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Nano-Scale Metamaterials Developed from Acoustical Wave Force

A Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) team of researchers has developed a bench-top method using acoustical wave force in order to develop multiple three-dimensional designs that will enable metamaterials and their uses in applications such as invisibility cloaks.

From Los Alamos National Laboratory 12 Apr 2011

New Centre Seeks to Make Nanomaterials More Quickly, Efficiently and Sustainably

An EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Centre for revolutionising the way pharmaceuticals and other chemicals are made was officially launched on Friday, 8 April.

11 Apr 2011

Iranian Researchers Adopt Low-Cost Method to Synthesize Metal-Based Nanocomposites

Scientists at the Iran-based Shiraz University of Technology have adopted a cost-effective method to synthesize Al/B4C, a new variety of metal-derived nanocomposite.

5 Apr 2011

New Nanotechnology Project to Restore Cultural Assets in Turkey

Professor Cengiz Iþýk, Head of Excavations at the Kaunos Arrchaeological Site, has announced that a new project based on nano technology has been developed for the restoration and protection of the ancient rock tombs in Dalyan in the Aegean province of Muðla’s Ortaca district.

5 Apr 2011

Nanomaterials Drive Battery Research and Printable Electronics

KIT will unveil a hybrid Porsche racing car at the 2011 Hannover Messe being held from April 4 to 8, 2011.

1 Apr 2011

3M Introduces Matrix Resin for Carbon Fiber Composites

A unit of 3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division, 3M Engineered Products and Solutions has unveiled a series of matrix resins to be used in filament winding of carbon fiber composites.

1 Apr 2011

Nanoco Produces a 1kg Batch of Red Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots

Nanoco Group plc (AIM: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots, announces that it has successfully produced the 1kg batch of red cadmium-free quantum dots (CFQD) specified by...

From Nanoco Technologies 1 Apr 2011

Micro and Nano-Based Cellulose Material Voted Biomaterial of the Year

Zelfo® material voted ‘Biomaterial of the year 2011’ at the Nova Institute organised ‘International Congress on Bio Plastics’ in Cologne, Germany.

31 Mar 2011

Electrografting Allows Growth of Thin Nanometric Films for Various Electronics Applications

Alchimer, a developer and marketer of innovative chemical formulations and processes for deposition of nanometric films that are utilized in various MEMS and microelectronic applications, has partnered with Kromax International, one of the largest material suppliers in Asia and a manufacturer of flat-panel equipment and semiconductor.

31 Mar 2011

Molecules in Thin Films Remain Frozen at a Temperature in Molten Material

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that thin molecular films continue to be in a frozen state at a temperature where the bulk material is in the molten state.

31 Mar 2011