Dr. Cameron Chai

Market Analyst Dissects Global Nano-medicine Market

Nano-deposition Layering Technology to Create Solid State Spectrophotometer Calibration Filters

Spectrophotometer calibration involves using a calibration standard or filter to verify the precision of the light source. The technique is vital to verify the effective functioning of the spectrophotometer and the measurements.

Vaults Enclosing Nanodisks of Drugs for Nanomedical Applications

Research Project to Study Carbon Nanotubes Impact on Electrical Conductivity in Composite Materials

Australian materials company, Quickstep Holdings is collaborating in a European program to study the use of nanotechnology in enhancing the properties of composites deployed in the transportation sector.

Consumer speak on Nanotechnology in Food and Food Packaging

The FSA has recently brought out a report on the nanotechnology applications in food and food packaging. The survey asked consumers to air their views on nanotechnology.

Market Analyst Publishes Report on Nanotechnology’s Impact on Solar Energy

Research and Markets has recently included the ‘Nanotech: Making Photovoltaics Possible,’ report in its catalog. Photovoltaics means producing electricity from light.

Semiconductor Nanocrystals Display Plasmonic Properties

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has discovered that semiconductor nanocrystals called quantum dots can display plasmonic properties.

Researchers to Engineer a Selection Process for Nanoscale Materials to Create Nanocrystals of Desired Shapes

A team of researchers led byYu Huang, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has developed a way for manufacturing nano-crystals with pre-designed shapes with surfactantsand biomolecules that attach themselves selectively to particular facets of the crystal surface.

Spherical Ammonia Oxidizing Archaeon from Soil Ensures Nitrogen Fixation

Christa Schleper, head of the department of Genetics in Ecology at the University of Vienna, along with a few other colleagues, have obtained an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil, which is available in its pure form.

Electrical Properties of Graphene with Magnetism Could have Interesting Applications in Spintronics

A team led by the Physics Professor Michael S. Fuhrer of the UMD Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials at University of Maryland have devised a method to monitor magnetic properties of graphene that could lead to magnetic storage and magnetic random access memory applications.