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Researchers Develop New Technique to Keep Cool Gallium Nitride Electronics

A research team from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering has developed a cooling technique using graphene multilayers to remove heat from gallium nitride, a semiconductor material utilized in various applications ranging from electric cars to traffic lights.

10 May 2012

Researchers Use Formic Acid to Increase Fluorescent Efficiency of Quantum Dots

A research team led by Sandra Rosenthal from the Vanderbilt University has discovered a way to improve white-light quantum dots’ fluorescent efficiency up to 45%, a more than 10-fold increase from an initial level of 3%.

10 May 2012

New Report Discusses Market Potential for Nanocrystals in Drug Delivery

Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery: Global Market for Nanocrystals’ to its database.

10 May 2012

Thermal Stability of Polymers - Smithers RAPRA

In recent years numerous research papers have been published on the changes in chemical structure and in physical properties of polymers when they are exposed to heat over a range of temperatures.

From Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd 9 May 2012

UB to Create Materials Science and Engineering Degree Program

A new materials science and engineering degree program will be created by existing and new faculty of the University at Buffalo (UB). The program, dubbed MSE@UB is a collaborative effort by UB’s College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

9 May 2012

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Succeeds in Realizing a New Material Class

A research team lead by Professor Martin Wegener at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has succeeded in realizing a new material class through the manufacturing of a stable crystalline metafluid, a pentamode metamaterial.

8 May 2012

Applied Nanotech’s New Ultra-Strong Adhesive for Structural Applications

Applied Nanotech Holdings has introduced an ultra-strong carbon-nanotube reinforced adhesive called CNTstix for structural applications.

8 May 2012

NaturalNano Gets Key Patent to Use Halloysite Nanotubes to Reinforce Polymer Composites

NaturalNano has declared the issuance of a key patent application by the US Patent & Trademark Office. The patent covers the utilization of the company’s proprietary Halloysite nanotubes as an essential reinforcing ingredient to improve the performance properties of polymeric composite materials such as nano-particle fillers.

8 May 2012

Researchers Develop Power Generation Technology Using Piezoelectric Nanocomposites

A research team led by Keon Jae Lee, a Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has used piezoelectric ceramic nanoparticles to develop new types of large-area nanogenerator technology at a lower cost.

8 May 2012

Abakan to Locate R+D Center for Mesocoat Materials in Alberta, Canada

Abakan, a publicly listed acquisition company, has planned to establish a joint research and development (R&D) centerfor Mesocoat wear resistant materials in Alberta, Canada.

From Abakan Inc. 8 May 2012

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