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Novel Nano-Dispenser Systems Uses Less Insecticide to Kill Citrus Greening Bugs

Researchers with the University of Florida and several other institutions have found a way in laboratory tests to use 200 times less insecticide and yet still kill as many insects that carry the devastating citrus greening bacterium.

21 Sep 2015

Physicists Induce Stable Ferroelectricity in Strontium Titanate Nanosheets

A team of physicists has defied conventional wisdom by inducing stable ferroelectricity in a sheet of strontium titanate only a few nanometers thick.

21 Sep 2015

Georgia Tech and JSNN Receive NNIN Award to Form Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor

To advance nanoscale science, engineering and technology research, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide a total of $81 million over five years to support 16 user facility sites and a coordinating office as part of a new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).

From Georgia Institute of Technology 21 Sep 2015

NSF Awards $5 Million Grant to Northwestern, UChicago for Collaborative Venture in Nanoscale Research

Northwestern University and the University of Chicago have received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a collaborative venture in nanoscale science, engineering and technology research.

21 Sep 2015

New Flitchio Smartphone Case with Game Controller Features Peratech Quantum Tunnelling Composite Pressure-Sensitive Sensors

Peratech, providers of pressure-based enabling technologies for innovating next generation human-machine interfaces, has announced that its Quantum Tunnelling Composite® pressure-sensitive sensors have been used in the new Flitchio™ smartphone case with built-in game controller. Instead of having control interfaces on the screen that obscure the screen area used for gaming, Flitchio has two shoulder buttons and two ultrathin joysticks on the back surface of the case.

From Peratech 21 Sep 2015

Global Market for Cellulose Nanoparticles Projected to Reach $808.30 Million by 2022

The Global market for Cellulose Nanoparticles accounted for $46.8 million in 2014 and is projected to reach $808.30 million by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 42.78% during the forecast period 2014-2022. The nano cellulose market has been raised by the commercial development driven by the ever-increasing prices of petroleum and the high-energy intensity in production of chemicals and synthetic polymers.

21 Sep 2015

Quantum Tunnelling Composite Technology Pioneer, Peratech, Completes £1 Million Investment Round

Peratech Holdco Ltd., a Yorkshire-based firm leading the field in new touch-technologies, has completed a £1million investment round which will see staff numbers grow in sales and engineering.

From Peratech 21 Sep 2015

Montana State University Awarded NSF Grant to Create New Nanotechnology Center

The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million for the creation of a new nanotechnology center at Montana State University.

21 Sep 2015

Drexel Students to Experience Co-Operative Learning at Korea's National NanoFab Center

Quality materials, reliable tools and talented artisan are the key ingredients of any successful workshop. When it comes to making electronics components and energy storage devices, discoveries emerge when new materials are used in advanced fabrication techniques. Students from Drexel University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology will soon be in the presence of both.

21 Sep 2015

Peratech Expands Resources at UK Headquarters to Address Demand for 3D Multi-Touch Solutions in Automotive Applications

Peratech, innovators in force touch technology, has announced that, in response to increasing customer enquiries from the automotive industry, it has expanded resources in its UK headquarters to service demand for its multi-touch and single-touch solutions in automotive electronics applications.

From Peratech 21 Sep 2015

Nanomaterials News

Novel Nano-Dispenser Systems Uses Less Insecticide to Kill Citrus Greening Bugs

Physicists Induce Stable Ferroelectricity in Strontium Titanate Nanosheets

Georgia Tech and JSNN Receive NNIN Award to Form Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor

NSF Awards $5 Million Grant to Northwestern, UChicago for Collaborative Venture in Nanoscale Research

New Flitchio Smartphone Case with Game Controller Features Peratech Quantum Tunnelling Composite Pressure-Sensitive Sensors

Global Market for Cellulose Nanoparticles Projected to Reach $808.30 Million by 2022

Quantum Tunnelling Composite Technology Pioneer, Peratech, Completes £1 Million Investment Round

Montana State University Awarded NSF Grant to Create New Nanotechnology Center

Drexel Students to Experience Co-Operative Learning at Korea's National NanoFab Center

Peratech Expands Resources at UK Headquarters to Address Demand for 3D Multi-Touch Solutions in Automotive Applications

Revolutionizing Superconductivity: 60K Temperature Findings

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

New Magnetic Nanodiscs for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

New High-Energy X-Ray Imaging Technique for Nanomaterials

Amino Acid-Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Therapeutic Potential

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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