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Commercially Viable Technology for Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT), a global leader in specialty chemicals and materials, and IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute will work together to develop a commercially viable technology for organic photovoltaic devices with enhanced stability and extended lifetime.

9 Apr 2009

Researchers Create New Way to Make "Dye-Sensitized" Solar Cells

Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to use an ancient life form to create one of the newest technologies for solar energy, in systems that may be surprisingly simple to build compared to existing s...

8 Apr 2009

Research Points Way Toward Chameleon-Like Camouflage

Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change color like fish do.

8 Apr 2009

USYD Announces Launch of Institute for Photonics and Optical Science

On 23rd April the Institute for Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) will be formally opened by Senator Anne McEwen, Chair of the Standing Committee Communications, Environment and the Arts and Dr Michael Spence, the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Sydney.

6 Apr 2009

Swinburne University of Technology and Suntech Power Team up to Create Next Generation of Solar Cells

Swinburne University of Technology has teamed up with Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, to create the next generation of solar cells.

6 Apr 2009

mPhase Showcases AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: XDSL.OB) showcased the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight on Thursday March 19 at the NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour Product Showcase in Washington, DC in the Russell Senate Office Building. The Product Showcase was the first unveiling of the AlwaysReady Emergency Flashlight.

1 Apr 2009

Light-Activated ‘Lock’ can Control Blood Clotting and Drug Delivery

A lock-like molecule designed by University of Florida chemistry researchers clasps or unclasps based on exposure to light. In laboratory tests, the chemists put the lock on an enzyme involved in blood clotting. They then exposed the enzyme to visible and ultraviolet light. The clasp opened and closed, clotting the blood or letting it flow.

30 Mar 2009

Merck Sponsors Program for Development of Novel Semiconductor Nanoparticles Technology for Optical Applications

Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today at the NanoIsrael conference the signing of a research and development agreement between Merck and Yissum's spin-off, QLight Nanotech Ltd., for the joint development of a novel semiconductor nanoparticle technology for a novel display application invented by Professor Uri Banin from the Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

30 Mar 2009

Amorphous Silicon Continue to Lead the TFPV Space for Several Years to Come

According to NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm, Amorphous silicon (a-Si) - a thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been around since the late 70s - will continue to lead the TFPV space for several years to come.

30 Mar 2009

OIDA President Outlines Number of Approaches Needed to Strengthen U.S. Optoelectronics Industry

Michael Lebby, president of OIDA, testified Tuesday at a Congressional hearing on China's Industrial Policy and Its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers and the American Economy. Chaired by Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Daniel M. Slane, Lebby offered OIDA's perspective on the panel discussing China's Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics Industries.

27 Mar 2009