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Saflex New Encapsulant Speeds Solar Panel Throughput and Lower Processing Costs

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:43 +0000

Saflex (St. Louis, MO), a business unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), on February 23rd launched a new encapsulant designed specifically to improve solar panel throughput and processing costs for solar module manufacturers that use the vacuum encapsulation process. The product, Saflex(R) PG41, is a new thin gauge encapsulant that utilizes embossing technology and [...]

Advanced Micro and Nano Technology Products for Efficient Oil and Gas Extraction

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:42 +0000

At Alberta Centre for Advanced Micro Nano Technology Products (ACAMP) latest seminar, Alberta’s conventional energy industry learned how nanotechnology, micro-systems and micro-fluidics can play a powerful role in enhancing operational performance, reducing costs and promoting efficient extraction of oil and gas resources, while opening new markets for Alberta companies worldwide.“Micro and Nano technologies for conventional energy applications are extremely important in Alberta,” [...]

tesa SE Developing Transparent Carbon Nanotube Heating Elements for Plastic and Ceramic Window Panes for Motor Vehicles, Locomotives and Aircraft

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:40 +0000

tesa SE (Hamburg, DE) researchers Klaus Keite-Telgenbuscher, Bernd Luhmann and Alexander Prenzel are developing transparent carbon nanotube heating elements for use in plastic and ceramic window panes that may be used in motor vehicles, locomotives, or aircraft. According to U.S. Patent 20100059494, the heating element includes a carbon nanotube current conductor through which electric power [...]

Nanotechnology Used to Help Sub-Saharan Farmers Preserve Food

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:35 +0000

Cassava is a tropical root vegetable and staple crop for millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. However, it’s tricky to handle: Once the root is removed from the ground, it spoils within one to three days, so farmers must get it to processing centers as soon as possible after harvesting it. If they don’t, the [...]

Super-Pyroelectric Films Made with Ferroelectric Nano Grains 10 X to 100 X More Powerful than Commercial Counterparts

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:33 +0000

A method to create a super-pyroelectric material that combines large pyroelectric coefficient and relatively low dielectric constant has been discovered by U.S. and Israeli researchers. The ferroelectric material is barium titanate (BaTiO3). Ferrorelectric nano-grain films with super-pyroelectric properties have been manufactured by Weizmann Institute of Science Professor Prof. Igor Lubomirsky (Petach Tikva, IL), University of Maryland (College Park, MA) Materials Engineering Professor Alexander L. Roytburd and [...]

Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Composite Bipolar Plate for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Exceeds DOE Goals

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:25:18 +0000

National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan) scientists have developed a composite bipolar plate for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) using carbon nanotubes to increase electrical conductivity and mechanical strength. The bipolar plates have an excellent anti-corrosion property. According to U.S. Patent Application 20100059718, the thin fuel cell bipolar plate has high electrical conductivity, and [...]

IBM, Indian and Japanese Research Centers Collaborate to Make Mobile Devices More Accessible for Illiterate, Blind, Deaf, and Elderly People

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:55 +0000

IBM (NYSE: IBM), the National Institute of Design (NID) of India and Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (RCAST) on March 10th announced a new collaborative research initiative to explore an open, common user interface platform for mobile devices, to make them easier to use for disadvantaged populations around the world. Software [...]

IBM and Stanford University Detail Discoveries of New Types of Biodegradable and Biocompatible Plastics

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:54 +0000

In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal, Macromolecules, scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Stanford University detail discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics. The result of a multi-year research effort, the breakthrough also could lead to a new recycling process that has the potential to significantly [...]

NanoHex Project Developing Nanofluid Coolants for Industrial Heat Management

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:54 +0000

NanoHex is a collaborative project for the research and development of nanofluid coolants, made up of a consortium of 12 leading European companies and research centers. It has been funded by a €8.3 million ($11.3 million) Seventh Framework Programme grant, together with investment from the consortium themselves. Using promising research results from previous work by the [...]

PEGylated Dendrimers: Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science Develops Novel Mechanism of Drug Delivery

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:53 +0000

Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS) (Victoria, AU) researchers, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX:SPL) have developed a new method to deliver medications that may benefit thousands of patients with particular types of cancer, HIV and lymphatic conditions world-wide. The Melbourne-based research team has shown how PEGylated Polylysine dendrimers, a new type [...]