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New Report on Functional Materials for Future Electronics

The chemistry of the new electronics and electrics is key to its future, whether it is invisible, tightly rollable, biodegradable, edible, employing the memristor logic of the human brain or possessing any other previously- impossible capability in a manufactured device. De-risking that material development is vital yet the information on which to base that has been unavailable. No more.

28 May 2015

QSI-Nano Catalysts to Be Validated and Optimized with Casale Production Reactor Technologies

QuantumSphere, Inc. (QSI), a leader in nanoscale catalyst technologies providing production efficiencies to multi-billion dollar industrial chemical processes, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year Joint Development Agreement with Swiss-based Casale, S.A. (Casale).

28 May 2015

OCSiAl Includes University Spinoffs as Part of iNanoComm Program

OCSiAl, a producer of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), is broadening the scope of its groundbreaking iNanoComm program, which provides matching grants to support research projects using carbon nanomaterials, to include university spinoffs.

27 May 2015

Novel Method Reveals How Electrical Vortices Affect Electronic Properties of Materials

Computational physicists have developed a novel method that accurately reveals how electrical vortices affect electronic properties of materials that are used in a wide range of applications, including cell phones and military sonar.

27 May 2015

Researchers Use Synthetic Strands of DNA to Create Nanoparticle Clusters and Arrays

Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have combined the artificial strands of DNA to function in two ways: rope-like configurations of the DNA double helix were used to create a strong geometrical framework, and dangling pieces of single-strands of DNA were added to stick nanoparticles in place.

26 May 2015

Scientists Create Phase-Shifting Forms of Dynamic Nanomaterials

Scientists belonging to the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have made significant progress in creating dynamic, phase-shifting forms of nanomaterials by altering the forces of attraction and repulsion between DNA-linked particles. The structure and properties of these nanomaterials could be switched on when required.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 26 May 2015

Dais' Nanotechnology Materials-Based Products Receive $60M Commitment for Growth Acceleration

SAGE Technology Investment Co., Limited and JHSE Technology Investment Company announced the equity investment in Dais Analytic Corporation, the creation of Dais (Beijing) New Energy Technology Co., Ltd (majority to be owned by Dais) and a $60M contract commitment to seed the acceleration of growth of Dais' nanotechnology materials-based products in Greater China. Dais Analytic is a US-based commercial nanotechnology materials and process company selling its technology in the worldwide energy and water markets.

26 May 2015

N1 Technologies to Partially Spin-Off NanoSave Technologies R&D Subsidiary

The directors and management of N1 Technologies Inc. announced today that the company will partially spin-off it's R&D subsidiary NanoSave Technologies Inc. as a stand alone public company pending regulatory-legal review.

25 May 2015

Transmission Electron Microscope Helps Spot Twin Boundary Defects to Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries

Most people see defects as flaws. A few Michigan Technological University researchers, however, see them as opportunities. Twin boundaries — which are small, symmetrical defects in materials — may present an opportunity to improve lithium-ion batteries. The twin boundary defects act as energy highways and could help get better performance out of the batteries.

25 May 2015

Lehigh Tribologist Studies Fundamental Origins of Friction on Complex Nanocomposite Surfaces

That's a low estimate of how much friction and wear costs the U.S. every year. In fact, studies suggest that so-called "normal wear and tear" costs industrialized countries some 2 to 6 percent of their annual gross domestic product.

25 May 2015