Nanoparticle News articles from April 2001

Nanoparticle News archives from April 2001

Argonide Launches Particle Coating.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2001... A new hydrophobic surface coating developed at Argonide serves as an alternative to oxide passivation while enhancing the burn rate of reactive aluminum nanoparticles. As with other nanoparticulate metals, nanosize aluminum is highly...

Grants Awarded.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2001... AION Engineered for Transparent Armor. Nanomat (North Huntingdon, PA) plans to synthesize and consolidate high-purity gamma-aluminum oxynitride (AION) nanocrystalline powder into transparent compacts that ultimately might be suited for...

Order for Environmental Catalyst to Make $400K.(Nanophase Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Nanophase Technologies Corp. received an order from an unnamed customer for approximately $400,000 worth of nanocrystalline product for a new environmental catalyst application. The order will be filled in the first quarter of 2001. ...

Flash Memory Made from Aerosol-Deposited Silicon.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In groundbreaking research from the California Institute of Technology and Agere Systems, a team of scientists fabricated a flash memory device from oxide-passivated silicon nanocrystals produced by aerosol deposition. "Compared to...

Light Coating Cuts Iron Oxide Particle Toxicity.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The potential toxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals, which are used as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can be reduced by formulating the particles with a relatively low coating density, according to...

Bioceramics Show Promise for Implants.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Biologically-inspired ceramics with sub-100 nm grain sizes comparable to physiological bone show promise as next generation implant materials, say researchers from Purdue University and Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute. Insufficient...

News Briefs.
April 1, 2001... Altair's Plant Begins Operations. Altair Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair International Inc. (Cody, WY), began operating an integrated pilot scale process unit capable of producing kilogram-per-day quantities of...

Cabot Microelectronics Issues Revenue Warning.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Cabot Microelectronics, a global producer of chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) slurries for the semiconductor industry, warns that, due to the economic slowdown and high chip inventory levels that have slowed customer orders, the company's...

BN Nanostructures Seen in Detail for First Time.(boron nitride)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Exploiting a high-resolution, ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) microscopy system that allows boron nitride (BN) nanostructures to be imaged immediately after synthesis, Northwestern University researchers obtained for the first time a detailed picture...

Review of Nanocomposite Technology and Commercial Activities: Part II.
April 1, 2001... Jon Collister, Edison Polymer Innovation Corporation. P. O. Box 78, Austinburg, OH 44010; Tel: 440/275-1737, Fax: 440/275-5099. Commercial Nanocomposites A number of companies have announced the availability of both organo-clays and...

Furnace Allows Close Look at Microstructures.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A unique, compact furnace housed at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory is giving researchers the unprecedented ability to directly record the chemical and structural changes of complex materials at high temperatures under...

Natural Clay Makes Better, Cleaner Plastic.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Small amounts of well-dispersed natural clay can lead to environmentally friendly and inexpensive plastic composites with improved specialized properties, according to a Penn State researcher. "Adding very small amounts of natural clays to...

Molecular Rulers Scale Down Nanostructures.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Organic molecules can be exploited as "molecular rulers" to form thin, parallel metallic nanowires of controlled thickness and spacing, according to scientists at Penn State University. The width of the fabricated wires, which are spaced only...

Size and Shape of Nanocrystals Changed.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Clever use of surfactants has enabled Berkeley Lab scientists to gain control over the size and shape of inorganic nanocrystals, an advancement that paves the way for new developments in nanotechnology. Nanocrystals synthesized from...

Research Advancements.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Electrochromic Response Obtained from Quantum Dots. Incorporating nanocrystals into future electronic or optoelectronic devices will require a means of controlling charge-injection processes and an understanding of how the injected charges...