Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure
When someone says “nanotechnology” to me, I get very Star Trekkie. My ears begin to taper elvishly. My eyebrows arch inquisitively. I embrace a peculiar affection for sticking my head into an upturned bowl. I develop a fondness for soaring arias and cavorting with semi-clad women of an arable hue. But I have been corrupted by an unnatural relationship with ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Highly Efficient Solar Cells Could Result from Quantum Dot Research
AUSTIN, Texas—Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin. Chemistry Professor Xiaoyang Zhu. Photo by Marsha Miller. Zhu and his colleagues report their results in this week’s Science. ... Read More »
Nanofiber reinforced polymer composites
Nanostart ups stake in nanofiber reinforced polymer composites specialist BioMers. When it comes to state of the art technology and bio-tech developments, one can look no further than nanotechnology and its increasing uses in the medical world. A company focused on this very niche area of the bio-tech sector is Nanostart AG (FSE: NNS), a German based company that undertake ... Read More »
DRDO to set up nano foundry in Madras varsity Read more: DRDO to set up nano foundry in Madras varsity – Chennai – City – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/DRDO-to-set-up-nano-foundry-in-Madras-varsity/articleshow/6307654.cms#ixzz0waW0GqNB
CHENNAI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has agreed in principle to set up a nano foundry in collaboration with the University of Madras National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NCNN). According to W Selvamurthy, chief controller, research and development (life sciences), DRDO, the foundry would help convert knowledge into products. “We don’t want work on nanotechnology to be ... Read More »
The Nano World of Shrinky Dinks
Low-cost nanopatterning method utilizes popular shrinkable plastic. One programmable soft lithography recipe: (1) Start with a thermoplastic substrate. (2) Perform SANE. (3) Heat substrate. (4) Create different nanopatterns with same feature sizes. (5) Repeat. EVANSTON, Ill. — The magical world of Shrinky Dinks — an arts and crafts material used by children since the 1970s — has taken up residence ... Read More »
RUSNANO reveals the technology roadmap
RUSNANO reveals the technology roadmap “The use of nanotechnologies in the manufacturing of Light-emitting diodes”. The roadmap “The use of nanotechnologies in the manufacturing of Light-emitting diodes” describes the different types of light-emitting devices and compares their possible market future with trends observed currently in the light-emitting diodes (LED) segment. It also shows the most promising directions for further development ... Read More »
US: Cancer Nanotechnology in Imaging and Radiotherapy Physicians
A new NCI-funded Cancer Education and Career Development (R25) program at Northwestern University, “Cancer Nanotechnology in Imaging and Radiotherapy,” seeks M.D. applicants to begin program in July, 2010 or thereafter. This NCI-funded program will impart the necessary knowledge and skills to research-oriented radiologists and radiation oncologists who hope to participate in the process by which advances in nanotechnology research enter ... Read More »