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Acquisition Expands Agilent's Growing Portfolio of Particle Analysis Solutions

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has acquired Particle Sizing Systems, a privately held company that designs and manufactures instruments that measure the particle size and stability in materials ranging from...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 9 Jul 2008

Thin-Film Photovoltaics Market will Produce 26 Gigawatts by 2015

According to NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 and will generate well over $20 billion in revenues...

8 Jul 2008

Applied Materials Breaks New Ground for Construction of New Singapore Operations Facility

At a ceremony today, Economic Development Board Chairman Lim Siong Guan, Applied Materials executives, and U.S. Ambassador Patricia Herbold broke ground for the construction of a new Singapore operations facility that will serve as a hub for Applied's business activities throughout Asia.

From Applied Materials Inc. 8 Jul 2008

SUSS MicroTec Successfully Installs Gamma Coating Cluster at Replisaurus Technologies

SUSS MicroTec, supplier of innovative solutions for the 3D, MEMS, Advanced Packaging and Nanotechnology markets, announced today that it has shipped and successfully installed a Gamma coating cluster at Replisaurus Techn...

8 Jul 2008

Scientists Discover New High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Nano-Material

In cooperation with their US co-workers, CAS researchers recently discovered a new nano-material with high-capacity hydrogen storage. Their work was published in a recent issue of Physics Review Letter.

8 Jul 2008

Sensor Will Be Useful in Airports and Other High-Risk Areas

Chemical and Environmental Engineering Professor Yushan Yan is part of a multidisciplinary team working to develop an "electronic nose" - an ultra-sensitive sensor system that is designed to quickly detect trace quantities of explosives in high-traffic high-risk security areas, such as airports.

8 Jul 2008

Amorphous Materials Deform and Flow Through Collective Movement of Their Particles

Scientists at CNRS-affiliated laboratories(1) in Bordeaux, Lyon and Paris have provided the first proof that amorphous materials, also known as soft glasses, deform and flow through a collective movement of their particles.

8 Jul 2008

Nanotechnology from Concept to Commercialization

Nanotechnology promises to transform key sectors of the global economy and both Indiana and the Midwest are poised to play a crucial role, according to Todd Vare, a partner with Barnes + Thornburg LLP and co-chair of the...

8 Jul 2008

Nanoparticle Carrying Payload of Chemotherapy Homes in on Metastasis

A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to sur...

8 Jul 2008

Conferences Taking Place in Parallel with MATERIALICA 2008

Pioneering technological developments are decisive factors for national and international growth and global competitiveness. Moreover, new technologies require a dialog that incorporates other industries and processes. T...

8 Jul 2008

New Nanotechnology Could Lead to Innovation in Digital Imaging

Led by Sri Sridhar, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, a team of researchers from the university's Electronic Materials Research Institute has published research that has resulted in a new breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, the study of light at the nanoscale level. Utilizing nanomanufacturing processes, the researchers were able to develop an optical microlens with a step-like surface, instead of a smooth surface, that has the capacity to operate at infrared frequencies using the novel phenomenon of negative index refraction.

8 Jul 2008

Automated Cleaning Technology Increases Device Reliability for MEMS Industry

Eco-Snow Systems, an affiliate of The Linde Group, has developed automated cleaning technology for the Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) industry that helps reduce defect rates and increase device reliability. ...

8 Jul 2008

PANalytical and Malvern Instruments Celebrate Opening of Their New Headquarters

On 23 May 2008, the PANalytical and Malvern Panalytical US teams celebrated the opening of their new headquarters. The sister companies now share state of the art facilities in Westborough, MA.

From Malvern Panalytical 8 Jul 2008

Mapping Electrical Properties with Nanoscopic Detail

A new way to help technologists develop efficient and inexpensive plastic electronic devices, such as plastic solar cells and a new type of transistor was showcased by physicist Andrea Liscio, who is supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) through the EUROCORES programme SONS 2 (Self-Organised NanoStructures), at the EMRS (European Material Research Society) Spring Meeting held in Strasbourg, France at the end of May.

8 Jul 2008

New Range of SEMs from FEI Offer Sub-Nanometer Resolution

With its announcement today of the Magellan Family, FEI Company introduced a new class of instruments called extreme high-resolution scanning electron microscopes (XHR SEMs). The Magellan XHR SEM allows scientists and engineers to quickly see things they could not see before, such as 3D surface images at many different angles and at resolutions below one nanometer.

8 Jul 2008