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Researchers Design Pomegranate-Inspired Anode with Silicon Nanoparticles

An electrode designed like a pomegranate – with silicon nanoparticles clustered like seeds in a tough carbon rind – overcomes several remaining obstacles to using silicon for a new generation of lithium-ion batteries, say its inventors at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

17 Feb 2014

Fiabila Places Order for NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes for Production of Nail Polish Products

NaturalNano, Inc. announced today that Fiabila S.A. has ordered NaturalNano's Halloysite Natural Tubes (HNT) for use in the production of a range of the popular Fiabila produced nail polish products sold under various names in the U.S. and Europe. The orders are part of a three (3) year supply arrangement between NaturalNano and Fiabila.

14 Feb 2014

Tiny Voids Within Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Solar Cell Network Reduces Solar Cell Efficiency

Researchers at the Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) have taken a leap forward towards a deeper understanding of an undesired effect in thin film solar cells based on amorphous silicon – one that has puzzled the scientific community for the last 40 years.

14 Feb 2014

Method to Characterize Physical Size and Elemental Composition of Nanoparticles Wins ABC Best Paper Award

The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen Sherrie Elzey (32) and De-Hao Tsai (37) as the recipients of its Best Paper Award 2013. Elzey and Tsai are lead authors of a paper published in ABC which presents the development of a method to simultaneously characterize the size and elemental composition of nanoparticles, especially those used for nano therapeutics.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 14 Feb 2014

Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs to Specifically Targeted Cancer Cells

Nanoparticles capable of delivering drugs to specifically targeted cancer cells have been created by a group of researchers from China.

14 Feb 2014

New Report on Global Market for Nanocoatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanocoatings: The Global Market to 2020" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 14 Feb 2014

Integran Receives 2013 SERDP Award for Development of Nanostructured Alloy for Copper-Beryllium Replacement

Toronto-based Integran Technologies Inc. (Integran) today announced that it has received the 2013 SERDP (Strategic Environmental Research and Defense Program) Project-of-the-Year Award for Weapons Systems and Platforms for the development of a nanostructured alloy for copper-beryllium replacement.

13 Feb 2014

Thin-Film Transistor Mimics Electrochemical Signalling in the Human Brain

A paper-based device that mimics the electrochemical signalling in the human brain has been created by a group of researchers from China.

13 Feb 2014

Fulcrum Introduces Nano-Technology Based SP1/CNT Reinforcement Solution for Fiberglass and Epoxy Composites

Fulcrum SP Materials Ltd a world leader in innovative nanotechnology for enhanced composite materials, is introducing its SP1/CNT reinforcement solution for Fiberglass and Epoxy composites. Using nano-technology and specifically Carbon Nano-Tubes, Fulcrum's solution increases the toughness of such composites by at least 30% without affecting the overall strength.

12 Feb 2014

Elmarco Launch Updated Nanospider Nanofiber Research Tool

Elmarco introduces the updated Nanospider™ (“NS”) LAB – the first product update to the world’s best selling nanofiber research tool which was originally launched in 2005 at the Nanotech exh...

From ELMARCO 11 Feb 2014