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PANalytical to Launch New Products and Applications at PITTCON

New products and applications. That’s what attendees at this year’s PITTCON Conference & Expo can expect from PANalytical, the world’s leading X-ray analysis company.

22 Feb 2008

Gold May Hold Key to Better and Cheaper Solar Cells

The electrons in nanoparticles of noble metal oscillate together apace with the frequency of the light. This phenomenon can be exploited to produce better and cheaper solar cells, scientists at Chalmers University of Tec...

22 Feb 2008

Nanoparticles of Noble Metals Used to Produce Improved Solar Cells

22 Feb 2008

New Type of High Brightness, Continuous Spectrum Light Sources to be Used in Spectroscopy, Biological Imaging, Scientific Research or Photoresist Testing

Energetiq Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of specialized short-wavelength light products for advanced technology applications, will introduce a revolutionary technology at the 2008 SPIE Advanced Lithograph...

From Energetiq Technology 21 Feb 2008

Nanoscience Research Center Dedicated at University of Oregon

University of Oregon students crossing a grassy oval in the Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex this spring will be surprised to learn that, under their feet, researchers are operating millions of dollars worth of delicate hi...

20 Feb 2008

Bacterial Infections Diagnosed Using Nanotechnology

A new technique developed by a University of Central Florida chemist will help physicians more quickly identify the bacterial infections patients have so they can be treated in hours instead of days. As more bacterial...

20 Feb 2008

Measurement of Copper Levels in Zinc Oxide Nanowires to give Better Understanding of Optical and Electrical Properties of the Nanowires

Chemists have measured significant amounts of copper incorporated into zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires during fabrication. The issue is important because copper plays a significant—but not well-understood—role in important optical and electrical properties of the nanowires

20 Feb 2008

Nanometrics Ships 1,000th Integrated Metrology System

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced the 1,000th shipment of its Integrated Metrology® (IM) system, highlighting the company&rsqu...

20 Feb 2008

Tiny Camera Lenses, Cell Phone Displays and Microscale Fluidic Devices to lead from Nanoparticle Embedded Liquid Discovery

The contact angle of a droplet of nanofluid solution changes when exposed to an electric field. The phenomenon could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays and other microscale fluidic devices.

20 Feb 2008

Photonic Crystal Filter Clears up Fibre Optic Communcations

Researchers have come up with a potentially perfect way to sort and distribute the massive amounts of data that travel daily over optical fibers to people throughout the world. The new technology, a three-dimensional photonic crystal add-drop filter, promises greatly enhanced transmission of multiple wavelength channels (wavelengths of light) traveling along the same optical fiber.

19 Feb 2008