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Two Chemical Engineering Professors Recognized for Technological Achievements

Two chemical engineering professors from The University of Texas at Austin have been recognized by President George W. Bush as 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureates, the nation's highest honor fo...

28 Aug 2008

Using LayTec's EpiCurve TT HR Sensor to Monitor Composition of AlGaN and InAlGaN Barrier Layers

At Ferdinand-Braun-Institute (FBH) in Berlin LayTec's EpiCurve®TT HR (High Resolution) sensor is successfully used to optimise the external quantum efficiency and the emission wavelength of LEDs for near UV spectral region. Dr. Arne Knauer and co-workers apply the sensor for monitoring of composition of AlGaN and InAlGaN barrier layers.

From LayTec GmbH 28 Aug 2008

Measuring the Thickness of Deposition Layer During OLED in-Line Evaporation

In collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) in Dresden, Germany, LayTec has adopted its spectral reflectometer EpiR DA to an OLED in-line evaporation system to monitor UV-VIS reflectivity spectra of individual layers during production process.

28 Aug 2008

Seminar Explains What is Green Nanotechnology

Making the average home and buildings both energy efficient and more pleasant to live in is getting a lot easier with advances in green nanotechnology. This seminar will explain what "green nanotechnology" ...

28 Aug 2008

First BioMark System for Genetic Analysis in the UK

Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), today announced that LGC, an international leader in laboratory services and measurement standards, has purchased a BioMark(TM) System for genetic...

28 Aug 2008

Company Continues to Expand Presence in Growing DSi Etch Market

Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced multiple orders for its 200 mm and 300 mm...

28 Aug 2008

Scientists Accomplished One of the Big Quests in Nanotechnology

A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers.

28 Aug 2008

Amtech Announces $7.5 Million Solar Order

Amtech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempres...

From Amtech Systems 28 Aug 2008

Avanta AC Offers Improved Processing Characteristics in Advanced Ceramic Nanopowder Manufacturing

SACHEM is expanding its Avanta AC(TM) product line by offering a new precipitating agent, Avanta AC(TM) 4210. The new product is featured in a white paper titled, “Novel Oxalate Precursors for Mixed Metal Oxide Syn...

28 Aug 2008

Centre Helps Alberta Entrepreneurs Move Nanotechnology Products to Market

Small or large companies and tech-savvy entrepreneurs that want to bring nanotechnology products to world markets can now access technical and business services thanks to a new leading-edge centre in Edmonton's Resea...

28 Aug 2008

NanoBusiness Alliance to Participate in Livingston Healthcare + Life Sciences Summit

The NanoBusiness Alliance today announced that Vice President Vincent Caprio will be participating in the debut of The Livingston Healthcare & Life Science Stakeholders Summit - "Capturing Trends and Global Outl...

From Nanobusiness Alliance 28 Aug 2008

Advances in Nanotechnology Crucial to Europe's Space Programm

The European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to survey nanotechnology capabilities in Europe. NPL's Nanomaterials group will lead a consortium to identify the next generation of nano and smart materials that will be used in future space missions.

28 Aug 2008

Findings May Point to New Materials to Get the Current Flowing at Higher Temperatures

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University, Tokyo University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Colorado, have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors - the temperature at which these materials carry electrical current with no resistance - cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.

28 Aug 2008

UV Microspectrophotometer Rapidly Differentiate Protein from Salt Crystals

Protein crystals have many uses ranging from basic research of the proteins themselves to controlling drug delivery, advanced drug design and even in bioseparation processes.

27 Aug 2008

Canada Opens First Nanotechnology Business and Product Development Centre

A new centre - unique in Canada - is helping Alberta technology companies turn their small tech innovations into market-ready products. The Alberta Centre for Advanced Micro and nanotechnology Products (ACAMP) offers adv...

27 Aug 2008