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Nano-Sizing System Enables Rapid Size Determination of Quantum Dots and Nanoparticles

Paraytec Ltd. has announced a new application note that demonstrates how its ActiPix HT Nano-Sizing System has been used to rapidly determine the hydrodynamic radius of a series of quantum dot and nanoparticle samples.

25 Aug 2009

Tiny Semiconductor Crystals Displaying New Magnetic Functions at Room Temperature

That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and large, processi...

20 Aug 2009

Researchers Modify "Cornell Dots" to Make the World's Tiniest Laser

Researchers have modified nanoparticles known as "Cornell dots" to make the world's tiniest laser -- so small it could be incorporated into microchips to serve as a light source for photonic circuits. The device may also have applications for sensors, solar collectors and in biomedicine.

17 Aug 2009

Highly Sensitive Test to Look for DNA Attachments using Nanotechnology

Using tiny crystals called quantum dots, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a highly sensitive test to look for DNA attachments that often are early warning signs of cancer.

17 Aug 2009

New Method for Electrically Measuring Quantum State of a Semiconductor Artificial Molecule

Under a targeted basic research program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Hiroshi Imamura of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Nobuhiko Yokoshi of JST have d...

11 Aug 2009

Making High Volume Synthesis of Tetrapod Quantum Dots a Reality

Hague Corp.'s (OTC Bulletin Board: HGUE), wholly owned subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies today announced that it is initiating the next phase in its plan to make high volume synthesis of tetrapod quantum dot...

29 Jul 2009

Solterra Renewable Technologies Signs Worldwide Licensing Agreement with University of Arizona

Hague Corp.'s (OTC Bulletin Board: HGUE.OB), wholly owned subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies today announced an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with the University of Arizona for the patented, intelle...

27 Jul 2009

Researchers Combine Two Nanoparticles in One Tiny Package

Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses - imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers at the University of Washington have combined two nanoparticles in one tiny package.

27 Jul 2009

New and Better Way to Deliver and Monitor Proteins, Medicine, DNA

Working with atomic-scale particles known as quantum dots, a Missouri University of Science and Technology biologist hopes to develop a new and better way to deliver and monitor proteins, medicine, DNA and other molecule...

24 Jul 2009

Quantum Dot-Based Method for Analysis of DNA Methylation

One of the earliest events that changes a normal cell into a malignant one is known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hypermethylation, a biochemical alteration that inactivates critical tumor-suppressor genes. A team of in...

21 Jul 2009