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Nano Labs and Nanotex Partner to Accelerate Commercialized Development of Nano-Scale Magnetic Particles

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to announce today the Company has signed a Collaboration Agreement with Soluciones Nanotecnologicas, S.L., (Nanotex(R)) Spain to launch an Industrial Applications Development Program (IADP) to design and develop new industrial applications suitable for commercialization of “nano scale magnetic particles.”

10 Oct 2013

Nanoropes of Carbyne, if Manufactured, Would be Stronger than Graphene

Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk.

10 Oct 2013

NanoKTN Releases Latest Version of UK Nanotechnology Directory

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has published the latest version of its UK Nanotechnology Directory. Now in its fourth edition, the guidebook features over 450 organisations active in micro and nanotechnologies and the associated supply chains in the UK, and is available for free to anyone working within the MNT industry.

10 Oct 2013

Nanoparticle-Based Opal Sensor Helps Analyze Alcohol Vapor Concentrations

To gauge whether suspects involved in accidents or routine traffic stops have been driving drunk, police officers pair field sobriety tests with breathalyzers, which signal the presence of alcohol in the breath.

9 Oct 2013

Korean Agency Provides Funds for Research in Advanced Hybrid Nano- and Micro-Composites

Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea to support research in advanced hybrid nano- and micro-composites for structural and multifunctional applications.

8 Oct 2013

Mammalian Cells Prefer Disc-Shaped Rather Than Rod-Shaped Nanoparticles

For years scientists have been working to fundamentally understand how nanoparticles move throughout the human body. One big unanswered question is how the shape of nanoparticles affects their entry into cells. Now researchers have discovered that under typical culture conditions, mammalian cells prefer disc-shaped nanoparticles over those shaped like rods.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 8 Oct 2013

STC Ukraine Approves American Graphite’s Study on Nanocarbon Materials for 3D Printing

American Graphite Technologies Inc. ("AGIN" or the "Company") announces receipt of final approval from the Science and Technology Centre Ukraine (STCU) for the startup of its project, dubbed P600. The project was granted live status on October 1, 2013.

7 Oct 2013

Probing Light Interaction with Nano-Antennas Using Strained Graphene

Graphene can be used to investigate how light interacts with nano-antennas, potentially increasing the efficiency of solar cells and photo detectors, University of Manchester researchers have found

5 Oct 2013

Ultra-Thin Graphene Oxide Membrane with High Permeation Selectivity

One of the thinnest membranes ever made is also highly discriminating when it comes to the molecules going through it. Engineers at the University of South Carolina have constructed a graphene oxide membrane less than 2 nanometers thick with high permeation selectivity between hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas molecules.

5 Oct 2013

Intermolecular Inks Joint Development Agreement with Ulnanotech

Intermolecular, Inc. and the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs, today announced the signing of a joint development agreement between Intermolecular and Ulnanotech, the leading Russian Federation nanocenter based in Ulyanovsk.

5 Oct 2013