Posted on: Nov 12th, 2009
Looking sharp and looking for light - Berkeley Lab researchers have engineered a new class of bowtie-shaped devices that capture, filter and steer light at the nanoscale. These 'nano-colorsorter' devices act as antennae to focus and sort light in tiny spaces, a useful technique for harvesting broadband light for color-sensitive filters and detectors.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Physicists at the University Stuttgart discovered that tiny holes make metal opaque.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
New research from North Carolina State University shows that silicon nanowires are far more resilient than their larger counterparts, a finding that could pave the way for smaller, sturdier nanoelectronics, nanosensors, light-emitting diodes and other applications.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
For her outstanding achievements in developing new catalytic concepts in organic synthesis Professor Dr. Sanford has won the BASF Catalysis Award 2009.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Researchers have have developed a catalyst that converts methane to methanol in a simple and efficient process.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
The 'Bioinspired nanosystems and nanomaterials' NanoSWEC (Nano South-West European Conference ) Workshop aimed at gathering all the disciplines involved in bio inspired and bio mimetic approaches to conceive new systems and materials.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Edinburgh Napier’s new Centre for Nano Safety has been set up to identify whether a variety of nanoparticles can enter the human body - as well as other species such as bacteria, insects and plants - and cause harm.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Am 11. November 2009 erhielten die beiden Physiker Rainer Blatt und Ignacio Cirac fuer ihre Arbeiten zu Quantenkommunikation und Quantencomputer in Oberkochen, Deutschland, den Carl-Zeiss-Forschungspreis 2009
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Today, basic units of computer chips are often thinner than a human hair. However, electric current flow is determined not only by the semiconductor components, but also by their interconnects. Dr. Regina Hoffmann from the KIT Physical Institute studies the structure and electronic properties of these nanocontacts and has now been the first researcher in Karlsruhe to be awarded the renowned ERC Starting Grant of the European Research Council for her project.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Within the framework of the conference series 'Commercialization of Future Technologies: Investment Opportunities in the Nanotechnology Region of Eastern Germany,' Germany Trade and Invest is presenting opportunities for Russian companies and research institutes in the field of nanotechnology in Eastern Germany with an investor event in St. Petersburg on November 12, 2009.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that its majority owned subsidiary, Unidym, Inc., has entered into a joint development agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading maker of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, to extend their successful collaboration into a third year.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
In den naechsten fuenf Jahren wird das Forschungsprojekt Graphenochem mit ueber 1,4 Millionen Euro gefoerdert.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Y-Carbon, Inc. announced today that it was chosen as a 2009 Company to Watch by the Enterprise Awards of the Eastern Technology Council.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce that a further AIX 200/4 RF-S MOCVD system has been installed and successfully started operation at Tokuyama R+D center in Tsukuba, Japan.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Ultra-high-density data storage is now a step closer thanks to an advance in device fabrication achieved by Bao-Yu Zong and co-workers from the Data Storage Institute of A*STAR in Singapore.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
Providing insight into a frustrating inconsistency in the performance of electronics made with organic materials, Stanford researchers have shown that the way boundaries between individual crystals in a film are aligned can make a 70-fold difference in how easily current, or electrical charges, can move through transistors.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
University of Toronto researchers continue to uncover the mysteries of space. But even the best astronauts in the world are stymied if the spaceship doesn't launch.
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Posted on: Nov 11th, 2009
The Swiss-Japanese partnership supports scientists in both countries when carrying out medical research. ETH researcher Takashi Ishikawa's project demonstrates the benefits of this. Researchers can now apply again with new projects.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Argonne National Laboratory have refined a technique to manufacture solar cells by creating tubes of semiconducting material and then 'growing' polymers directly inside them. The method has the potential to be significantly cheaper than the process used to make today's commercial solar cells.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create faster and more compact circuits and computer chips.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers use sculptured thin films.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Clemson University is part of a five-year $3 million Air Force Office of Scientific Research award, along with the University of Texas at Dallas and Yale University, to search for nanoscale materials that superconduct to allow for efficient flow of a current.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech research and development institutions, introduces STOBA (self-terminated oligomers with hyper-branched architecture), the first material technology to enhance the safety of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
DCG Systems, Inc. today announced major additions to its comprehensive range of integrated diagnostic tools designed to meet the complex challenges facing manufacturers of today's advanced 32 nm device technologies.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
This fully integrated surface characterization tool is designed to meet the demands of surface engineers whether working in cutting-edge research and development of new surface chemistries or dealing with routine characterization of surfaces, thin films and coatings.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
n work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has combined DNA's talent for self-assembly with the remarkable electronic properties of carbon nanotubes, thereby suggesting a solution to the long-standing problem of organizing carbon nanotubes into nanoscale electronic circuits.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
These reports were published as part of the Nanotechnology Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Program, which is managed by Safe Work Australia for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
The goal of Photonion is to develop new analytical devices based on the mass spectroscopic method invented at Helmholtz Zentrum München in order to be able to directly analyze complex organic gases, liquids or solid materials.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
With the support of a $2.7 million Recovery Act grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) an interdisciplinary team headed by Vanderbilt chemist John McLean and physicist John Wikswo will attempt to determine whether an individual's white blood cells retain chemical memories of exposure to drugs like cocaine and alcohol that can be read reliably and unambiguously.
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