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Sandia Researchers Develop High-Indium-Content Nanowire Solar Cell

Researchers believe that indium gallium nitride, part of III-nitrides family, is an ideal material for photovoltaic applications because by altering indium concentration the material’s response can be tuned to collect solar energy from different wavelengths.

From Sandia National Laboratories 19 Jun 2012

New Initiative to Reinforce Graphene Research within Europe

Although interest on graphene research is growing all across the world, the European Union is lagging in this aspect, especially in applied research.

19 Jun 2012

SouthWest NanoTechnologies to Display Latest Products at Nanotech Conference and Expo

Ricardo Prada Silvy, Director of Research and Development at SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT), will deliver a presentation entitled, ‘Specialty Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Advanced Li-ion Battery Cathodes,’ at the 2012 Nanotech Conference and Expo on Jun 19, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

18 Jun 2012

New Micro and Nano-Fabrication Facility Opened at National University of Singapore

A new Micro and Nano-Fabrication Facility has been inaugurated at the Graphene Research Centre of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The new facility is the first-of-its-kind nano-science and nano-technology center in the Asian region devoted to graphene research.

15 Jun 2012

NUENZ Seeks Support from InVentures for Commercialization of Advanced Nanofibers

The InVentures Group (IVG) offers financial, business and strategic services to organizations at any stage of development and provides support to turn the business profitable. The latest company to seek the services of IVG is New Zealand-based nanomaterials manufacturer, NUENZ.

15 Jun 2012

Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2012 Honors Scientists for Achievements in Understanding Elementary Processes on the Sub-Nanoscale

This year’s Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2012 will be awarded to Dr. Thomas Elsässer from the Max Born Institute in Berlin and Dr. Horst Weller from the University of Hamburg for their pioneering achievements and the detailed understanding of elementary processes on the sub-nanoscale.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 14 Jun 2012

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Develops Two New Grades of Specialty Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

SouthWest NanoTechnologies has expanded its SMW specialty multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) line with two new grades, SMW200 and SMW210, which can be utilized as additives to increase lithium ion battery cathode performance and electrical conductivity of polymer compounds.

14 Jun 2012

Scientists Report Serious Health Impact from Nanoparticles Exposure

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made a groundbreaking research, which shows that individual's health may get seriously affected when exposed to nanoparticles and this may lead to rheumatoid arthritis and other serious autoimmune disorders.

13 Jun 2012

Researchers Use Silicon Nanowires to Synthesize Precursors of Painkillers

A research team headed by Kian L. Tan and Dunwei Wang from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, the United States, has developed a new process based on the mechanisms of the dark reactions of photosynthesis.

13 Jun 2012

New Nanomaterials Technique to Develop Better Electronics

A research team from the Argonne National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy has devised a novel technique that is capable of drastically enhancing the efficiency and lowering the cost of fabricating various types of semiconducting materials.

From Argonne National Laboratory 12 Jun 2012