Technology Update

Researchers in Taiwan say they have created a new chlorophyll-coated graphene phototransistor that is much more sensitive to light than devices made of pure graphene.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a new nanolayered coating that could help implants better adhere to bone.

Researchers in Switzerland and Israel have succeeded in fabricating the most efficient metal oxide photoanode to date for use in photoelectrochemical cells (PECs)

Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia have invented a new and rapid method to coat microscopic objects with self-assembling thin films and capsules made from naturally occurring materials.

Fluorescent molecules placed exactly at the centre of a nanoaperture appear to emit light

Researchers in Australia, Germany and Japan are the first to have used a nanodiamond quantum probe to detect individual atoms

Researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada have succeeded in directly measuring the diffusion length of charge carriers in colloidal quantum dot films

Researchers in the US and China have developed the first solution-coating technique capable of producing high-quality, large-area single-crystalline organic semiconductor thin films

Researchers at Rice University in the US have developed a new type of optical processor that can mix two different coloured light beams to produce a third, entirely different coloured beam.

Using both flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy techniques, researchers in Australia have succeeded in observing how nanoporous polymer particles interact with certain biological cells.

Peptide-coated gold nanoparticles can be used to deliberately activate or inhibit the growth of blood vessels.

Mr. Yoshiyuki Namba, Team Leader for the Panasonic Beauty Product Planning team talks to AZoNano about nanotechnology-based beauty products.

In response to suggestions that the EU’s chemical policies need revising, the European Commission’s Vice-President Antonio Tajani stated that ‘substance identification of nanomaterials [is] not key to ensuring their safe use’.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Saeed Sarkar appreciated Iran’s advancements in nanotechnology, and announced that 8 industries in the country are making use of the nanotechnology to improve the quality of their products. read more: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9203180626

New and modified characteristics render nanomaterials interesting for the development of products and applications.

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Workshop on Regional, State, and Local (RSL) Initiatives in Nanotechnology was held 1–2 May 2012 in Portland, Oregon.

A class of water-loving, jelly-like materials with uses ranges ranging from the mundane, such as superabsorbent diaper liners,

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs

Researchers at Purdue University and the University of California at Irvine,

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in the US have made a new,

As-made single-walled carbon nanotubes consist of a mixture of both metallic and semiconducting nanotubes.