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SABIC and Cima NanoTech Develop Transparent Conductive Polycarbonate Film

With smart materials being one of the fastest growing areas of materials technology, SABIC and Cima NanoTech, a Singapore and US-based company, have announced the joint development of a plastics industry first: a transparent conductive polycarbonate film that has the potential to revolutionize the materials used in consumer electronics, household goods, automotive, architecture and healthcare.

29 May 2014

Challenges and Opportunities in the Nanocellulose Market

Nanocellulose (NC) is a highly versatile material with unique properties that allow it to be used in numerous industrial applications. Growth in nanotechnology has been dramatic, with some nanomaterials seeing growth rates in excess of 30% annually.

29 May 2014

CTI Nanotechnologies Provides Update on Graphene Paper Progress

American Graphite Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce it has received updates from Mike Foley, CEO of CTI Nanotechnologies LLC on its graphene paper progress.

27 May 2014

New Project Explores Electrochemical Energy Storage with Graphene-Enabled Materials

Graphene – the world’s thinnest material isolated at The University of Manchester – could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.

26 May 2014

Industrial Nanotech to Present at PaperTech 2014

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, is pleased to announce that they have received and accepted an invitation from the steering committee to present at PaperTech 2014, the annual conference that focuses on improvements and new technologies for use in India’s pulp and paper industry.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 26 May 2014

Scalable Manufacturing Process to Produce Graphene Directly on Glass Substrates

Graphene's promise as a material for new kinds of electronic devices, among other uses, has led researchers around the world to study the material in search of new applications. But one of the biggest limitations to wider use of the strong, lightweight, highly conductive material has been the hurdle of fabrication on an industrial scale.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 26 May 2014

Researchers Demonstrate Superiority of AFM Probe Tips Made from Near-Perfect GaN Nanowires

In response to requests from the semiconductor industry,* a team of PML researchers has demonstrated that atomic force microscope (AFM) probe tips made from its near-perfect gallium nitride nanowires are superior in many respects to standard silicon or platinum tips in measurements of critical importance to microchip fabrication, nanobiotechnology, and other endeavors.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 26 May 2014

3D Bioprinting Technology to be Presented at National Symposium of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine

As they continue to spread the word about the revolutionary BiO Assay, joint venture partners Rainbow Coral Corp. and Nano3D Biosciences (n3D) are taking the 3D bioprinting technology international this spring and summer.

23 May 2014

Gold Nanoshell Probe Enhances Two-Photon Fluorescence Performances of Fluorescent Emitters

Two-photon excitation fluorescence is growing in popularity in the bioimaging field but is limited by fluorophores' extremely low two-photon absorption cross-section. The researcher Dr. Guowei Lu and co-workers from State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, are endeavoring to develop efficient fluorescent probes with improved two-photon fluorescence (TPF) performance.

23 May 2014

MOF Can Catalyze Reaction to Transform Ethane into Pure Ethanol

This gift from science just keeps on giving. Measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) show why a material already known to be good at separating components of natural gas also can do something trickier: help convert one chemical to another, a process called catalysis.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 23 May 2014