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Silver-Zinc Rechargeable Battery to be Unveiled Today at Batteries 2008 Conference | Batteries | The Green Optimistic

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:34:03 -0000

Silver-zinc battery chemistry is currently poised to move into the commercial marketplace for use in consumer electronics. This new silver-zinc battery chemistry uses the latest in advanced polymers, nano-technology, power electronics and processing methods to create a battery that surpasses other rechargeable batteries for notebook computers, mobile phone and consumer electronics applications.

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New nanotechnology to speed up computers | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:25:13 -0000

This new process for creating features on silicon wafers that are between five and 20 nanometers thick has been developed by a multidisciplinary team led by Craig Hawker, materials professor and director of the Materials Research Laboratory at UCSB and the members of his research group. Hawker worked with professors Glenn Fredrickson — and his research group — and Edward Kramer — and his research group.

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Optomec and Applied Nanotech Announce Strategic Cooperation on Printable Electronics | EMAsiaMag.com

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:34:43 -0000

Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech Inc (ANI), established a strategic development program with Optomec, Inc, a provider of printed electronics for solar, display, electronic packaging and flexible electronics applications.

As a part of the commitment, ANI will install a dedicated Optomec M3D aerosol jet printer at its facilities in order to adapt its copper ink to Optomec’s patented ultra high resolution printing technology. By utilizing ANI’s copper ink, the Optomec printer will offer the solar, display, flexible circuit and PCB manufacturers contact-free deposition of high quality, low cost metal lines, the companies said.

According to the companies, the Optomec printing solution is able to produce much finer lines than is currently possible with traditional screen printing and inkjet printing equipment. The combined ANI/Optomec copper ink printing solution will provide an alternative to silver inks facilitating lower cost, coupled with the promise of higher reliability. Furthermore, ANI’s copper inks do not require expensive vacuum installation or inert gas environment lowering the cost of the capital for manufacturing equipment.

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Nanotube-Coated Pot Boils Water Fast

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:31:59 -0000

It's about to get that much easier to create a tempest in a teapot. Conventional wisdom holds that a watched pot never boils and while “never” might be an exaggeration, most of us can agree that it takes longer than we’d like. However, researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered that by coating the inside of a pot with a microscopic layer of copper nanotubes—which under appropriate magnification make the surface of the cooking vessel look hairy—they can increase the efficiency of energy transfer from the pot to the water it holds by an order of magnitude.

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Posted by: gulfcoast

Nanowire-based memory promises leap in storage capacity - Engadget

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:01:41 -0000

Nanowires being used for memory is hardly a new idea, but a group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania seem confident that they've found a way to leapfrog the competition, and shake up storage devices as we know them.

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Nanoscale microscope on a chip | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:02:59 -0000

New Scientist recently reported that a UK company is developing a microscope on a chip four times more powerful than the best scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) available today.

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Carbon nanotubes outperform copper nanowires as interconnects

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:58:58 -0000

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After crunching numbers for months with the help of Rensselaer’s Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations, the most powerful university-based supercomputer in the world, the research team concluded that the carbon nanotube bundles boasted a much smaller electrical resistance than the copper nanowires. This lower resistance suggests carbon nanotube bundles would therefore be better suited for interconnect applications.

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Nanosolar’s Breakthrough - Solar Now Cheaper than Coal » Celsias

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:14:39 -0000

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They have successfully created a solar coating that is the most cost-efficient solar energy source ever. Their PowerSheet cells contrast the current solar technology systems by reducing the cost of production from $3 a watt to a mere 30 cents per watt. This makes, for the first time in history, solar power cheaper than burning coal.

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Posted by: ingenheiro