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New Book on Complex-Shaped Metal Nanoparticles

Market research solutions provider, Research and Markets has included a new book titled "Complex-shaped Metal Nanoparticles" to its product offering. The book is authored by Tapan K. Sau and Andrey L. Rogach and published by John Wiley and Sons.

From Research and Markets 3 Aug 2012

Pixelligent in Expansion Mode Amidst Rising Demand for its Nanocrystal Additives

Pixelligent Technologies, a company that supplies nanocrystal additives to semiconductor, industrial and electronic manufacturers, has extended its Baltimore facility to be larger than 13,000 sq. ft. and has expanded its workforce by almost 150%.

From Pixelligent 3 Aug 2012

Ceres Ventures Set to Commercialize BluFlow Nanoparticle-Based Water Treatment Technology

Ceres Ventures, a company that deals with development of clean technologies for purification of water, soil and air, has announced that the company’s subsidiary, BluFlow Technologies has devised a proprietary technique to commercialize production of BluFlow nanoparticles and is in the process of acquiring a patent for its BluFlow water treatment technology that already has four patent filings to its name.

3 Aug 2012

Study Provides New Insights into Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles

A research team comprising Chris Ackerson from the Colorado State University and Hannu Häkkinen from the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center, has performed the first structural atomistic analysis of a ligand-exchange reaction process of Au102(p-MBA)44, a well-defined gold nanoparticle comprising 102 gold atoms and 44 ligand sites in the molecular overlayer.

3 Aug 2012

New Report Discusses Applications of Lasers in Processing and Characterization of Nanomaterials

Research and Markets has included a new book titled ‘Nanomaterials’ from John Wiley and Sons, to its catalogue.

From Research and Markets 2 Aug 2012

Nanocomp Expounds Production Capacity to Meet Demand for Carbon Nanotube Products

Nanocomp Technologies, a manufacturer of carbon nanotube-based component products and performance materials, has opened its new headquarters in Merrimack, New Hampshire, marking the conclusion of the first phase of a proposed expansion of 100,000 sq. ft, based in part on funding from the Defense Production Act Title III.

From Huntsman International LLC 2 Aug 2012

Breakthrough in Colloidal Quantum Dot Films Helps Develop Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells

A team of scientists from the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and University of Toronto (U of T) headed by Ted Sargent, an U of T Engineering Professor, has achieved a significant progress in the advancement of colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films, which in turn results in a CQD solar cell with an unprecedented efficiency of 7%.

From University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 30 Jul 2012

New Technique to Visualize Individual Layers and Buried Interfaces of Graphene Devices

Scientists from the University of Manchester have shown that it is possible to use ‘wonder material’ graphene as a building block to build novel three-dimensional crystal structures.

30 Jul 2012

Entropy – An Ally in the Formation of Ordered Nanostructures

Scientists and Engineers at University of Michigan have used computerized simulations to demonstrate that entropy, mostly considered as disorder, could lead to formation of ordered nanostructures.

30 Jul 2012

Itochu Plastics to Distribute SouthWest NanoTechnologies’ Carbon Nanotube Products in Asia

A subsidiary of the Itochu Group, Itochu Plastics has inked a distribution deal with SouthWest NanoTechnologies to supply its commercially-produced specialty single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube dispersions, pastes and inks across Asia.

26 Jul 2012

Nanomaterials News

New Book on Complex-Shaped Metal Nanoparticles

Pixelligent in Expansion Mode Amidst Rising Demand for its Nanocrystal Additives

Ceres Ventures Set to Commercialize BluFlow Nanoparticle-Based Water Treatment Technology

Study Provides New Insights into Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles

New Report Discusses Applications of Lasers in Processing and Characterization of Nanomaterials

Nanocomp Expounds Production Capacity to Meet Demand for Carbon Nanotube Products

Breakthrough in Colloidal Quantum Dot Films Helps Develop Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells

New Technique to Visualize Individual Layers and Buried Interfaces of Graphene Devices

Entropy – An Ally in the Formation of Ordered Nanostructures

Itochu Plastics to Distribute SouthWest NanoTechnologies’ Carbon Nanotube Products in Asia

Novel Semiconductor Born from Graphene and Glass

3D SiOx-Embedded Porous Carbon Nanofiber Hosts for Dendrite-Free Lithium Batteries

Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Body Heating

Novel Liquid Crystal Process Unlocks High-Purity Carbon Nanotubes for Motor Applications

Rapid Biomimetic Nanovaccine for Personalized Cancer Therapy

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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

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