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Researchers "Plug" Molecular "Wire" Directly into Biological Photosynthetic System

Japanese researchers have now developed a new process to capture light energy with nearly equal efficiency. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, they "plug" a molecular "wire" directly into a biological photosynthetic system to efficiently conduct the free electrons to a gold electrode.

11 Feb 2009

Size and Mobility of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by weight, and without it, there would be no life on Earth. Depending on its crystal structure--how its atoms bond together--carbon can form several different substances, ranging from sooty coal to glittering diamonds to slippery-smooth graphite.

10 Feb 2009

Flexible Solar Cells - New and Exciting Way of Producing Energy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Flexible Solar Cells" to their offering. With the decline in the world's natural resources, the need for new ...

10 Feb 2009

Nanosized Crystals as Efficient Harvesters of Solar Radiation

A team of Los Alamos researchers led by Victor Klimov has shown that carrier multiplication-when a photon creates multiple electrons-is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation born of...

10 Feb 2009

SiliconBlue Technologies Announces Volume Shipments for 65nm SRAM-Based FPGAs

SiliconBlue Technologies today announced volume production shipments for its 65nm, SRAM-based FPGAs for handheld, ultra-low power applications. These include the iCE65L02, iCE65L04 and iCE65L08 devices with the balance of the family to follow in a few months.

9 Feb 2009

Leading ALD Systems Manufacturer Takes Part in Project Aiming at Increasing Efficiency of Solar Cells

Leading Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems manufacturer Picosun Oy, Finland, takes part in an EU funded research project aiming at dramatically increasing the efficiency of solar cells.

9 Feb 2009

Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Metal Oxide Arrays to Improve Lithium Battery Technology

Need to store electricity more efficiently? Put it behind bars. That's essentially the finding of a team of Rice University researchers who have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode mater...

9 Feb 2009

The Largest and Most Anticipated Nanotechnology Event in North America

We are just three months away from Nanotech 2009 Conference & Expo in Houston, Texas. We have received a record number of business and technical submissions for our conference program, which is a clear indication that the event will be an even bigger success than it was last year in Boston.

7 Feb 2009

Founder and CEO of Institute of Nanotechnology Announces Retirement

On the 31 st January 2009, Ottilia Saxl , founder of the Institute of Nanotechnology, announced her retirement after eleven years at the helm, first as a Director and then as CEO. Ottilia established the Institute in...

6 Feb 2009

University of Dayton Researcher Helps Find a Cheaper Way to Make Longer-Lasting Fuel Cells

Liming Dai, the University of Dayton's Wright Brothers Institute endowed chair in nanomaterials, and fellow scientists have taken a step toward a more efficient fuel cell that can be affordably mass-produced. They found that carbon nanotubes containing nitrogen are cheaper and work better than platinum in providing long-term fuel cell power.

5 Feb 2009