DNA nanotechnology has become one of the great hopes of molecular manufacturing in which large-scale objects could potentially be assembled from the most basic building blocks, atom-by-atom. Research is slowly revealing that many of the ...
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On August 15, AIXTRON SE announced that the University of Cincinnati (UC), USA, has ordered a new BM system to further develop its longstanding research into carbon nanotubes (CNT). The system set up for handling 4-inch substrates has been ...
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Surrey NanoSystems' unique nanotechnology processing know-how has been used to deposit the world's blackest material on lightweight, temperature-sensitive substrates. Its new 'super black' coating can be applied to optical instruments for ...
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Manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group also wants to ride the upcoming wave of wearable tech, and has unveiled a wristband that can monitor a user's health and sync with a smartphone. When worn, the wristband can monitor a user's ...
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Over the last decade, nanotechnology has found its way into almost all sectors. Nanolayers are finding applications in wind turbines to improve the aerodynamics and prevent surface icing. Moreover, microelectronics these days are largely ...
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US scientists have created a bright efficient area light source to compete with fluorescent tubes and OLEDs, it is claimed. Developed at Wake Forest University of North Carolina, the field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) is a ...
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US scientists have created a bright efficient area light source to compete with fluorescent tubes and OLEDs, it is claimed. Developed at Wake Forest University of North Carolina, the field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) is a ...
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Graphene sales growing at 40%, to pass $125m by 2020 22 Jan 2013 However, manufacturers will mostly remain in the lab, says Lux Research. Graphene, touted as the next wonder material because of its extraordinary properties, will grow ...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been utilised to enhance the performance of water desalination technology. In particular, the smooth channels of CNTs facilitate improved flux in desalination. The application of CNTs in desalination is expected ...
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Scientists from IIT Delhi have developed nanocomposite fibres which have unique features of self-cleaning, dyeability, toughness and thermal stability. Prof. Mangala Joshi, Department of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi, told ...
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Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor ...
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The true hurdle of solar technology is being able to produce solar cells efficiently and at low cost. The present world technology doesn’t make solar cell production a bargain, but a new prototype by researchers at Stanford University ...
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At the Asia Pacific Coatings Show from September 19 to 20 in Jakarta, BYK additives & Instruments will be presenting additive solutions for the coatings and printing inks industry. The areas of focus at this year's show cover the themes: ...
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IBM has hit a milestone in its quest to come up with a successor to silicon computer chips. The company said its research into semiconductors based on carbon nanotubes, or CNTs, has yielded a new method to accurately place them on wafers ...
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The new technology can feed a number of parallel optical data streams into a single fiber IBM has developed a new chip which will use light rather than electrical signals to transmit the data for future computing speeding up internet data ...
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