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Researcher Opens Up Wide Range of Possibilities from Light Based Computing to Possibility of "Slow Glass"

Research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use doughnut shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light based...

8 Mar 2009

Breakthrough Procedure has Potential Applications in Medical Imaging and Biological Sensors

Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and other areas.

6 Mar 2009

QD Vision Named AlwaysOn GoingGreen 50 Winner

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been selected to the 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Top Private Company List.

2 Mar 2009

Researchers Reveal Individual Fluorescent Color Centers in Diamonds using STED Microscopy

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen has now probed these color centers inside the crystal with unprecedented resolution using an optical microscope. Using STED microscopy, the scientists identified even densely packed color centers and determined their position inside the crystal with a precision better than 0.15 nanometers, corresponding to the dimension of an atom.

2 Mar 2009

Ability of Plants to Turn Sunlight into Energy has Been Successfully Mimicked by Scientists

The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of solar cells.

25 Feb 2009

Precisely Measuring One-Neutron Halo using Lasers

Atomic nuclei are normally compact structures defined by a sharp border. About twenty-five years ago, it was discovered at the University of California in Berkeley that there are exceptions to this picture: Certain exotic atomic nuclei contain particles that shear off from the central core and create a cloud, which surrounds the central core like a 'heiligenschein' or halo.

21 Feb 2009

New Imaging Technique Developed by Researchers Overcomes Limit of Diffraction

A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one hundred-millionth of a centimeter).

18 Feb 2009

Full Colour Range of Displays using Quantum Dot Technology

Nanoco Technologies is producing a full colour range of displays using their proprietary quantum dots which includes their cadmium free quantum dot technology (CFQDTM).

15 Feb 2009

A. Kruess Optronic Introduces Small Software Revolution for Polarimeter P8000

In time for the Analytica Vietnam, A. Kruess Optronic presents a small software revolution for its flagship polarimeter P8000. The improvements and extensions made are almost a quantum jump in regards to the software.

12 Feb 2009

Japanese Researchers Develop New Process to Capture Light Energy

Japanese researchers have now developed a new process to capture light energy with nearly equal efficiency. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, they "plug" a molecular "wire" directly into a biological photosynthetic system to efficiently conduct the free electrons to a gold electrode.

11 Feb 2009