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ASME and Pi Tau Sigma Honor Rensselaer Professor for Pioneering Work on 1D and 2D Nanomaterials

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) professor Nikhil Koratkar has been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and Pi Tau Sigma for his pioneering work in the synthesis, characterization, and applications of one-dimensional and two-dimensional nanomaterials.

13 May 2015

TiE50 Honors N12 Technologies with 2015 Top Start-up Award

N12 Technologies, Inc., a Cambridge -based startup that’s commercializing revolutionary nanotechnology to enhance composite materials has been selected 2015 TiE50 Top Start-up. The recognition was announced on Saturday, May 4th by the TiE50 organization. Selection for this recognition is keenly contested by thousands of technology startups worldwide and represents the best of the breed startups screened from more than 2,700 companies.

11 May 2015

Cellulose Nanofibres Not Harmful Says Study

Plant-based cellulose nanofibres do not pose a short-term health risk, especially short fibres, shows a study conducted in the context of National Research Programme "Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials" (NRP 64). But lung cells are less efficient in eliminating longer fibres.

11 May 2015

Cnano Completes $15 Million Series C Funding to Expand Carbon Nanotubes Manufacturing Operation

Cnano Technology Limited, a world-leader in the manufacturing and commercialization of high quality multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) products for the energy storage, structural and electronics industries, announced the completion of its $15 million Series C funding.

21 Apr 2015

Suntech and TCNT Develop Low-Cost Carbon Nanotube Photovoltaic Module Frame

Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. (Suntech) announced today that in partnership with Taiwan Carbon Nanotube Technology Corporation (TCNT), it has successfully developed the world's first low-cost and highly reliable carbon nanotube photovoltaic module frame. Suntech and TCNT have partnered together, merging Suntech's high-quality and high-efficient photovoltaic modules with TCNT's high-strength carbon nanotubes to deliver a new high-end, cost-saving technology to the solar industry.

17 Apr 2015

Inexpensive, Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor to Detect Rotting Meat

MIT chemists have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine whether the meat in their grocery store or refrigerator is safe to eat.

16 Apr 2015

Graphene and CNT Research with Renishaw's Raman Instruments at the University of Manchester

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, reports on the use of Raman spectroscopy in the study of graphene by the Casiraghi Group located at the University of Manchester's Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Laboratory.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 14 Apr 2015

New Method to Predict How Carbon Nanotubes are Formed

Matt Maschmann, a researcher at the University of Missouri (MU), has developed a method to predict the way in which carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are formed.

10 Apr 2015

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Researchers have succeeded in developing a technique for spontaneous insertion of carbon nanotube (CNT) into synthetic and natural cell membranes to create pores imitating biological channels.

10 Apr 2015

Simple, Scalable Method to Purify Arrays of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

The exceptional properties of tiny molecular cylinders known as carbon nanotubes have tantalized researchers for years because of the possibility they could serve as a successors to silicon in laying the logic for smaller, faster and cheaper electronic devices.

9 Apr 2015

Carbon Nanotubes News

ASME and Pi Tau Sigma Honor Rensselaer Professor for Pioneering Work on 1D and 2D Nanomaterials

TiE50 Honors N12 Technologies with 2015 Top Start-up Award

Cellulose Nanofibres Not Harmful Says Study

Cnano Completes $15 Million Series C Funding to Expand Carbon Nanotubes Manufacturing Operation

Suntech and TCNT Develop Low-Cost Carbon Nanotube Photovoltaic Module Frame

Inexpensive, Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor to Detect Rotting Meat

Graphene and CNT Research with Renishaw's Raman Instruments at the University of Manchester

New Method to Predict How Carbon Nanotubes are Formed

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Simple, Scalable Method to Purify Arrays of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon Dioxide to 3D Printed Carbon Nanocomposites: A Sustainable Innovation

Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles: Boosting T Cell Activation in Cancer Therapy

Emergent Quantum Phenomena in Self-Organized Graphene Systems

Harnessing Biology for Sustainable Energy Production

Feasibility Study with Evonik Confirms LEON’s FR-JET Technology’s Performance in Advanced Nanoparticle Manufacturing for Drug Delivery

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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