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LiqTech to Participate in Institute for Sustainable Process Technology Water Cluster

LiqTech International, Inc. is pleased to announce that LiqTech has been invited to participate in the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) water cluster with the intent to develop a commercial solution to treat oil emulsion challenges found in the upstream Oil & Gas industry.

11 Dec 2013

Novel Way to Realize Electrical Conductivity in Metal-Organic Framework Materials

Sandia National Laboratories researchers have devised a novel way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, a development that could have profound implications for the future of electronics, sensors, energy conversion and energy storage.

From Sandia National Laboratories 10 Dec 2013

Nanowire Solar Cells Demonstrate Better Efficiency Than Conventionally Textured Solar Cells

Boston-area company Bandgap Engineering, Inc., announced it has increased the average efficiency of standard, commercial solar cells by 0.4 percentage points, from 17.2% to 17.6%, just by replacing the standard surface texture with its nanowire technology.

10 Dec 2013

Fundamental New Insights About Stability of Nanoparticles

University of Oregon chemists studying the structure of ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles have captured fundamental new insights about their stability. The information, they say, could help to maintain a desired, integral property in nanoparticles used in electronic devices, where stability is important, or to design them so they readily condense into thin films for such things as inks or catalysts in electronic or solar devices.

10 Dec 2013

TUM Researchers Observe Degradation of Organic Solar Cells in Real Time

With the help of DESY’s X-ray light source PETRA III, researchers of Technische Universität München have, for the first time, watched organic solar cells degrade in real time. This work could open new approaches to increasing the stability of this highly promising type of solar cell.

10 Dec 2013

New Method for Accurate Determination of Nanomaterial Toxicity

EPFL researchers have developed a method for accurately determining the toxicity of nanomaterials. By using optical techniques, they are able to measure the concentration of the oxidizing substances produced by a damaged cell. Furthermore, this research also offers a new way to know more about the mechanisms of oxidative stress.

9 Dec 2013

Global Strategic Business Report on Sol-Gel Nanocoatings Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Sol-Gel Products - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 6 Dec 2013

A Way to Control and Increase Conductivity of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories have added something new to a family of engineered, high-tech materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): the ability to conduct electricity.

6 Dec 2013

Nanowire Lasers Could Help Develop More Energy-Efficient Sources of Light

Thread-like semiconductor structures called nanowires, so thin that they are effectively one-dimensional, show potential as lasers for applications in computing, communications, and sensing.

6 Dec 2013

New Report on Global Nanocoatings for the Automotive Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Nanocoatings for the Automotive Industry Report 2010-2020" report to their offering.

6 Dec 2013

Nanomaterials News

LiqTech to Participate in Institute for Sustainable Process Technology Water Cluster

Novel Way to Realize Electrical Conductivity in Metal-Organic Framework Materials

Nanowire Solar Cells Demonstrate Better Efficiency Than Conventionally Textured Solar Cells

Fundamental New Insights About Stability of Nanoparticles

TUM Researchers Observe Degradation of Organic Solar Cells in Real Time

New Method for Accurate Determination of Nanomaterial Toxicity

Global Strategic Business Report on Sol-Gel Nanocoatings Market

A Way to Control and Increase Conductivity of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Nanowire Lasers Could Help Develop More Energy-Efficient Sources of Light

New Report on Global Nanocoatings for the Automotive Industry

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

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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