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(Building on flexible solar cells)

Building on flexible solar cellsThe relevant questionsHow does the cost per unit of energy output compare? And is the material recyclable? It seems to me these are more significant than efficiency at converting light to electricity (the sun if free, after all) and the lifespan of the product (within...

Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics, polymer, solar cell

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

ChemToolBox 1.1 (Windows)

ChemToolBox, the swiss army knife of the lab worker, is a freeware which contains numerous scientific data very useful in a laboratory. Thanks to its own database, ChemToolBox will easily substitute to the time-consuming use of scientific books such as Handbooks or online databases. ChemToolBox is a freeware desitinated to...

Tags: Freeware, Microsoft Windows, Chemistry, Polymer, ChemToolBox

Software downloads 2009-03-19

Polymer Optical Fiber for EtherNet/IP Networks

As EtherNet/IP moves into the machine area, environmental conditions become a concern. In some applications were EMI is high, fiber cabling can provide a higher degree of noise immunity. In the past, the total cost of ownership using fiber is considerably greater than the copper variant. This has hindered the...

Tags: Ethernet, Network, Optical Fiber, IP, Polymer, IP Network, Fiber, ODVA, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-02-25

More help from bacteria: this time they're stopping nitrate pollution

Researchers are developing bioreactors to trap and neutralize nitrate rich water that runs off our fields and farms. I've blogged in the past now heavy nitrate concentrations are creating dead zones in some of the world's offshore water.Now scientists at the U.S. Agricutlural Research Service have developed a method...

Tags: Scientist, Pollution, Polymer, Bacteria, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Datasqueeze 2.1.4 (Windows)

Datasqueeze is a graphical interface for analyzing data from 2D x-ray diffraction detectors (wire, image plate, CCD), running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS X. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the program is easy to use even for those new to x-ray diffraction analysis. Datasqueeze is particularly useful...

Tags: Polymer, Analysis, Datasqueeze Software, Datasqueeze, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-26

Datasqueeze 2.1.4 (Mac)

Datasqueeze is a graphical interface for analyzing data from 2D x-ray diffraction detectors (wire, image plate, CCD), running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS X. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the program is easy to use even for those new to x-ray diffraction analysis. Datasqueeze is particularly useful...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Polymer, Analysis, Datasqueeze Software, Datasqueeze

Software downloads 2009-01-24

Toward opal-based billboards?

Nature News reports that British and Canadian chemists have developed synthetic opals that can very quickly switch between various colors when a few volts of electricity are applied to them. The developers, who said they're ready to sell the technology today, added that their 'photonic ink' (P-Ink) material could soon...

Tags: Colour, Pixel, Polymer, Material, P-Ink, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-28

What a difference one atom makes

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science...

Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Solar Cell, Polymer, Solarmer Energy Inc., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Nanotechnology-based flexible actuators

In 'Nanotube paper flexes on demand,' nanotechweb.org reports that French researchers are using multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWCNTs reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol PVA to develop ultra-lightweight actuators for aerospace applications. The scientists have developed a paper-like sheet which bends when the material is electrically stimulated. As said one of the lead...

Tags: Nanotube, Researcher, Carbon Nanotube, Polymer, Aerospace, PVA, Membrane Filtration, Nanotechnology, Aerospace & Defense, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-12

Beijing Olympic logos written by nano pens

Northwestern University NU researchers have used a new printing technique, called Polymer Pen Lithography PPL, to print 15,000 Beijing Olympic logos on one square centimeter. Besides this 'marketing' approach, the PPL technique is very innovative. It can write on three different length scales -- nanometer, micrometer and millimeter -- using...

Tags: Technique, Northwestern University, Polymer, Pen, Polymer Pen Lithography, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Generating electricity with polymers?

Generating electricity with polymers?Other usesCould these be used to replace dams or to safely harvest tidal energy?.....Kick @ss! ]:)We developed this idea 15 years agowhere I worked using piezoelectric film.(the company that invented and patented the material, still used today in everything from sonars to sensors)We tested small scale models...

Tags: Generating Electricity, polymer

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Generating electricity with polymers?

After yesterday, here is another story about using plastics as a power source. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are using ionic polymers immersed in a river to generate 'clean' electricity for the city of Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. If the project is successful, the city's downtown 'could one day get 20...

Tags: River, Polymer, University Of Pittsburgh, Vandergrift, Lisa Weiland, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Thinner, better, already sold out—the new new thing in solar?

Solar energy can seem like a green tech fantasy. Energy free for the collection. Found in some of the emptiest spots on earth: deserts, parking lots, urban rooftops, open ocean, airplace wings, at 50,000 feet above the earth. Think about all that sunshine. And a company down...

Tags: Dr., Polymer, Global Solar Energy, CIGS, BUSINESS Global Solar, I-sol, Indium, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Smart holograms to monitor our health?

In a short news release, the Institute of Physics reports that smart holograms, which use materials called hydrogels that shrink or swell in response to local environmental conditions, can be used to monitor many physical conditions than three years ago. These smart holograms could soon be used 'by diabetics to...

Tags: Monitor, Hologram, Health Care, Polymer, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Can nerves really regenerate?

People suffering of injury to the brain or spinal cord cannot currently be treated because central nervous system neurons have a very limited capability of self-repair and regeneration. But now, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a potentially promising strategy for encouraging the regeneration of damaged neurons....

Tags: Polymer, Neuron, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-02

New oil-repelling material from MIT

MIT researchers have developed flexible surface coatings that repel oils. According to the research team, this is the first material able to do it. They say that these findings could have applications in aviation, space travel and hazardous waste cleanup. Their oil-repelling, or 'oleophobic' material, is using specially prepared microfibers,...

Tags: Surface, Droplet, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Polymer, Molecule, Fiber, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-09

Plastic to help water and gas industries

Researchers have lots of imagination. After developing plastic as solid as steel, other scientists from in Australia, Korea and in the U.S. have created a plastic which could cut CO2 emissions and purify water. Their new material mimics pores found in plants and is exceptionally efficient. As said one of...

Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Membrane, Molecule, Polymer, Researcher, Roland Piquepaille, Separation

Blog posts 2007-10-15

A plastic as solid as steel

A new composite plastic built layer by layer has been created by engineers at the University of Michigan. This plastic is as strong as steel. It has been built the same way as mother-of-pearl, and shows similar strength. Interestingly, this 300-layer plastic has been built with 'strong' nanosheets of clay...

Tags: Atom, Polymer, Material, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Toward safer gene therapy?

Gene therapy has been used in more than 1,000 clinical trials during the last 20 years. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has never approved a single application. The reason is simple: the former trials were using viruses to deliver genes to fight diseases like cancer. And viruses...

Tags: DNA, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Polymer, Therapy, Gene Therapy, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Wrinkles in nanoscale-sized films

An international team of scientists from Chile, the Netherlands and the U.S. has found a very simple way to measure the material properties of thin films having a thickness of only a dozen nanometers. The researchers just dropped water on thin film floating in a Petri dish. This causes wrinkles...

Tags: Film, Wrinkle, Polymer, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-12