detection solutions in semiconductor manufacturing, has secured an order for its ChemetriQ 5000 non-visual defect (NVD) inspection system from a semiconductor manufacturer based in North America.
By G.P. Thomas
8 Aug 2012
Global Research Inc. has released three market research reports on the Nanomaterials industry. Nanomaterials are novel molecules employed in numerous products.
By Will Soutter
8 Aug 2012
A new technique labeled as ‘Virtual Nanoscopy’ has been developed by a team of scientists from Netherland’s Leiden University Medical Center, using which a single image of biological tissue at high resolution can be obtained by piecing or stitching together thousands of electron microscopy images.
By Will Soutter
8 Aug 2012
Collaborative research between the University of Vienna, the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), the University of Oxford and the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore demonstrate the possibility of remote preparation of quantum states as a result of quantum discord.
By Will Soutter
8 Aug 2012
Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, a leading supplier of microanalysis products, performed a major hardware launch at the Microanalysis and Microscopy show in Phoenix USA.
In a paper, ‘Dendrimer-fullerenol soft-condensed nanoassembly,’ reported in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, researchers from Clemson University and their collaborators have demonstrated the way of using dendrimer, a soft nanomaterial, to protect the environment against potentially toxic nanomaterials.
By Will Soutter
7 Aug 2012
A collaborative initiative between researchers from MIT, the University of Texas at Austin and Zhejiang University in China has yielded a new metamaterial that is capable of channeling photons in one direction.
Nanobiotix, a nanomedicine company specializing in innovative cancer nanotherapeutics, and PharmaEngine, a pharma company developing in-licensed oncology drugs, have inked strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of NBTXR3, Nanobiotix’ key product from its NanoXray pipeline.
ASML, the Netherlands-based provider of lithography systems for semiconductor manufacturers, has announced that TSMC has committed to ASML’s Customer Co-Investment Program for innovation with a promised investment of EUR 276 million towards research and development initiatives in the field of lithography spread over a five year period. TSMC will also be subscribing to a 5% equity stake in ASML which is valued at EUR 838 million.
By Will Soutter
7 Aug 2012
Researchers have developed new microscope technology that enables accurate and precise study of single biological molecules. Called as the standing wave axial nanometry (SWAN) technology, it combines atomic force and optical microscope technologies.
By Will Soutter
6 Aug 2012
Itochu Plastics is all set to take up the distribution of carbon nanotube products from SouthWest Nanotechnologies (SWeNT) throughout Asia as per an agreement between the two companies. The products include carbon nanotube (CNT) pastes, inks and dispersion apart from the single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes.
By Will Soutter
6 Aug 2012
BBI has been the world’s leading supplier of gold colloid since 1986 and this year is proud to show support of the Gold Council as a premier sponsor of their prestigious event being held at the Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, 5th - 8th September 2012.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, BASF SE and TU Darmstadt are happy with the first phase results of the joint research project "Nanostructuring and plastic electronics print platform" (NanoPEP) and are determined that they will go on with their combined work. Participating researchers have been working on functional materials based on nanotechnology and related novel printing techniques for processing of these from the summer of 2009.
By Will Soutter
3 Aug 2012
A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and partner companies of its Industrial Consortium On Nanoimprint (ICON) have teamed up in a pilot manufacturing project for mass production of two kinds of patterned nanoimprinted plastic films using roll-to-roll nanoimprint technology.
By Will Soutter
3 Aug 2012
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California, Berkeley have been performing extensive research on graphene, one atom thick sheets of pure carbon through which electrons can move at the speed of light around 100 times quicker than they move in silicon.