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Algae Nanostructure Can Serve as an Coating Substrate for Environmentally Friendly Batteries

A group of researchers discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of these algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries. The findings have been published in an article in Nano Letters.

10 Sep 2009

AIXTRON Receives Order for AIX 2800G4 HT Planetary Reactor from Mitsubishi Chemicals

AIXTRON AG announced today that Mitsubishi Chemicals headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has ordered one AIX 2800G4 HT Planetary Reactor system in the third quarter of 2009. The MOCVD tool is to be delivered in the 42x2 i...

From AIXTRON SE 10 Sep 2009

Southampton Nanofabrication Centre Described as "Beautiful Building"

At the opening of the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre yesterday (9 September), Professor Ian Diamond, Chair of Research Councils UK, described it as a "beautiful building", which will place Southampton as part of an excellent UK network better than anywhere in the world.

10 Sep 2009

Researchers Break World Record for the Switching Speed of Nitride-Based Transistors

Our society is insatiable as far as the transfer of data is concerned. Consequently, increasingly faster and cheaper transistors are being developed. In row in recent months, researchers from ETH Zurich have now broken the world record for the switching speed of nitride-based transistors that use silicon as a substrate several times.

10 Sep 2009

Vitex Systems Executes License Agreement with Global Supplier of Specialty Materials

Vitex Systems, Inc., a leading technology developer, licensor and engineering service provider for thin-film encapsulation and moisture barrier films, today announced that it has executed a license agreement with a globa...

9 Sep 2009

Eleven Monash Researchers Awarded Future Fellowships

Eleven Monash researchers have been awarded a total of $7,854,900 in the first ever round of Australian Research Council Future Fellowships to further research in their fields. The Australian Government created the ne...

9 Sep 2009

Universities Receive $3 Million from NSF for Nanotechnology and Materials Research

Xavier University of Louisiana and New York University have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to bolster diversity among materials scientists through collaborative research and curriculum d...

9 Sep 2009

Researchers Decode 3D Structure of Cement Hydrate

In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular structure of natural materials and created entirely new building materials such as steel, which has a well-documented crystalline structure at the atomic scale.

9 Sep 2009

NIST Publishes New Request for "White Papers"

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a new request for "white papers" that outline or help define potential new funding competitions under the agency's Technology Innovation Program (TIP).

9 Sep 2009

Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Nanotechnology Research

Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc, assistant professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

9 Sep 2009