$700,000 available for nanomaterial research
The Pennsylvania Nanomaterials Commercialization Center is making available $700,000 in funds. It invites Pennsylvania university
researchers and companies to submit proposals for funding early-stage
commercialization of nanomaterial research. While the center is primarily interested in projects for nanomaterials for renewable energy applications, it also encourages ideas and proposals for other advanced nanomaterial applications. The funds support $30,000 grants for fast-track pre-commercialization and $185,000 for full commercialization projects. Idea submissions will be accepted through July 29, 2011. Provide a brief, non-confidential technical and commercial overview of the proposed technology. The center will provide feedback on how well the idea fits its mission for funding and proposal criteria. The deadline for proposal submission is Aug. 17, 2011. Read more
Lehigh takes lead in atomic-scale interphase research
For the next five years, Martin Harmer, director of Lehigh's Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, will lead a team of scientists from Lehigh, Carnegie-Mellon, Clemson, Illinois and Kutztown universities to determine how the atomic structure of grain-boundary interphases—interphase complexions—affect the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of a wide range of strategic engineering materials. Read more
Lehigh's renowned microscopy labs expand their focus
Lehigh's world-renowned Nanocharacterization Laboratory will achieve a major upgrade this year with the installation of a customized state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). The instrument will replace an advanced aberration-corrected electron microscope installed in 2004. Read more
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