Nanoparticle News articles from August 2000

Nanoparticle News archives from August 2000

Nanogate Coatings Launched into Printing Industry.(anti-stick surface coatings)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... After only six months of development, nanocomposite anti-stick surface coatings developed by German start-up Nanogate GmbH are entering into use in the printing industry. The thin, transparent coatings feature high durability and a through...

News Briefs.(includes multiple articles)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Orthovita Set To Enter European Market. Orthovita, Inc. (Malvern, PA), a developer of orthopaedic biomaterials, announced that it has received a CE certification allowing the sale of its VITOSS Scaffold product in all of the countries of the...

Pretreatment of Ceramic Permits Flexibility in Porous Layer Design.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... A team of researchers from Heraeus Electro-Nite Intl., N.V., a European sensor manufacturer, have developed a better way to produce porous, gas-permeable ceramic layers that allows a smaller pore size to be achieved after sintering, thus...

Nymox Closer to Colloidal Gold-Based Alzheimer's Diagnosis Tool.(7C Gold)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2000... After completing the development stage for its colloidal gold-based test kit for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. says it is proceeding toward manufacturing the kit, called 7C Gold, and obtaining regulatory...

Adsorbent Pellets Fabricated from Metal Oxide Nanocrystals.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... To address the difficulty of handling high-surface-area nanocrystalline powders that are potentially useful for adsorbent applications, researchers in Kenneth Klabunde's laboratory at Kansas State University have developed easy-to-handle...

Altair Embarks on Fuel Cell Development.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Altair Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Intl., has begun development of ceramic oxide fuel cell membranes and reactive catalyst support structures based on its nanoparticle technology. "Success of our research work in the...

Government Contracts.(Nano-TBCs; Tungsten Nanocomposite; Ultrafine Powders)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Nano-TBCs Deposited To Repair Damaged Coatings. Based on its proposal to develop nanostructured thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) for spot patching damaged coatings on gas turbine components, Material Methods (Lake Forest, CA) is the recipient of...

Scale-Up Will Lead to Cost-Effective Powders.(Conducting Materials Corp)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Once the ongoing scale-up of Conducting Materials Corp.'s solid-state nanopowder production process is complete, the company says it will be able to provide metal and oxide nanopowders at a cost of only two to three times higher than currently...

Electro-Exploded Nanopowders Garner New Product Award.(Argonide Corp)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The electro-exploded metal nanopowders of Argonide Corp. have received R&D Magazine's award as one of the top 100 most technologically significant new products of the year. The R&D 100 Awards Program, now in its 38th year, honors significant...

Financial Results.(Westaim; Cabot; Electronic Materials Corp; Advanced Magnetics)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Net Losses Down at Advanced Magnetics. Advanced Magnetics, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) reported revenues of $1,014,033 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2000, as compared to revenues of $850,525 for the same period in fiscal 1999. There was a net...

Nanoprobes: Metal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications.(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... By Richard Powell, Research Director, Nanoprobes, Inc., 95 Horse Block Rd., Yaphank, NY 11980-9710; Tel: 631/205-9490, Fax: 631/205-9493, Email: rpowell@nanoprobes.com, Web: www.nanoprobes.com When a doctor or a clinical scientist diagoses...

Small Probe Auger Provides Better Surface Analysis.(Auger electron spectroscopy microscope, critical materials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... A new, one-of-a-kind Auger electron spectroscopy microscope at Ames Laboratory is giving researchers new insights into critical materials used in semiconductors, automobiles, catalysts, optics, thin films, computer hard disks, and elsewhere....

Nanocrystal Cage Traps Single Atom.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... With the implementation of a technique for trapping single europium atoms in nanocrystal "cages, " it is possible to obtain blinking behavior from the caged atom system under continuous illumination, say a team of scientists from Oak Ridge...

Moves and Expansions.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... Construction of Argonide's New Facility Completed. Shortly after Argonide (Sanford, FL) became a Florida corporation in 1999, the company acquired additional land for construction of a larger facility. The building was completed earlier this...

Rodel Unveils CMP Applications Lab.(chemical mechanical planarization)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... Rodel, Inc., a global producer of consumable systems and processes for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), has completed construction of a state-of-the-art CMP applications laboratory at its Phoenix headquarters. The multimillion-dollar...

Nanophase On Track to Tripling Revenue.(Nanophase Technologies Corp.'s financial results in second quarter of 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... For the second quarter of 2000, Nanophase Technologies Corp. reported revenue growth of over 235% compared to the same period in 1999. Having reached its second-quarter and six-month revenue targets, the company is on track to achieve its 2000...

Recent Patents.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... Smart Devices Produce Brilliant Colors. Electrochromic and photoelectrochromic devices based on sol-gel nanocrystalline semiconductor electrodes of a very high specific surface area have been patented by researchers from 1'Ecole Polytechnique...

Cabot Microelectronics' 3Q Revenues Leap 124%.(2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2000... For the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2000, Cabot Microelectronics Corp. reported revenues of $50.6 million, up 124% from the prior year's third-quarter revenues of $22.6 million. For the nine-month fiscal period, revenues reached $124.4...