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Report Addresses Emerging Thin-Film and Organic Photovoltaics Markets

Manufacturing capacity for thin-film and organic photovoltaics is expected to grow from approximately 2 GWp (Gigawatts at peak sunlight) this year to 29 GWp by 2015 according to a new report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm based here.

15 Sep 2008

MultiSync LCD8205 Ensures Companies Make a Statement

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of professional LCD and plasma displays and projectors, announced today its largest LCD yet, the expansive 82-inch NEC MultiSync LCD8205. The professional-grade LCD provides unsurpassed quality, and the ability for companies and organizations to showcase brand messages in an eye-catching, large format, with rich color and amazing clarity.

15 Sep 2008

Veeco Becomes Charter Member of Global Organization that Supports CPV Development

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has become a charter member in the CPV Consortium, a global industry organization that supports the development and long-term success of the concentrator photovoltaics industry, with the goal of providing a low-cost, reliable source of renewable energy.

From Veeco 15 Sep 2008

Technologies Meeting Growing Demands in Organic Photovoltaic

Nano-C, Inc., leading developer of nanostructured carbon materials, today announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office. These newly issued patents cover the manufacture of Nano-C's core products, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.

15 Sep 2008

Revolutionary Instrument Wins 2008 R+D 100 award

Hinds Instruments, a leading global supplier of photoelastic modulators (PEMs), today announced it was awarded a 2008 R+D 100 award from R&D Magazine for its Two Modulator Generalized Ellipsometry Microscope (2-MGEM) Optical Anisotropy Factor Measurement System.

12 Sep 2008

Step Forward to One of Mankind's Biggest Dreams and Challenges - Invisibility

A research group of the Departments of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism of the University of Granada(Spain), directed by Professors Jorge Andrés Portí, Alfonso Salinas and Juan Antonio Morente, have taken a step forward with regard to one of mankind's biggest dreams and challenges, often tackled by fiction writers and film makers: invisibility.

12 Sep 2008

Alcon Expands Refractive Surgery Options with AcrySof Phakic Intraocular Lens

Alcon, Inc. announced the international release of the new AcrySof® Phakic Lens at the 2008 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) annual meeting in Berlin, Germany. Based on Alcon's proven and trusted AcrySof® intraocular lens (IOL) material, Alcon designed the AcrySof® Phakic Lens to become the surgeon's preferred solution for patients with moderate to high levels of myopia (nearsightedness).

12 Sep 2008

Manufacturing Techniques to Meet Demand for More Efficient Concentrator Photovoltaic Units

Arch Aluminum and Glass Co., Inc. has developed innovative new mirror manufacturing techniques to meet the demand for lower cost and more efficient concentrator photovoltaic units in the burgeoning renewable energy industry.

11 Sep 2008

Lasers Pushing the Limits

In a quest to push the limits of intensity to achieve extreme light-matter interactions in large molecules, a team of researchers from RIKEN's Advanced Science Institute in Wako, the SPring-8 Center in Harima, and the University of Tokyo, has demonstrated the ionisation and consequently the dissociation of nitrogen molecules using a free-electron laser.

11 Sep 2008

The Role of Optoelectronics in a Sustainable Future

The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) concluded its Green Photonics forum today examining the role of optoelectronics in a sustainable future. The various segments represented at the forum developed trend maps reflecting the ways that optoelectronics is enabling many aspects of the green revolution.

11 Sep 2008

Setting New Standards in Professional Film with EKTAR 100

Eastman Kodak Company continues to champion professional photographers and set new standards in professional film with the new KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAR 100 (EKTAR 100) film. This new film, with ISO 100 speed, high saturation and ultra-vivid color, offers the finest, smoothest grain of any color negative film available today.

11 Sep 2008

Leading Podiatrists Now Treating Patients with Ground Breaking Laser Technology

PathoLase, Inc., an emerging leader in the medical technology industry, reported today that a select group of leading podiatrists in several markets in the US are now treating patients who suffer from toenail fungus (Onychomycosis) with its ground breaking laser technology. Using PathoLase's patented PinPointe FootLaser system, podiatrists in Sacramento, San Jose, Salt Lake City and Belleville, New Jersey are open for business treating their patients' toenail fungus.

11 Sep 2008

Improved Efficiency Could Enable Research, Military and Medical Uses

A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field.

11 Sep 2008

Exciting Technology Breakthrough Enables Company to Make LEDs of Any Color

Evident Technologies, Inc. today announced the commercial availability of its evidot® LED products based on semiconductor nanocrystal technology. Whereas traditional LEDs are available in a limited set of standard colors (e.g. blue, green, red, etc.), this new product line of LEDs from Evident Technologies enables LEDs to emit any color, including high quality white light.

11 Sep 2008

Researchers Discovered Method for Destroying Tumor Cells Using Nanoparticles and Light

Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered a method for destroying tumor cells by using nanoparticles and light. Wensha Yang's technique is actually dealing with quantum dots.

11 Sep 2008