Nanoparticle News articles from April 2002

Nanoparticle News archives from April 2002

Writing process prints fine lines. (Manufacturing News).(supersonic jet printing research)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... By coupling a laser-based nanoparticle synthesis technique with a sonic micronozzle, researchers from the University of Texas are able to directly deposit thick films of micron-scale line widths from nanoparticle precursors. The synthesis...

Neo Photonics makes $25m in funding round.(Neo Photonics Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Neo Photonics Corp. (Fremont, CA), the optical components business of NanoGram Corp., completed an equity funding round of approximately $25 million. Investors included Bay Partners, Venrock Associates, Rockport Capital Partners, Institutional...

Pricing for spinel powders announced.(Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV) projects that the company's patent-pending manufacturing process will allow commercial quantities of its nanoparticulate lithium titanate spinel to be sold profitably at $100 per pound. Currently, gram...

Low-pressure CVD yields nanocrystal-based memory. (Electronics And Optoelectronics).(chemical vapor deposition technology in use by Motorla)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Motorola researchers have applied CVD technology to the fabrication of nanocrystal-based floating gate memory devices that operate at lower voltages and provide higher data storage densities than existing nonvolatile memories. ...

Nanophase forecasts 2002 revenue.(Nanophase Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) says it expects to generate approximately $1.4 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2002 and $1.6 million in the second quarter, or roughly $3 million during the first half of the year, an...

VC firm changes symbol to show nano focus.(venture capital company Harris & Harris Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... To reflect its recent decision to focus new business activities exclusively on small technology, including nanotechnology, microsystems, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), venture capital firm Harris & Harris Group, Inc. changed its...

Altair's 2001 nanomaterial sales total $43k.(Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies (Reno, NV) reported that revenues for the year ended December 31, 2001 totaled approximately $43,000. The company says the majority of the revenue was recognized in the fourth quarter and encompassed sales of Ti[O.sub.2]...

Nanorods and polymers form hybrid solar cells. (Electronics And Optoelectronics).
April 1, 2002... Semiconductor nanorods can be combined with polymers to fabricate energy-efficient flexible solar cells, exploiting the advantages of both inorganic and organic materials, according to researchers from the University of California at Berkeley...

Business development team expanded. (People).(NanoPierce Connection Systems Inc. hires G. William Pfeiffer)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... NanoPierce Connection Systems, Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO), a subsidiary of NanoPierce Technologies, Inc., announced that G. William (Bill) Pfeiffer has joined the company as head of business development. In his new position, Pfeiffer will...

Research Frontiers promotes LaPointe. (People).(Michael R. LaPointe named vice president of marketing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Research Frontiers, Inc. (Woodbury, NY), the developer and licensor of fast-responding SPD (suspended particle device) light-control technology, has promoted Michael R. LaPointe to the position of vice president -- marketing.

New sales exec appointed at Orthovita. (People).(Steven Lopez)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Orthovita, Inc. (Malvern, PA) has appointed Steven Lopez to the position of vice president -- U.S. sales. Previously, Lopez was Orthovita's western area sales director. Lopez has more than 27 yr. of experience in the orthopedics marketplace. At...

Autoclaving slurries increases abrasiveness. (Recent Patents).(W.R. Grace and Co.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Autoclaving slurries of porous, inorganic oxide particles increases the abrasiveness of the particles, according to U.S. Patent 6,365,522, assigned to W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, MD). Such slurries provide increased material removal rates...

CaP[O.sub.4] particles have therapeutic uses. (Recent Patents).(Biosante Pharmaceuticals, novel calcium phosphate core particles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... U.S. Patent 6,355,271, recently assigned to Biosante Pharmaceuticals (Smyrna, GA), discloses methods of making novel calcium phosphate (CaP[O.sub.4]) core particles and also their use as vaccine adjuvants and carriers and controlled-release...

OraSure sends FDA additional data. (Biotechnology News).(OraSure Technologies, opiates oral fluid test)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... To expedite Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its phosphor particle-based Uplink drug test system, OraSure Technologies, Inc. has resubmitted a 510(k) application with additional data for its opiates oral fluid test. The FDA...

Agglomerates eliminated from polishing slurry. (Recent Patents).(Agere Systems)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Agere Systems (Orlando, FL) engineers have designed a method to reduce the agglomeration of abrasive particles within the waste stream of polishing slurries that must pass through the slurry system drain. Large agglomerated particles tend to...

Nanosilica fills dental nanocomposite. (Recent Patents).(Dentsply)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Dentsply (York, PA) has developed a dental nanocomposite material that consists of a hardenable resin matrix and barium glass and fumed silica filler particles. The glass particles have a bimodal particle size distribution in the range of...

Quantum dot nanoparticles and their biological applications: part I. (Technology Insight).
April 1, 2002... In this two-part article we outline the history, composition, and uses of nanoparticles known as quantum dots. These particles are nanometer-size crystals of semiconductor materials (often CdSe) that are small enough that their optical...

High-rate particle sorting process advanced. (Grants Awarded).(NanoPowder Enterprises)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... With the support of a $70,000 Phase I SBIR award from the Army, NanoPowder Enterprises, Inc. (NEI, Piscataway, NJ) is developing a high-rate process for sorting nanoparticles according to size in the gas phase. NEI envisions a nanoparticle...

Dendrimers allow direct DNA detection. (Grants Awarded).(Echo Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Echo Technologies, Inc. (Alexandria, VA) is working to demonstrate a new high-sensitivity DNA detection scheme using gold nanoparticles combined with dendrimer materials for optical signal amplification. The 6-mo. project is supported through...

DNA detection technology boasts high sensitivity. (Technology Insight).(Nanosphere licenses nanoparticle technology from Northwestern Univerisity)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Nanoparticle-based DNA detection technology licensed by Nanosphere, Inc. from Northwestern University is reported to be 10 times more sensitive and 100,000 times more specific than current genomic detection systems. The detection...

MIT wins $50 million for Soldier Nanotech Institute. (Industry News).(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... MIT has won a 5-yr., $50 million award from the U.S. Army to establish an Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) that will develop nanotechnology-based uniforms and gear for the foot soldier of the future. The Institute will be...

Nanofiber Networks produced by electrospinning. (Grants Awarded).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI, Andover, MA) is incorporating carbon nanofibers into proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) electrodes using a novel electrospinning process. PSI says it can fabricate a nanoscale fiber network with both the...

Aveka forms cathode from nanophase [V.sub.2][O.sub.5]. (Grants Awarded).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Aveka, Inc. (Woodbury, MN) says it has developed a unique nanophase [V.sub.2][O.sub.5] material that is capable of storing and delivering large amounts of energy in a short period of time. With the support of a Phase I SBIR award from the Army,...

Nanotubes divided into quantum dots. (New Research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A team of Korean and Japanese researchers have devised a technique to divide a semiconductor nanotube into multiple quantum dots with lengths of about 10 nm, an achievement that they believe brings nanotubes a step closer to use as nanoscale...

NN stock watch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... NN STOCK WATCH (At Close, April 4, 2002) This Last % Company Symbol Month Month Change Advanced Magnetics, Inc. AVM 4.08 ...

Altair and NTera team up on battery effort. (Industry News).(Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. and NTera, Ltd., a Dublin, Ireland-based nanomaterials company, have filed a joint patent related to their ongoing work to develop nanoscale lithium titanate spinel materials for use in rechargeable lithium ion...

NASA produces nanotube composites for space. (Carbon Nanostructures).(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... With an eye toward fabricating polymeric materials with improved properties for next-generation spacecraft, NASA researchers have incorporated carbon nanotubes into space-durable polyimides to obtain electrically conductive and optically...

Researchers obtain atom-resolved images of catalysts. (New Research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Researchers from Haldor Topsoe A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) and the University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark) have used in situ transmission electron microscopy to obtain atom-resolved images of copper nanocrystals on various support...

Colloidal stability depends on ionic strength. (New Research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The colloidal stability of a suspension of very fine titania (Ti[O.sub.2]) powder in ethanol is strongly dependent on ionic strength, say researchers from the Royal Institute of Technology and the Institute for Surface Chemistry (Stockholm,...

Microscopy illuminates deformation mechanisms. (New Research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) has illuminated the deformation mechanisms responsible for the formation of nanocrystalline particles during mechanical milling processes, as reported by a team of U.S. and Japanese...

Self-assembling nanotubes exploited as scaffold. (Carbon Nanostructures).(wide variety of potential applications)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Self-assembling nanotubes can be used as a scaffold to custom-build structures ranging from electronic devices to drug delivery systems, according to Purdue University researcher Hicham Fenniri. Like nanoscale Tinkertoys, the nanotubes can...

Calendar.
April 1, 2002... May 6-7, 2002. Nanotech and Biotech Convergence -- 2002, Stamford, CT. Contact: Business Communications Co, Inc., 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855; Tel: 203/853-4266, Fax: 203/853-0348; Email: conference@ bccresearch.com, Website:...