http://www.nanowerk.com/ Nanotechnology business news headlines from Nanowerk Copyright 2005-2009 Nanowerk LLC http://www.nanowerk.com/ http://www.nanowerk.com/images/logo10.gif michael@nanowerk.com (Michael Berger) en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:44 -0500 http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13413.php To augment its dedicated OEM engineering resources, Ocean Optics, an industry leader in miniature photonics, has launched www.OceanOEM.com, devoted to the needs of its OEM customers. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13413.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13415.php Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of equipment and services to the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets, including the intellectual property, of Advent Solar, Inc. for an undisclosed cash amount. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13415.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13419.php Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, announced today the signing of another key strategic alliance and license agreement in Hong Kong with Decorlinks Ltd. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13419.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13379.php Beneq announces the first continuous mode Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) research tool commercially available, the TFS 200R. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13379.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13380.php Abraxis Health, a fully-integrated personalized healthcare division of Abraxis BioScience, Inc., today announced the dedication of its new manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13380.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13381.php Infineon Technologies AG and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced that they are extending their development and production partnership to a 65nanometer embedded flash process technology targeting next generation automotive, chip card and security applications. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13381.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13382.php Samsung Electronics announced that its new Semiconductor Research and Development Center has started advanced logic process development, an important part of Samsung's drive in the foundry business. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13382.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13388.php Cambrios Technologies Corporation, an electronic materials company commercializing ClearOhm coating material for producing transparent conductive films, announced today that the company has received investments totaling $14.5 million in a first closing of its Series D Financing Round. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13388.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13390.php HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13390.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13393.php In the future, competencies for the production of high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) will be concentrated in Somerset, New Jersey. Operational activities at the BASF Fuel Cell GmbH site in Frankfurt, Germany, will be discontinued effective December 31, 2009. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13393.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13395.php Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc. announced today that it will be working with the United States Army to develop a next-generation battery system for the hybrid version of the iconic High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee), known as the XM1124 Humvee. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13395.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13350.php Marco Beckmann, CEO of Nanostart AG, the global nanotechnology investment company based in Frankfurt, will be presenting the company and its portfolio holdings to an audience of approx. 80 selected investors and analysts on November 5 in New York City's Manhattan Club. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13350.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13357.php NanoLogix, Inc. announces that the company has recently filed BNP (BioNanoPore) national patent applications in China, Japan, India, Brazil, Russia and the EU. These applications were filed in order to obtain intellectual property protection for the company's technology in countries viewed as representing the largest potential international market for BNP rapid detection, a revolutionary sandwiched-membrane Petri-based technology that can reduce microorganism detection times by 100-400%. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13357.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13358.php Particulate Systems, a brand of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, and Surface Measurement Systems Limited are pleased to announce a Global Strategic Collaboration starting October 2009. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13358.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13360.php Ampulse Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of solar cell solutions based on proprietary and patented crystalline-silicon (c-Si) thin-film technology, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series A funding co-led by Globespan Capital Partners and El Dorado Ventures, and joined by existing investors Battelle Ventures and its affiliate fund, Innovation Valley Partners. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13360.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13361.php This week, NanoSight, providers of unique nanoparticle characterisation technology, attended the fourth annual UK NanoForum and Emerging Technologies conference and exhibition which brought together over 100 senior international delegates and 350 UK delegates to network and identify potential business and collaboration opportunities in the world of nanotechnology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13361.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13365.php While neckties have been worn by medical professionals for centuries, they have been clinically proven to harbor enough harmful bacteria to transmit illness. Well before the swine flu outbreak, Florida-based SafeSmart developed a line of antimicrobial ties that has been widely accepted in healthcare, food service and other industries. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13365.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13366.php Just three weeks after G24 Innovations (G24i) successfully launched the world's first commercial application of Dye-Sensitive Solar Cells (DSSC), the global pioneer of DSSC announced that it has signed a formal agreement with three of China's most prestigious institutes to accelerate industrial development of the technology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13366.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13368.php ExxonMobil Chemical's affiliate TonenGeneral and Toray Industries have agreed to establish a global joint venture for the battery separator film business. It will develop, manufacture and sell lithium ion battery (LIB) separator film and introduce next-generation films to the market. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13368.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13376.php MemPro Ceramics Corporation received notice that The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the company a $147,000 grant to continue the development of innovative ceramic nanofiber technology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13376.php