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PV Nano Cell Announces Completion of a $3.5m Funding Round

PV Nano Cell Ltd., which develops and manufactures innovative nano metric materials that enable non-contact printing of conductive patterns in solar cells and for Printed Electronics, reports having completed a funding round of approximately $3.5 million.

26 Aug 2013

Cell Penetration Without Causing Damage Using Specially Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Cells are very good at protecting their precious contents — and as a result, it’s very difficult to penetrate their membrane walls to deliver drugs, nutrients or biosensors without damaging or destroying the ...

26 Aug 2013

Integran Layered and Graded Material Technology Granted Patent Protection in Europe

Toronto-based Integran Technologies Inc. (Integran) today announced further advances in its electrodeposition technology for forming grain-refined coatings and layers.

From Integran Technologies Inc. 23 Aug 2013

Alternative Testing Strategies Needed to Cope With New Wave of Emerging Nanomaterials

A group of international experts from government, industry and academia have concluded that alternative testing strategies (ATSs) that don’t rely on animals will be needed to cope with the wave of new nanomaterials emerging from the boom in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Their consensus statement from a workshop on the topic appears in the journal ACS Nano.

From American Chemical Society 23 Aug 2013

MesoCoat Debuts on Inc. 500|5000 Fastest Growing Companies List

Abakan Inc. (“Abakan”), an emerging leader in the advanced coatings and metal formulations markets, today announced that its portfolio company, MesoCoat Inc., has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States and has been ranked 15th in the top 100 fastest-growing manufacturing companies in the United States on the annual Inc. 500|5000 list.

23 Aug 2013

New Reliable Method to Detect Silver Nanoparticles in Food

Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics and other industries has increased. For example, farmers have used silver nanoparticles as a pesticide because of their capability to suppress the growth of harmful organisms.

23 Aug 2013

UCSD Nanoengineering Professor Named Among MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Young Innovators

MIT Technology Review has named Liangfang Zhang, a professor of nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego, among the top 35 young innovators of 2013. For over a decade, the global media company has recognized a list of exceptionally talented technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world.

22 Aug 2013

Scientists Determine Solid-State Triple Point in Vanadium Dioxide Nanowires

It is well known to scientists that the three common phases of water – ice, liquid and vapor – can exist stably together only at a particular temperature and pressure, called the triple point.

22 Aug 2013

HyperSolar’s Low Cost Solar Hydrogen Water-Splitting Technology Produces 1.0 V Open Circuit Voltage

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced that its artificial photosynthesis technology is now capable of producing 1.0 volt open circuit voltage for use in direct solar hydrogen production.

21 Aug 2013

Novel Nanostructured Holograms Used to Convert Circularly Polarized Laser Light Into Radially Polarized Beams

Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated that they can change the intensity, phase, and polarization of light rays using a hologram-like design decorated with nanoscale structures.

21 Aug 2013

Nanomaterials News

PV Nano Cell Announces Completion of a $3.5m Funding Round

Cell Penetration Without Causing Damage Using Specially Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Integran Layered and Graded Material Technology Granted Patent Protection in Europe

Alternative Testing Strategies Needed to Cope With New Wave of Emerging Nanomaterials

MesoCoat Debuts on Inc. 500|5000 Fastest Growing Companies List

New Reliable Method to Detect Silver Nanoparticles in Food

UCSD Nanoengineering Professor Named Among MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Young Innovators

Scientists Determine Solid-State Triple Point in Vanadium Dioxide Nanowires

HyperSolar’s Low Cost Solar Hydrogen Water-Splitting Technology Produces 1.0 V Open Circuit Voltage

Novel Nanostructured Holograms Used to Convert Circularly Polarized Laser Light Into Radially Polarized Beams

Novel Semiconductor Born from Graphene and Glass

Rapid Biomimetic Nanovaccine for Personalized Cancer Therapy

2D Materials Powering the Future of Neuromorphic and Sensory Devices

Optical Study of Switching in hBN Devices

The Future of Multiplex Nanosensors in Food Safety

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

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