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JPK Instruments Reports On researchers from Kanazawa University in Japan

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how researchers from Kanazawa University in Japan have used the NanoWizard®3 AFM...

From Bruker BioAFM 30 Jul 2013

Demand for Nanophotonic-Based Led Devices Drive Global Nanophotonic Devices Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 2013 Global Nanophotonic Devices Market report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 29 Jul 2013

New Market Report on Femtosecond Lasers for Cataract Surgery

Cataract surgery lasers markets at $572 million in 2012 are anticipated to reach $1.1 billion by 2013 and forecast to reach $2.4 billion dollars by 2019.

26 Jul 2013

Electrically Driven Laser Devices Realized by Utilizing Carbon Dot-Supported Silver Nanoparticles

Considerable improvement in device performance of polymer-based optoelectronic devices is reported today by researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea. The new plasmonic material, can be applied to both polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) and polymer solar cells (PSCs), with world-record high performance, through a simple and cheap process.

23 Jul 2013

Nanotechnology Researchers Develop Solar-Powered Sterilization System

Rice University nanotechnology researchers have unveiled a solar-powered sterilization system that could be a boon for more than 2.5 billion people who lack adequate sanitation. The “solar steam” sterilization system uses nanomaterials to convert as much as 80 percent of the energy in sunlight into germ-killing heat.

23 Jul 2013

DNA Origami Technique to Develop Nano-Lenses

Recently we noted an extensive review of the use of DNA scaffolds to orient molecules for molecular studies, as this capability could lead to organizing functional components for atomically precise manufacturing (APM).

20 Jul 2013

New Technique to Make Actual Nanoscale Measurements of Plasmonic Nanomaterials

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have shown how to make nanoscale measurements of critical properties of plasmonic nanomaterials—the specially engineered nanostructures that modify the interaction of light and matter for a variety of applications, including sensors, cloaking (invisibility), photovoltaics and therapeutics.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Jul 2013