nanotechnology

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / July 25, 2013

  DOE solicits FY2014 hydrogen and fuel cell proposals (pdf) The U.S. Department of Energy announced its initial Fiscal Year 2014 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer…

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Flying machines and falling men

By Eileen De Guire / February 22, 2012

The University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab released a video of flying robots maneuvering in swarm-like formations. The machines are called “Nano Quadrotors,” to reflect their small size (about the size of a small saucer) and their four helicopter-like rotors.

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Two new Materials Marvels videos: ‘Thermoelectrics” and “Nanomaterials”

By / February 13, 2012

Credit: Ainissa Ramirez, Yale; YouTube. Science “popularizer” and Yale associate professor Ainissa Ramirez alerted us that she has added two new videos to her Material Marvels collection of short introductory…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / November 8, 2011

Check ’em out: How to increase the data storage density of HDDs: Just add salt A team of researchers from Singapore has moved the goalposts yet again and shown that…

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Emerging nanomaterials applications presentation at CLS

By / June 21, 2011

Tom Abraham, President, Innovative Research and Products, Inc., will present “Emerging Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Applications, Industry Trends and Current and Future Markets” at CLS 2011. The nanotechnology industry is taking…

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Luo, Jian (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 20, 2011

Contact Information: Jian Luo, Clemson Universityjianluo@clemson.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: CAREER: Nanoscale Surficial Disordered Films: Multilayer Adsorbates in Oxide Ceramics 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Nano, Batteries, Oxides Area…

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Johnson, Jacqueline (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 17, 2011

Contact Information: Jacqueline Johnson, University of Tennessee Space Institutejjohnson@utsi.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Study of the Evolution of Nanoparticle Crystallization and Optical Properties in Glass Ceramics 2010 Highlight: Material…

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Gouma, Pelagia-Irene (2011), (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 17, 2011

Contact Information: Pelagia-Irene (Perena) Gouma, SUNY at Stony Brookpgouma@notes.cc.sunysb.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program:  Crystallo-Chemical Approach to Gas Selectivity of Metal Oxides 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Nanomaterial, Oxides Area…

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Dillon, Shen (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 17, 2011

Contact Information: Shen Dillon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignsdillon@illinois.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Collaborative Research: Development of an Additive Selection Criteria based on Interface Complexions 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material…

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Call for MS&T’11 abstracts

By / December 28, 2010

Submit your abstract before March 15th to be included in the leading forum addressing structure, properties, processing and performance across the materials community.

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