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Biophysicists Create Nonstick Gold Surfaces and Laser-Safe Gold Nanoposts

Biophysicists long for an ideal material-something more structured and less sticky than a standard glass surface-to anchor and position individual biomolecules. Gold is an alluring possibility, with its simple chemistry and the ease with which it can be patterned.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 16 Jun 2009

Virginia Tech Professor Recognised for Thermoelectric Materials Research

Jeremiah T. Abiade, assistant professor in materials science and engineering and in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for his research to increase the electrical output of thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices.

16 Jun 2009

Nanoparticles Could Someday Target and Destroy Tumors

Nanoparticles specially engineered by University of Central Florida Assistant Professor J. Manuel Perez and his colleagues could someday target and destroy tumors, sparing patients from toxic, whole-body chemotherapies.

16 Jun 2009

Company Delivers 10 Kilometers of Carbon Nanotube Yarn to Fortune 100 Aerospace Customer

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., today announced it has produced and delivered 10 kilometers of its CTex™ CNT yarn to one of its Fortune 100 aerospace customers.

From Huntsman International LLC 16 Jun 2009

Frost + Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Solar Cells

Solar energy has been growing in importance as a green and non-polluting energy source. The global market potential remains significant with cost and affordability as the key barriers to adoption of solar energy being a viable energy source.

From Frost and Sullivan 16 Jun 2009

New Paradigm of the Biocompatibility of Intravascular Devices

Robert S. Schwartz, MD, medical director of the Minnesota Cardiovascular Research Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, will describe the new paradigm of the biocompatibility of intravascular devices during his keynote presentation at the leading conference on materials for medical devices.

15 Jun 2009

Scientists Developing Methods to Assess Nanoparticle Distribution, Fate, and Toxicity in the Environment

Nanoparticles offer multiple benefits to society in areas such as medicine, energy production and conservation, and pollution clean-up. Because nanoparticles is a relatively new technology area, we need to understand the...

15 Jun 2009

Soitec's 300mm Ultra-Thin SOI Wafer Platform Ready to Support FD Device Applications

The Soitec Group (Euronext Paris), world's leading innovator and provider of the engineered substrate solutions that serve as the foundation for today's most advanced microelectronic products, announced today tha...

From The Soitec Group 15 Jun 2009

Carbon Nanotube-Based AFM Tips Promise Better Imaging

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced the availability of two new atomic force microscope (AFM) probes types with carbon nanotube (CNT) tips. The CCHAR (carbon core high-aspect ratio) and CCHR (carbon core highresolution) CNT probes offer quantum improvements for AFM imaging, substantially improving results, reducing overall cost of operation and opening new avenues for research.

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Lowering the Cost of Fuel Cells with Carbon Nanotubes

The high cost of manufacturing fuel cells makes their large-scale production for power generation next to impossible, but researchers at Arizona State University are working to change that so cars, electricity and much more can run on the "green" technology.

15 Jun 2009