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Konica Minolta and Universal Display Corporation Signs OLED Technology License Agreement

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., a company that leads the way in creating new value in the field of imaging, and Universal Display Corporation, a major force behind today's evolving displays and lighting with its Unive...

14 Aug 2008

Silicon Photonics Fast Becoming Commercial Reality

First-generation silicon photonics products are now available from a handful of suppliers, a development that promises to have major implications for a wide range of telecom and networking technologies, according to the ...

14 Aug 2008

Company Unveils Highly-Anticipated Details Behind Solar Cell Component

BioSolar, Inc. surprised attendees at today's SPIE Symposium on Solar Applications and Energy in San Diego by revealing that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company's proprietary BioBacksheet(TM), a protective covering, traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film, used in the back of virtually all photovoltaic solar cells.

13 Aug 2008

SEMATECH Engineers and Resist Suppliers Demonstrate CAR Platforms that Support 22nm Half-Pitch

SEMATECH engineers, working closely with researchers from major resist suppliers, have demonstrated chemically amplified EUV resist (CAR) platforms that support 22 nm half-pitch resolution and are close to resolving sub-...

13 Aug 2008

MCP Technology Creates New Inorganic Molecules for Custom Applications

Applied NanoWorks, an inorganic materials development company, announces the availability of MCP Technology™ for research and development, joint development agreements and material manufacturing applications. The M...

13 Aug 2008

Surrey NanoSystems to Support Fundamental Research into Oxide Materials

Romania's National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP) has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into oxide materials including piezoelectric and pyroelectric thin films, and photoelectrochemical cells to support the hydrogen economy.

From Surrey Nanosystems 13 Aug 2008

Developer of Nanotechnology-Based Products Ramps up with New Contracts and Facilities Expansion

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based solutions for displays and lighting, experienced significant growth in the first half of 2008, driven by increased momentum behind its Quantum Light(TM) product platform. M...

12 Aug 2008

New Metamaterial Could Help Form Nanocircuits for High-Powered Computers

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that could help form the basis for higher resolution optical imaging, nanocircuits for high-powered computers, and, to the delight of science-fiction and fantasy buffs, cloaking devices that could render objects invisible to the human eye.

11 Aug 2008

Research and Markets Releases Report on Electrospun Nanofibres

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Electrospun Nanofibres and their Applications" report to their offering. The report contains an array of colour diagrams, mathematical models, equatio...

11 Aug 2008

Nano-Sensors to Measure Emissions During China's Great Shutdown

As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs everyday industrial emissions.

9 Aug 2008