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Stretchable Electronics that can be Wrapped Around Complex Shapes

Jizhou Song, a professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering and his collaborators Professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois and Professor Yonggang Huang, at Northwestern University have developed a new design for stretchable electronics that can be wrapped around complex shapes, without a reduction in electronic function.

21 Jan 2009

Achievement Paves Way for Manufacturing Reliable Electronic Nanocircuits at the Nanoscale

After announcing last April a method for growing exceptionally long, straight, numerous and well-aligned carbon cylinders only a few atoms thick, a Duke University-led team of chemists has now modified that process to create exclusively semiconducting versions of these single-walled carbon nanotubes.

21 Jan 2009

Improving Electron Microscopy Samples using New Nanofabricated Membrane Technology

Using the first commercial application of a nanofabricated membrane technology, SiMPore Inc. has developed sample supports for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that are among the world's thinnest-only 5 to 15 n...

21 Jan 2009

Final Acceptance Test Certification Awarded for Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line

Moser Baer, the global technology company, today announced that its photovoltaic subsidiary is ready for production of thin film photovoltaic modules at its manufacturing plant in Greater Noida. This follows final acceptance test (FAT) certification of Moser Baer Photovoltaic's SunFab™ Thin Film Line supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., the California-based nanomanufacturing technology solutions provider.

From Applied Materials Inc. 21 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology Facility Receives 5-Year Renewal Grant from NSF

Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) has received another five years of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The facility, which is the flagship of Cornell's cutting-edge nanotechnology research, is one of 14 such research facilities across the country that make up the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN).

20 Jan 2009