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Perfect Lithium Seeks Patent for Technology to Boost Performance of Nano-Scale Ceramic Powders

Vancouver-based Perfect Lithium Corp. ("Perfect Lithium or the "Company") has filed patents for its innovative materials processing technology. These novel methods have the potential to reduce energy storage costs ($/kWh) of lithium-ion battery materials by as much as 50%.

4 Apr 2013

Study Demonstrates Great Potential of Nanowire-Based Solar Cells

Scientists from the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institut, Denmark and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity. The results are surprising and the potential for developing a new type of highly efficient solar cells is great.

25 Mar 2013

mPhase Evaluates Integration of Graphene into Smart NanoBattery Technology

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (XDSL) said today it is evaluating the integration of graphene into its Smart NanoBattery Technology. The use of graphene could extend shelf life, enhance conductivity and improve the energy efficiency of electrodes.

From MyPebble 22 Mar 2013

New Nano-sized, Spinning Magnetic Droplets have Implications in Creating Spin-based Computers

Researchers have successfully created a magnetic soliton – a nano-sized, spinning droplet that was first theorized 35 years ago. These solitons have implications for the creation of magnetic, spin-based computers.

From North Carolina State University 15 Mar 2013

Bacterial Nanowires Require Key Amino Acids to Conduct Electricity

Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct electricity, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, on Tuesday, March 12.

13 Mar 2013

New Report on Nanotechnology in Energy Applications

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanotechnology in Energy Applications

13 Mar 2013

High-Efficiency Nanostructured Electron Source for Improved Microwave Communications

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, College Park, have built a practical, high-efficiency nanostructured electron source. Described in the journal Nanotechnology, this new, patent-pending technology could lead to improved microwave communications and radar, and more notably to new and improved X-ray imaging systems for security and health-care applications.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 6 Mar 2013

Gold Nanorods Promise a New Method of Harvesting Sun's Energy

A new method of harvesting the Sun's energy is emerging, thanks to scientists at UC Santa Barbara's Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials. Though still in its infancy, the research promises to convert sunlight into energy using a process based on metals that are more robust than many of the semiconductors used in conventional methods. The researchers' findings are published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

25 Feb 2013

New Nanoscale Engine to Generate Electricity from Waste Using Quantum Dots

A new type of nanoscale engine has been proposed that would use quantum dots to generate electricity from waste heat, potentially making microcircuits more efficient.

15 Feb 2013

Energy-Related Nanotechnology Research Presented at Energy Summit 2013

University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues at other institutions are investigating ways to harvest energy from such diverse sources as mechanical vibrations, wasted heat, radio waves, light and even movements of the human body.

14 Feb 2013