Nanomaterials News

RSS

Novel Perovskite Solar Cell Does Not Use a Hole-Transporting Layer

Perovskite solar cells show tremendous promise in propelling solar power into the marketplace. The cells use a hole-transportation layer, which promotes the efficient movement of electrical current after exposure to sunlight.

18 Jul 2014

UA Company Develops Nanofiber Mats for Extracting Uranium from the Ocean

The U.S. Department of Energy selected a University of Alabama start-up company for an approximate $1.5 million award to refine an alternative material to potentially extract uranium from the ocean.

18 Jul 2014

New Report on Global and Chinese Nano Silver Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Nano Silver Industry Report 2014" report to their offering.

18 Jul 2014

Researchers Analyze Yolk-Shell Structures with Sulfur Nano-Nuggets to Create Better Lithium-Ion Batteries

Tucked in a small laboratory at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a team of scientists from the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) is making and testing new types of lithium-ion batteries. Their goal: create a battery five times better than the ones we use today.

18 Jul 2014

Etched Nano-Size Teeth Make Mobile Display Surfaces Anti-Reflective

If you've ever tried to watch a video on a tablet on a sunny day, you know you have to tilt it at just the right angle to get rid of glare or invest in a special filter. But now scientists are reporting in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that they've developed a novel glass surface that reduces both glare and reflection, which continue to plague even the best mobile displays today.

From American Chemical Society 17 Jul 2014

Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscope Cuts Sheets of Graphene into Ribbons

Graphene, a material that consists of a lattice of carbon atoms, one atom thick, is widely touted as being the most electrically conductive material ever studied. However, not all graphene is the same. With so few atoms comprising the entirety of the material, the arrangement of each one has an impact on its overall function.

17 Jul 2014

New York State Partners in Launch of NY Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State will partner with over 100 private companies, led by SEMATECH and IBM, to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium. The Consortium will invest over $500 million and create thousands of high-skilled, high-paying jobs in Upstate New York over the next five years – including at least 500 in Rochester– focusing on the development and manufacture of the next generation of materials used on semiconductors.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Jul 2014

NanoStruck Enters Binding Agreement to Acquire Technology Business

NanoStruck Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “NanoStruck”) announces the signing of a binding agreement to acquire a technology business in order to strengthen the Company’s technology and operations and for the combined companies to further grow revenue and profit.

16 Jul 2014

Public-Private Partnership to Launch New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State will partner with over 100 private companies, led by GE, to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 16 Jul 2014

Micro-Nano Porous Materials Improve Thermoelectrics for Harvesting Wasted Heat

From your hot car to your warm laptop, every machine and device in your life wastes a lot of energy through the loss of heat. But thermoelectric devices, which convert heat to electricity and vice versa, can harness that wasted heat, and possibly provide the green tech energy efficiency that's needed for a sustainable future.

16 Jul 2014