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Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Helps Unravel Paints Used in Picasso’s Masterpieces

The Art Institute of Chicago teamed up with Argonne National Laboratory to unravel a decades-long debate among art scholars about what kind of paint Picasso used to create his masterpieces.

8 Feb 2013

APIX Secures IP Rights to Silicon Nano-Scale Sensor Technologies from CEA-Leti and CALTECH

Analytical Pixels Technology (“APIX”) today announces the signature of a comprehensive intellectual property licensing agreement with France’s foremost research organization: CEA-Leti, and California’s leading technology college: Caltech. Under this exclusive agreement, APIX secures extensive rights to a large portfolio of patents and technologies related to silicon nano-scale sensors and other complementary devices.

8 Feb 2013

Quantum Seeks Financing to Develop Super Hydrophobic Nano-Structured Glass

As a by-product of research on Quantum's photovoltaic technology, a discovery was made of a way of nano-structuring glass to make it super hydrophobic (water beads and rolls off) and resistant to oil and other materials. Given that the solar panel prices are currently very low as a result of Chinese manufacturers flooding the market with low cost silicon products, Quantum has determined to focus its research activities on this glass technology.

8 Feb 2013

Commercial Scale Large-Area Graphene Now Available from Bluestone Global Tech in 24"x300" Films

Bluestone Global Tech (BGT) announces the addition of 24”x300” graphene films to their Grat-FilmTM product line. This marks the pioneering firm as ‘first-to-win’ in the race to avail graphene in sizes and volumes useful for industrial application.

7 Feb 2013

Nanoarchitectonics Researcher Designs Photocatalyst for Mass Production of Hydrogen

Expected to Accelerate Technologies for Producing Hydrogen from Water using Solar Light

7 Feb 2013

Embedded Nanoparticles Enhance Efficiency of Thermoelectric Devices

Thermoelectric devices — which can either generate an electric current from a difference in temperature or use electricity to produce heating or cooling without moving parts — have been explored in the laboratory since the 19th century.

7 Feb 2013

Soybean Plants May Be Adversely Affected By Nanoparticles

Two of the most widely used nanoparticles (NPs) accumulate in soybeans — second only to corn as a key food crop in the United States — in ways previously shown to have the potential to adversely affect the crop yields and nutritional quality, a new study has found. It appears in the journal ACS Nano.

7 Feb 2013

One-Atom-Thick Triangular Structures Show Promise for Optical Applications

For the first time, scientists have created single layers of a naturally occurring rare mineral called tungstenite, or WS2. The resulting sheet of stacked sulfur and tungsten atoms forms a honeycomb pattern of triangles that have been shown to have unusual light-emitting, or photoluminescent, properties.

6 Feb 2013

UCLA Center for Function Accelerated nanoMaterial Engineering Awarded $5M to Advance Electronics

Five University of California, Riverside professors will receive a total of $5 million as part of a $35 million research center aimed at developing materials and structures that could enable more energy efficient computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices.

From University of California at Riverside 5 Feb 2013

Magnetic Nanoparticles Embedded in Tough Plastics to Study Degradation of Artificial Joints

A Case Western Reserve University chemistry professor has begun imbedding magnetic nanoparticles in the toughest of plastics to understand why more than 40,000 Americans must replace their knee and hip replacements annually.

5 Feb 2013