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Carbon Nanotube-Based Supercapacitors All Fast Charging of Electronic Devices

Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by UC San Diego engineers could lead to carbon nanotube-based supercapacitors that could do just this.

22 Nov 2009

NIEHS Funds Research into Health and Safety Aspects of Nanoparticles

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to t...

22 Nov 2009

Graphene-Like Porous Polymer with Atomic Accuracy

Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by "building in" specific arrays of holes in their structure.

22 Nov 2009

Vibration in Nanostructures Nay Have Practical Uses in Biological Sensing

Vibrations in nanostructures offer applications in molecular-scale biological sensing and ultrasensitive mass detection. To approach single-atom sensing, it is necessary to reduce the dimensions of the structures to the nanometer scale while preserving long-lived vibrations.

22 Nov 2009

High Resolution Photoresist Film Suited to 20nm Semiconductors

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a high resolution photoresist (photo-sensitive film) essential for future application of EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography in semiconductor fabrication, and proved its viability with the world's first 20nm-scale generation process technology.

22 Nov 2009

Brookhaven Researcher Wins Award for Research into the Chemistry of Nanostructures

Stanislaus S. Wong, a scientist with a joint appointment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University, has won the Buck-Whitney Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Eastern New York Section. The award recognizes excellent original contributions to pure and applied chemistry.

22 Nov 2009

Successful Printing of Nanoparticle Copper Inks onto Commercial Paper

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT) announced that it has successfully inkjet printed its nanoparticle copper inks onto commercially available paper substrates forming highly conductive patterns for electronic ...

20 Nov 2009

Researcher Reviews Challenges for Nanoscale Devices for Future Electronics

New nanoscale materials and devices are required to replace the silicon transistor that's at the heart of today's semiconductors, but to build these new devices, researchers will have to be able to measure the thickness - if that's the right word - of layers consisting of only a few atoms, according to a UT Dallas researcher.

20 Nov 2009

Universal Display Corp Strengthens Collaboration to Create Flexible PHOLED Displays

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL), an innovator behind today's and tomorrow's displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent OLED technology, and the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at A...

20 Nov 2009

CRAIC Microspectrometer Control and Spectral Analysis Software Compatible with Windows 7

CRAIC Technologies, the leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microspectroscopy solutions for science and industry, announced Windows™ 7 compatibility of its MINERVA microspectrometer control and spectral analysis software.

From CRAIC Technologies 19 Nov 2009

New Multi-Axis Stages for Super-Resolution Microscopy from PI

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. -- the inventor of Piezo-Z focusing systems—has added two new multi-axis stages for super-resolution microscopy applications, providing highly accurate motion with sub-nanometer resolution over travel ranges of 200 µm in XY and XYZ.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 19 Nov 2009

LINPAC Packaging Wins Manufacturer of the Year Award

LINPAC Packaging, the plastic food packaging division of LINPAC Group, has won a 2009 UK Manufacturer of the Year Award. Another LINPAC Group company, LINPAC Storage Systems - a business unit of the LINPAC Allibert divis...

19 Nov 2009

ITSA and ASM TSS to Aggressively Promote Thermal Spray Technology to Industry

The International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA) and the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS) have announced a cooperative effort to aggressively promote the adoption of thermal spray technology throughout industry. Bot...

From ASM International 19 Nov 2009

SMD Disk Varistors: Sample Kit with Varistors for Transient Voltage Suppression up to 385 Volts

TDK-EPC, a group company of TDK Corporation, presents a new sample kit with EPCOS SMD CU varistors. The electrical parameters of these CTVS (ceramic transient voltage suppression) components correspond to the leaded disk varistors of the proven EPCOS series SIOV-S05 in case size 3225 and SIOV-S07 in case size 4032.

19 Nov 2009

Sandvik to Supply Materials Handling System to RWE Power AG

Sandvik Mining and Construction has signed an agreement with the energy company RWE Power AG in the Netherlands for a turnkey materials-handling system. The value of the order is approximately 650 MSEK and comprises ...

19 Nov 2009

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Carbon Nanotube-Based Supercapacitors All Fast Charging of Electronic Devices

NIEHS Funds Research into Health and Safety Aspects of Nanoparticles

Graphene-Like Porous Polymer with Atomic Accuracy

Vibration in Nanostructures Nay Have Practical Uses in Biological Sensing

High Resolution Photoresist Film Suited to 20nm Semiconductors

Brookhaven Researcher Wins Award for Research into the Chemistry of Nanostructures

Successful Printing of Nanoparticle Copper Inks onto Commercial Paper

Researcher Reviews Challenges for Nanoscale Devices for Future Electronics

Universal Display Corp Strengthens Collaboration to Create Flexible PHOLED Displays

CRAIC Microspectrometer Control and Spectral Analysis Software Compatible with Windows 7

New Multi-Axis Stages for Super-Resolution Microscopy from PI

LINPAC Packaging Wins Manufacturer of the Year Award

ITSA and ASM TSS to Aggressively Promote Thermal Spray Technology to Industry

SMD Disk Varistors: Sample Kit with Varistors for Transient Voltage Suppression up to 385 Volts

Sandvik to Supply Materials Handling System to RWE Power AG

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