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NSF Grant to Fund Continued Development Activities for Selah Tubes Nanotechnology

Selah Technologies, an advanced materials manufacturer, announced today that the company has received an additional $50,000 SBIR Phase IB grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund continued development act...

17 Jul 2008

In Situ Measurement of Film Thickness and Composition Now Possible with ThinFilmID

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis introduces ThinFilmID for the in-situ measurement of composition and thickness of thin films down to 1nm in the SEM. ThinFilmID uses Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (EDS) to measu...

17 Jul 2008

nGimat Awarded SBIR to Develop Electrode Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nGimat a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I to develop electrode nanomaterials for high-performance Lithium-ion batteries that will be used to power the next g...

16 Jul 2008

Findings Demonstrate Superior Efficacy of Nanoparticle-Based MR Diagnostic Technology

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing the first portable medical diagnostic products which combine nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology, today announced significant research findings tha...

16 Jul 2008

Phantoms Foundation to Coordinate Nanoscale ICT Devices and Systems Coordination Action

The Phantoms Foundation (Spain) has been chosen to coordinate the "Nanoscale ICT Devices and Systems Coordination Action" funded under the Seventh EU Framework Programme. This project aims to reinforce and s...

16 Jul 2008

Producing Hydrogen Using Water, Solar Energy and Nanotube Diodes

A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy, according to Penn St...

16 Jul 2008

Versatile Platform Offers Multiple Metrology Capabilities in a Single Tool

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the launch of its new Lynx(TM) metrology platform at SEMICON West 2008. The Lynx is the industry's fir...

16 Jul 2008

SurModics Licensed Lipid Nanoparticle Technology from PharmaSol

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today that its Brookwood Pharmaceuticals subsidiary has licensed lipid nanoparticle technol...

15 Jul 2008

Making Ultra-Small Pure Carbon Crystals from Buckyball Molecule

University of Surrey researchers have found a way to make ultra-small pure carbon crystals entirely formed from the spherical carbon 'buckyball' molecule known as C60. The method used involves mixing two liquids ...

15 Jul 2008

Principles Behind Stability and Electronic Properties of Tiny Gold Nanoclusters

A report published in the July 8 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties of tiny nanoclusters of metallic gold. The study, which confirms the "divide and protect" bonding structure, resulted from the work of researchers at four universities on two continents.

15 Jul 2008