Category : Materials

We published a post listing top 10 graphene companies in China a few days ago. Meanwhile, U.S. and Europe also have strong existence in graphene commercialization. Furthermore, graphene businesses in  U.S. and Europe tend to engage more advanced applications, including sensors, acoustics, optoelectronics, energy storage and harvesting, and so on. Below are featured graphene companies with […]

People say everything is big in Texas. While in term of nanotechnology, Texas is also doing well. The state of Texas is primed to emerge as the leader in the global nanotechnology industry.  At least ten Texas nanotechnology companies would justify this. 1. NovaCentrix NovaCentrix is a nanotechnology company based in Austin TX. Novacentrix offers industry […]

As a scientist or/and engineer working with nanotechnology, there are a lot of hardware development work and chemical related work, covering vacuum (UHV included), material synthesis, lithographical patterning, dry/wet etch, and material/device characterization. I often feel it would be of great help if there is a list of sources, not only giving out the major […]

Congratulation to Royole for its successful production of fully-flexible display in Royole Shenzhen fab, on June 6, 2018. This accomplishment was achieved after six years of endeavor and, the total investment is 6 billion RMB. Compared to those traditional panel makers who used similar technology to Korean surface display technology, Royole used independently developed process […]

Nanotechnology is a growing interdisciplinary technology. People from different background could work together to speed up the R&D and many research and indistrial opportunity exist in nanotechnology. Here organizations and websites in the area of nanotechnology are listed. Creative Design Compact Photocatalyst Ionizer Air Purifier, 7 Step Adjustable LED Desk Lamp, Nanotechnology and Fashion Design […]

Tyndall effect (also known as Tyndall scattering) is a light scattering by particles in a colloid or a fine suspension. Example of Tyndall effect includes the visible beam of headlight in a foggy night.  Tyndall scattering is similar to the Rayleigh scattering. The fundamental difference is that the scattering particle is much smaller than the wavelength (less than one […]

Following is my notes based on the seminar by Prof. Ajayan from Rice University at UT AUstin on April 15, 2011.  Seminar Name: “Engineering nanocarbons: future and challenges”  How to make better carbon? Grierson, JAP 107, 0333523, 2010 Sp2/sp3 transform (beautiful TEM images), Banhart, Ajayan, Nature 1996 Defect engineering sp2- disc, cone, tube, – Thomas […]

The following are my notes based on the seminar by Prof. Jiwoong park from Cornell at the UT Austin on April 14, 2011. Functionality New material new devices, achieving potential  applications need manipulation Challenges: Single CNT devices, not many publications, challenging part is you need to locate CNT and use lithography to define electrodes, CdSe/ZnS quantum […]

Graphene research has helped two physists Andre Gein and Konstantin Novoselov from University of Machesterwin the Nobel Prize in physics this year. Graphene material is a planar structure where carbon atoms form hexagonal cells through sp2 bond. Graphene is recogonized as it has many super electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. It is strongly beleived that graphene materials will […]