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Researchers Discover New Nanocatalyst Synthesis Technique

Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. One of the most promising of the bunch is made from palladium and gold, an alloy that could be used in a wide variety of catalytic activities including the water-gas shift reaction and the oxidation of carbon dioxide - both important steps in alternative energy applications like fuel cells.

16 Mar 2009

Book Covers Nanotechnology and Potential Environmental and Health Impacts

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts" to their offering. This comprehensive book covers...

16 Mar 2009

Researchers Succeeded in Producing Nano-Sized Metallic Copper Particles

The Polymer Chemistry Research Group at the University of Helsinki has succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles. When the size of particles is reduced to a nano-scale (one nanometre being one billionth...

16 Mar 2009

Technology Executive and Entrepreneur Joins NanoMech as Chairman of the Board

James M. Phillips has been elected chairman of the board of directors of NanoMech, a Fayetteville-based designer and manufacturer of application-specific nanoparticle additives, coatings and coating deposition systems.

16 Mar 2009

Small Organic Molecules with High Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities May Speed Internet Access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes wil...

15 Mar 2009

Company Developing its Communications and Nanotechnology Capabilities

Ambit Corporation announced today that it received a Notice of Allowance from the US Patent Office for its US patent application No. 20050200536, entitled "Personal Communication Device Connectivity Arrangement&quot...

14 Mar 2009

Project Turning to Nanotechnology to Dramatically Ramp Up Efficiency of Solar Cells

A new EU-funded project is turning to nanotechnology in a bid to dramatically ramp up the efficiency of solar cells. Called ROD-SOL ('All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solar cells on glass').

14 Mar 2009

Electrochemical Technique Follows Motion of Microparticles in Space and Time

These processes may also play a role in infections. Following a swimming bacterium without influencing its motion is difficult. Nanotechnology researchers are also interested in determining the motion of nanoparticles, which would be useful for the development of nanomotors, for example.

13 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology - Ingredients for More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research ...

13 Mar 2009

Nanocups Lighting the Way Toward Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

13 Mar 2009