You are thisclose to the breakthrough energy storage technology of the next millennium if you a) have a computer, b) buy a blank DVD, c) own or have access to a DVD label-burning device and d) pre-treat your DVD with a thin film of graphite oxide. Well, there might … [continued]
A unique high tech financing organization called Shrink Nanotechnologies is putting its money behind a new kind of electronic glue that could help bring about a significant improvement in photovoltaic cells. The “glue” is actually a means of switching molecules on the surface of nanocrystals, in order to achieve a … [continued]
It’s just a wisp of a childhood memory to millions, but to one scientist at the University of Pittsburgh the venerable Etch A Sketch has provided the inspiration for a major breakthrough in next-generation phontonics design. Jeremy Levy, a professor of physics and astronomy, drew on the basic principles behind … [continued]
The nanotech company Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. has just announced that it has formed a subsidiary, Shrink Solar LLC, in order to market a solar film that could be used to retrofit windows and other elements of existing buildings to function as mini solar power stations. The technology can also be … [continued]
