This company sells the Universal Nanomechanical Tester (UNAT) to measure mechanical properties surface in micro and nano ranges with maximum force of 2N.
UNAT’s unique feature is the creation of two completely independent measuring heads for calculating normal and lateral load-displacement curves with nanometer resolution.
QD Visionis launching its first commercial product, a light emitting diode-based lamp for household and office work. According to sources in the spin-off of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the development of this product they have applied knowledge gained in research conducted with government contracts.
At the beginning of June this year QD Vision was awarded with the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army to develop its technology for use in micro-displays.
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has submitted a patent application for a device for intermediate band infrared photodetector and quantum dots.
The invention relates to an infrared photodetector containing a region with semiconductor quantum dots. This region with n-typedoping is between two semiconducting layers n and p type.
The absorption of infrared photons causes the appearance of a voltage between the contacts of the device or the production of an electric current, making possible the detection of infrared light.
This video explains the definition and basic concepts about carbon nanotubes. Due to the simplicity of the explanations and as illustrative of its uncomplicated accompanying it is a visual resource for use in any stage of education.
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A group of Brazilian researchers has developed a nanomaterials-based ointment to treat skin cancer in its early and intermediate stages.
The team of researchers at the Universidad de São Paulo, responsible for development, has tested the product in three Brazilian hospitals during a year, giving some very encouraging results.
Nanomaterials of ointment bind selectively to cancer cells, after which a laser light is applied to generate a series of chemical reactions.
This technique has a lower toxicity, remaining in the body significantly less time than other alternatives. This photodynamic therapy is not effective against more aggressive tumours such as malignant melanomas and should be subjected to another series of tests prior to marketing.
The detection of cancer through blood or saliva samples would facilitate early detection and make it less traumatic for the patient.
This is the goal of a group of Argentine researchers who are developing a nanobiosensor from carbon nanotubes.
This nanobiosensor consists of two microelectrodes connected by a bridge of nanotubes with antibodies. Since electrical signals produced by the union of a tumour with the sensor molecule biosensor it detects the appearance of a tumour.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is investigating the development of a system of nanofilters biodigestion for debugging the water supplying, with future possibilities of obtaining drinking water.
This work is part of the IBSA nanotechnology initiative, which is a program of research and development collaboration between the departments of Science and Technology from India, Brazil and South Africa
Image obtained from Crystax Pharmaceuticals S.L. web site
The spin-off from the Universidad de Barcelona and the CSIC, Oryzon, specialized in new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in oncology and neurodegenerative diseases, acquired the biopharmaceutical Crystax Pharmaceuticals S.L., which focuses in developing new therapeutic molecules in cancer.
Image obtained from Endor Nanotechnologies web site
The company Endor Nanotechnologies has been one of EmprendedorXXI Award finalists, a joint initiative of La Caixa and the Empresa Nacional de Innovación S.A. which aims to recognize and reward the entrepreneurial talent, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and vision of companies with greatest potential for growth.
The main activity of Endor Nanotechnologies is developing nanomedicine projects with nano-particles from a technology platform of its own.
NN-Labs (Nanomaterials & Nanofabrication Laboratories) has developed an alternative to cadmium seleneide-based quantum dots (CdSe) free of heavy metals. This alternative, indium phosphide, introduced in April this year, provides high performance while eliminating the use of cadmium.
The company NN-Labs, which was born as a spin-off from the University of Arkansas, has announced the release, in May this year, a U.S. patent entitled ‘Synthetic Control of Metal Oxide Nanocrystal Shapes and Sizes’ to describe a method to synthesize metal oxide nanocrystals by controlling their size, shape and distribution.
During this month of June, the mentioned company has received a Phase I SBIR award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled ‘Highly luminescent Maganese-Doped Zinc Selenide Quantum Dots to Enhance Silicon Solar Cell Spectral Efficiency Through Down-Conversion’ which attempts to demonstrate the enrichment efficiency of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell through spectral downconverter overlayer containing metal ion-doped quantum dot nanocrystals.
