Nanoparticle News articles from August 2001

Nanoparticle News archives from August 2001

Nanocomposite Cathode Structure Improves Lithium Batteries.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Researchers from the University of Texas have fabricated a composite cathode for rechargeable lithium batteries using nanoparticles of a lithium oxide spinel and sodium manganese oxide. The presence of the sodium manganese oxide phase on a...

Class Action Suit Settled.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Class Action Suit Settled. Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) reached an oral agreement in principle to settle the remaining securities class action lawsuit filed against it, certain of its former officers, certain of its former and...

NanoPierce Moves to Protect Technology.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... NanoPierce Moves to Protect Technology. NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. (Denver, CO) filed a comprehensive patent application on June 15 that discloses a novel method to deposit NCS (NanoPierce Connection System) at the wafer level. The patent...

Toyota Photocatalyst Activated by Visible Light.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... To use solar irradiation or interior lighting efficiently, researchers from Toyota's Central R&D Laboratories have developed a titanium dioxide-based photocatalyst with high reactivity under visible light irradiation. Typical anatase...

SOFC Material Mismatch Problem Solved with YSZ.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Altair International, Inc. believes it has solved the material mismatch problem for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) by using its 20-nm yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) to form the electrolyte and, using the same process with different thermal...

China Active in Nanomaterial Development.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... China Active in Nanomaterial Development. China is home to 323 nanomaterial businesses, with a combined total of more than 30 production lines, according to the China Economic Information Network (CEIN). The CEIN pegs Beijing, Shanghai, and...

Joint Venture Introduces First Slurry Product.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Joint Venture Introduces First Slurry Product. DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials, L.L.C. (Carlsbad, CA), a 50/50 joint venture company of DuPont and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., has unveiled a unique stock removal slurry formulation for...

EU Approves Plans to Buy Degussa Unit.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... EU Approves Plans to Buy Degussa Unit. The European Commission approved plans by OM Group (Cleveland, OH) to buy [dmc.sup.2], the chemicals and catalysts unit of Degussa Metals, controlled by Degussa-Huels AG of Germany.

Sales of Copper Slurries Up Despite Slowdown.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Sales of Copper Slurries Up Despite Slowdown. Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (Aurora, IL) reported that revenue for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2001, reached $51.5 million, up 1.7%, compared with the prior-year results on a pro forma...

Spray to Deposit Large Area Films Evaluated.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... In search of a nonvacuum method to produce large area copperindium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) films for photovoltaic applications, a team of researchers from Unisun recently evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of various particle-based...

Nanophase Reports Loss for Second Quarter.(Nanophase Technologies)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Nanophase Reports Loss for Second Quarter. Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) reported a net loss of approximately $1.3 million or $0.09/share (fully diluted) for the second quarter of 2001, based on approximately 13.6 million...

Cabot's Earnings Per Share Up $0.11 Over Last Year.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Cabot's Earnings Per Share Up $0.11 Over Last Year. For the company's third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2001, Cabot Corp. (Boston, MA) reported a net income of $41 million from continuing operations, or $0.55 per diluted common share, before...

Biomodal Distribution Improves Volume Loading.(Research Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Judicious additions of a second, finer zirconia powder to the submicron-size zirconia suspensions that are conventionally used in direct ceramic jet-printing applications substantially improves the volume loading of the ink, according to...

Divergent Synthesis Techniques Combine to Yield Functional Array.(University of Ulm)(University of Twente)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... By combining a top-down synthesis approach with a bottom-up method, it is possible to fabricate arrays of sub-10-nm gold nanocrystals on silicon substrates with micron-scale separations among the particles, according to a team of researchers...

AMCOL Remains Optimistic About Nanocor.(AMCOL International)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... AMCOL Remains Optimistic About Nanocor. In reporting the quarterly financial results of AMCOL International Corp. (Arlington Heights, IL), Larry Washow, president and CEO, says in regard to Nanocor, its nanocomposites business, "We continue to...

METAL NANOPARTICLES IN MAGNETIC MEDIA.
August 1, 2001... Nanoparticle research and production has recently gained momentum due to the convergence of many industries concerned with the performance of powdered and granular materials. Further, the emerging awareness of nanotechnology and its promise to...

Rohm and Haas Sees 25% Drop in Demand for Electronic Materials.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Rohm and Haas Sees 25% Drop in Demand for Electronic Materials. Rohm and Haas Co. (Philadelphia, PA) reported operating earnings from ongoing and discontinued operations of $71 million, or $0.32 per diluted share. On a comparable basis, Rohm...

Westaim Reports $2M Net Earnings for 2Q.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Westaim Reports $2M Net Earnings for 2Q. The Westaim Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) recorded net earnings of $2.0 million, or $0.03 per share, on revenue of $16.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2001. The results include a $20.1...

Luminescent Properties of Nanorods Linked to Size.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the University of California, Berkeley, led by A. Paul Alivisatos, have made initial measurements of the band gap (photoluminescence energy) of CdSe quantum rods as a function of their...

Nanophase Introduces Powders from "Audrey" Technology.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Nanophase Technologies has introduced aluminosilica nanopowders, the first material available from the company's new "Audrey" technology, as well as three new NanoTek nanocrystalline metal oxide products. "This is the first in a series of...

Orthovita's Quarterly Loss Declines.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Orthovita's Quarterly Loss Declines. Orthovita, Inc. (Malvern, PA) reported product sales of $954,000 for the 3 mo. ended June 30, 2001, and $1,180,000 year-to-date in 2001, from sales of its calcium phosphate nanoparticle-based VITOSS...

Ordered Arrays of Carbon Support High Dispersions of Pt.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ordered Arrays of Carbon Support High Dispersions of Pt. A team of Korean and Japanese researchers representing the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Taejon, Korea) and Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) have developed a...

Ceria Nanoparticles Formed by Mechanochemical Synthesis.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ceria Nanoparticles Formed by Mechanochemical Synthesis. Scientists from the Research Center for Advanced Mineral and Materials Processing at the University of Western Australia (Perth, Western Australia) have synthesized ultrafine cerium...

Praxair Enters CMP Market with New Slurries.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... With its introduction of a new line of colloidal silica polishing slurries for the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of oxide layers on semiconductor wafers, Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., is extending...

Advanced Magnetics Turns a Profit.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Advanced Magnetics, Inc. reported a net profit of $703,981, or $0.11/share, for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2001, compared with a net loss of ($398,756), or ($0.06)/share, for the same period in fiscal 2000. Revenues for the quarter...

Dip-Coating Allows for Crack-Free Multilayer Coatings.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Dip-Coating Allows for Crack-Free Multilayer Coatings. Dip coating can be used for the controlled preparation of sol-gel ceramic multilayer coatings, according to researchers from the Universidad de Extramadura (Badajoz, Spain). The scientists...

Nanophase Develops New Dispersion Technology.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Nanophase Develops New Dispersion Technology. Nanophase Technologies (Romeoville, IL) says it has recently developed new technology to produce stable dispersions of nanocrystalline metal oxides in organic resins and solvents, such as alcohols,...

Nanoporous Membranes Used to Decorate Ceramics.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Nanoporous Membranes Used to Decorate Ceramics. Red decorations on substrates that can undergo decorative baking, such as glass, porcelain, ceramic, and metal, can be produced using nanoporous aluminum oxide membranes whose pores contain...

NN STOCK WATCH.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... NN STOCK WATCH (At Close, 8-01-01) This Last % Company Symbol Month Month Change Advanced Magnetics, Inc. AVM 4.80 4.25 ...

NGK's Ceramic Membrane to Purify Tokyo's Water.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... NGK Insulators has received a JPY380 million (~U.S.$3.1 million) order from the Tokyo Waterworks Dept. for a next-generation water purification system using large ceramic membranes that are believed to be fabricated using nanoparticle...

Photocatalytic Ti[O.sub.2] Bleaches Teeth.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Photocatalytic Ti[O.sub.2] Bleaches Teeth. Japan's Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (Tokyo, JP) has patented a method for bleaching discolored teeth that exploits the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide. The process involves...

Two-Stage Process Yields Monodisperse BaTi[O.sub.3].(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Two-Stage Process Yields Monodisperse BaTi[O.sub.3]. UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN) has developed a low-temperature, controlled method for producing ultrafine monodisperse nanocrystalline powders of barium titanate and other pure or composite...

Transition Metal Nanoparticles Formed by Precipitation.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Transition Metal Nanoparticles Formed by Precipitation. IBM Corp. (Armonk, NY) researchers propose in U.S. Patent 6,262, 129 that transition metal nanoparticles can be produced by forming a metal precursor solution, injecting the metal...