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Linh Phan Co. Ltd. to distribute NanoMaterials' anti-friction (AF)/ anti-wear (AW) NanoLub range of engine oil additives for motorbikes across Vietnam and other regions. With NanoLub, Linh Phan intends to reduce servicing and maintenance intervals for its clients. Yavne, Israel (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 NanoMaterials Ltd, extreme performance lubricants company, announced a distribution agreement with Linh Phan Co. Ltd. of Vietnam for its anti-friction (AF)/anti-wear (AW) NanoLub®...

A recent study from Stony Brook University examines the presence and effects of gold nanoparticles that are found in everyday items, most notably cosmetics. Dr. Simon Ourian of Epione Beverly Hills says that he expects further studies will find other nanoparticles responsible for accelerating the visual signs of aging. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 According to a April 18, 2013 Stony Brook University report titled “SBU-Led Study Reveals Nanoparticles Found in Everyday...

Stanford University New synthetic nanoparticle could disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water and then get removed magnetically. Among its many talents, silver is an antibiotic. Titanium dioxide is known to glom on to certain heavy metals and pollutants. Other materials do the same for salt. In recent years, environmental engineers have sought to disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water using nanoscale particles of these active materials. Engineers call...

SAN MARCOS, Texas, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Materials Corporation (OTCQB:QTMM) has chosen to relocate its tetrapod quantum dot laboratories to San Marcos, Texas to take advantage of facilities at STAR Park (Science, Technology and Academic Research Park). STAR Park is a non-profit incubator with roots from nearby Texas State University, the fifth largest university in Texas and one of eight Texas Emerging Research Universities. The City of San Marcos, considered within...

Quantum dots are tiny nanocrystals with extraordinary optical and electrical properties with possible uses in dye production, bioimaging, and solar energy production. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to introduce precisely four copper ions into each and every quantum dot. The introduction of these "guest" ions, called doping, opens up possibilities for fine-tuning the optical properties of the quantum dots and producing spectacular colors. "When...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online A team of French and German researchers has designed and successfully tested a prototype “invisibility cloak” capable of hiding objects from heat, according to research published in Friday’s edition of Physical Review Letters. According to Timur Moon of the International Business Times, the device features a flat, five-centimeter wide area at its center, which was “impervious” to the heat that surrounded it. The...

California Lithium Battery is proud to announce its selection as a 2013 TechConnect National Innovation Awardee for the development of its breakthrough very-high specific capacity Lithium-ion silicon-graphene (SiGr) composite anode material. The Innovation Showcase is the world’s largest showcase and accelerator for industry-vetted emerging-technologies that are ready for commercialization. LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 California Lithium Battery is proud to announce its...

Tweaking graphene chemical sensors may open up many applications Researchers have discovered a technique for controlling the sensitivity of graphene chemical sensors. The sensors, made of an insulating base coated with a graphene sheet--a single-atom-thick layer of carbon--are already so sensitive that they can detect an individual molecule of gas. But manipulating the chemical properties of the insulating layer, without altering the graphene layer, may yet improve their ability to...

The latest research from a Kansas State University chemical engineer may help improve humidity and pressure sensors, particularly those used in outer space. Vikas Berry, William H. Honstead professor of chemical engineering, and his research team are using graphene quantum dots to improve sensing devices in a twofold project. The first part involves producing the graphene quantum dots, which are ultrasmall pieces of graphene. Graphene is a single-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms and has...

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. KIT researchers now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the propagation of heat. A structured plate of copper and silicon conducts heat around a central area without the edge being affected. The results are presented in the Physical Review Letters journal. “For the thermal invisibility cloak, both materials have to...