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Nano wire/CNT stack forms better photocatalytically active filter
University of Szeged and Rice University scientists built up a multilayered photocatalyst from titanate nanowires and carbon nanotubes. The experiment results show that the stacks of nanotubes and nanowires have a unique morphology, layered structure, and favorable density that improves ...
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Nanotechnology company RMTS relocates to work with CNSE
Nanotechnology company RMTS relocated from CO to NY to launch an R&D partnership with CNSE at the University at Albany, developing nano-polarization technologies for displays and windows.
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World News
BUSINESS TRENDS VLSI tool champs prove customer service matters VLSI Research's out with its annual "Best supplier" rankings, and there's a tie atop the leaderboard. Nine-time champ Varian Semi. Equip. Assoc. and first-timer Novellus both scored 8.18 in the "large supplier" category of chipmaking
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Day 1: Intersolar wanderings, SEMICON West symposium
Techcet's Michael A. Fury reports from busy aisles at Intersolar, and at SEMICON West where a private symposium by CEA Leti reviewed work in FDSOI, 3D integration, TSVs, silicon photonics, and MEMS for medicine.
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Buckyballs "cook" on ruthenium into uniform quantum dots
Scientists from A*STAR and the National University of Singapore heated buckyballs on a ruthenium substrate until the carbon masses fell apart into graphene-based quantum dots. The technique could be tuneable.
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Cambrios and Hitachi Chemical Collaborate on Conductive Film
Cambrios Technologies Corporation announced that the company’s ClearOhm silver nanowire coating materials have been combined with Hitachi Chemical’s photosensitive film technology to develop a very highly transparent conductive film that can be transferred to various substrates such as glass, ...
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NanoMarkets issues latest transparent conductor market report
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released its latest report on the transparent conductor market. It states that the market opportunities for the transparent conducting oxides, polymers and nanomaterials used in display, photovoltaics and other applications will exceed $6.9 billion in ...
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Graphene creates flexible film to rival ITO
Rice University researchers combined single-layer graphene with a fine aluminum nanowire mesh to create a transparent, flexible, conductive material to rival the more expensive indium tin oxide (ITO) in LEDs, displays, and solar cells.
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Inside Leti: FDSOI, 3D packaging, Si photonics work
Laurent Malier, CEO of Leti, described the research group's work and the outlook on fully depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI), 3D packaging technologies, and integrated photonics on silicon.
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Gold wires go brittle at nanoscale
Gold wires are used in electronic devices due to the material's flexiblity and conductive quality. At the nanoscale, however, gold wires (
