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Nanotechnology - A Thriving Area of Research and Development in 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "global market for nanoscale technologies". This 828 page report provides the most comprehensive global market assessment yet of industrial application...

From Research and Markets 12 Apr 2009

Electron Microscopy Sciences Announces Availability of APTech LaB6 and CeB6 Cathodes

The Applied Physics Technologies (APTech) lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) and cerium hexaboride (CeB6or CeBix) cathodes are now available through Electron Microscopy Sciences. Both LaB6 and CeBix cathodes are ideal for many ...

10 Apr 2009

World's First Three-in-One Spectrometer for Carbon Nanotubes

Applied NanoFluorescence, company that constructs and sells state-of-the-art optical instruments to detect, quantify, and characterize carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in bulk samples, is pleased to announce the world's first three-in-one spectrometer for carbon nanotubes.

From Applied NanoFluorescence LLC 10 Apr 2009

Book Examines Principles of Nanophotonics and Novel Nanofabrication Technologies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Nanophotonics and Nanofabrication" to their offering. Starting out with a review of the principles of nanophotoni...

From Research and Markets 9 Apr 2009

New Method Could Lead to Narrower Chip Patterns

Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain wavelengths of light.

9 Apr 2009

New Technique Making it Possible to Create Nano Features Without Using UV Light

The ability to create tiny patterns is essential to the fabrication of computer chips and many other current and potential applications of nanotechnology.

9 Apr 2009

New Strategy to Overcome Major Obstacles to a Grand Challenge in Physics

Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics.

9 Apr 2009

Nano-Camo for Fashionistas and Environmentalists

Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change color like fish do.

8 Apr 2009

New Trap Junction Solves Key Engineering Issue for Future Possible Ion-Trap Quantum Computers

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool.

7 Apr 2009

Invest in Photonics to Be Held for the Second Time in 2010

Invest in Photonics, the photonics partnering event held in Bordeaux in December 2008, attracted over 100 of the world's leading photonics specialists and presented 16 projects representing a total potential investme...

7 Apr 2009