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Applied Materials Achieves Number One Market Position in Solar Equipment

Applied Materials today held its 2009 financial analyst day in New York City. Applied's executive team discussed the company's plans for preserving its strong financial position in the current economic crisis whi...

From Applied Materials Inc. 18 Feb 2009

T-Solar Begins Volume Production of World's Largest Solar PV Modules using Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line

T-Solar Global S.A. announced today that it has begun volume production of the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) modules using a SunFab™ Thin Film Line supplied by Applied Materials, Inc.

From Applied Materials Inc. 18 Feb 2009

Nanometrics Appoints New CFO

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment to customers in the semiconductor, silicon wafer, data storage, solar photovoltaic and HB-LED industries, announc...

18 Feb 2009

New Imaging Technique Reveals Atomic Structure of Single Nanocrystal with Resolution of Less than One Angstrom

A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (l...

18 Feb 2009

Study Finds New, Less Costly Solar Cell Materials Can Meet Energy Demand

Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics, according to a new study from the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

17 Feb 2009

Efficiency of Thin Film Solar Cells for Homes and Buildings Reaches 7 Percent

In Vikram Dalal's 37 years of researching solar technology, the efficiency of thin film solar cells for homes and buildings has improved from 1 percent to about 7 percent.

17 Feb 2009

AIXTRON Receives Order for MOCVD Tools from China Based LED Manufacturer

AIXTRON AG announced today a triple order for MOCVD tools from Tonghui Electronics Corp., a new startup and China based manufacturer of LEDs. The order is for a AIX 2800G4 HT IC Planetary Reactor system, AIXTRON's fl...

From AIXTRON SE 17 Feb 2009

University Seeking Funding to Move Nano-Bio Engineering Projects From Lab to Marketplace

UNM is asking the state legislature for money to finish and equip empty space in the new Centennial Engineering Center for nano-bio engineering. The programs housed in this space will address the gap in transitioning tec...

17 Feb 2009

Texas Instruments Extends OMAP 3 Family with 45 nm Products to Address Broad Range of Mobile Performance Needs

To answer handset manufacturers' diverse requirements in the rapidly-evolving Smartphone and Mobile Internet Device (MID) markets, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced today that it has extended its popular OMAPTM 3 family with new 45 nanometer (nm) products.

16 Feb 2009

Researchers Develop High-Performance Organic-Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Kohjiro Hara and Nagatoshi Koumura, Research Scientists at AIST, have developed a high-performance dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on organic dye as part of the Grants-in-Aid Program for Scientific Research led by the New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (budget: about 5 billion yen).

16 Feb 2009