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Ultrasonic Systems Launches New High-Efficiency Spray System for Solar Applications

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 2:15pm
The Third Generation PV360 delivers high volume, precision coating for PV cell manufacturing requirements.
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Elucidation of bandgap factors for graphene nanoelectronics

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 2:15pm
Success in actualization of missing gap and elucidation of indeterminacy factors.
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Imec reports large-area silicon solar cells with high efficiency

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 2:15pm
At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%.
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INL Selects Vistec's Electron-Beam Lithography System EBPG5200 for Nanotechnology Research

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:15pm
Vistec Lithography, a leading supplier of advanced electron-beam lithography systems has announced today that the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) in Braga, Portugal has placed an order for Vistec's electron-beam lithography system EBPG5200.
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Electronic nose sniffs out bacteria

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:15pm
Early treatment of infection in burns patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from the tiny amounts of volatile gases they emit.
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Quantenmechanischer Zufallsgenerator

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:15am
Forscher haben ein Geraet konstruiert das mit echtem Zufall arbeitet. Ihre Apparatur liefert zufaellige Zahlen, die prinzipiell nicht vorhergesagt werden koennen, und zwar mit Hilfe der Quantenphysik.
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Elliot Scientific Introduces the New CRAIC Technologies 308 PV UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer to the UK

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:15am
Elliot Scientific have introduced the CRAIC Technologies 308 PV UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer as an accessory for microscopes and probe stations.
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Researchers create new self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repairs itself

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:15am
Molecules can turn sunlight into electricity and can be broken down and quickly reassembled.
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'Slow light' on a chip holds promise for optical communications

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 9:15am
A tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200.
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Institute for NanoBioTechnology's international research program sends second team of students to Belgium

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 9:15am
Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology supports university students to conduct research in an international setting. Their work, travel and housing expenses are funded through INBT with a National Science Foundation's International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program and through a partnership with The Inter-University MircroElectronics Centre (IMEC) in Leuven, Belgium.
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Google logo shows a buckyball today

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 9:15am
How cool is that - Google marks the discovery of the fullerene 25 years ago today, September 4, 1985, with a special Google logo on its site that includes a C60 structure.
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Ceramic foam for efficient thermal insulation

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 8:15am
The Institut for Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials develops ceramic foams intended for use as energy-efficient thermal insulations in blast furnaces, as bone substitutes and for the controlled release of active ingredients in medicine.
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Nanosys Opens Korean Facility to Support Recent Expansion in the Asian Market

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 6:15am
Nanosys Korea will continue the development of architected materials for electronics manufacturers and support the company's growing Korean and Asian customer base.
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Zinc oxide snowflakes

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 6:15am
Modelling zinc oxide nanoparticle formation could provide new insights into how snowflakes form as well as aiding nanoscale device research, say Chinese scientists.
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Electronics from a printer - of electronic radio tags and lighting wallpapers

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 5:15am
Glucose meters and the appropriate test strips for diabetics are expensive. This however might change, since scientists at the Institute of Printing Science and Technology (IDD) at TU Darmstadt are working on a sensor making the electronic devices considerably cheaper. The new sensor is not based on silicon as conducting material, but on plastics.
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Mapping state lines

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 5:15am
A network of filamentary conducting paths is behind the transition between insulating and conducting states in complex oxides.
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Swiss study on nanotechnology in the food sector now available in English

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 3:15am
The study 'Nanotechnology in the Food Sector', commissioned by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS, is now available in English. The study provides an overview of nanomaterials already used in the food sector with a focus on the Swiss market and an analysis of the existing legal framework.
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German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment publishes three new reports on nanotechnology

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 3:15am
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has recently published three new reports on nanotechnology: a Delphi study on nanotechnology, a report on Perception of Nanotechnology in Internet-based Discussions, and Risk Perception of Nanotechnology - Analysis of Media Coverage.
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Chemists, engineers fabricate the fastest graphene transistor to date

Nanowerk - Wed, 09/08/2010 - 3:15am
A UCLA team, led by professor of chemistry and biochemistry Xiangfeng Duan, has developed a new fabrication process for graphene transistors using a nanowire as the self-aligned gate.
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10 French High-Tech Organizations to Present Latest Technologies, Services at SEMICON Taiwan

Nanowerk - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:15pm
SEMI Europe Grenoble Office announced today that 10 semiconductor equipment and solution providers will present their latest technologies at SEMICON Taiwan, Sept. 8-10, in the French Pavilion.
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