Tuesday 12 February 2008

Nanotech Week Eurpean News

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SAFENANO Launches Scientific Services

The Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) based in Edinburgh has launched a range of new services to help companies minimise the environmental and health risks of working with nanomaterials.

Enhancing performance of lithium batteries

Improving lithium energy storage systems is the aim of the EU-funded ALISTORE (Advanced lithium energy storage systems based on the use of nano-powders and nano-composite electrodes/electrolytes) Network of Excellence.

The INTELTEX project: Creating smart, multifunctional materials

Developing smart, multifunctional materials that can be used in protective clothing, medical applications and buildings is the goal of the EU-funded INTELTEX ('Intelligent multi-reactive textiles integrating nano-filler based CPC-fibres') project.

Braggone receives funding to commercialise Nano-Engineered Polymer Technology

Optoelectronics materials company Braggone has received a multi-million dollar funding infusion from TEKES (Finland's National Funding Agency for Research and Innovation) to commercialise their polymer materials for use in semiconductor devices and flat panel displays.

Enzyme-powered delivery vehicles

Dutch scientists have made nanotubes move using enzyme-powered motors.

New Center of Excellence on "Semiconductor NanoPhotonics" Granted by National Science Foundation of Germany (DFG)

Berlin's position as the German focal point of research on novel optoelectronic devices and nanostructures is decisively enforced by this decision. Additionally a new "School of Graduate Research on NanoPhotonics" has been granted.

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