Nanoparticle News articles from August 2005

Nanoparticle News archives from August 2005

CHARACTERIZATION AND PROCESSING: Industrial Scale Nanofiber Process Launched.(Elmarco found electrospinning technology)
August 1, 2005... Elmarco (Liberec, Czech Republic) have recently demonstrated their new electrospinning, Nanospider technology, which produces nanofibers on an industrial scale. Nanofibers produced by this process offer a range of applications in advanced...

New Fabrication Processes for ZnO Nanowires.(zinc oxide new nanowires)
August 1, 2005... Zinc oxide has many unique properties that make it attractive for a variety of electronic and electro-optical applications. A more recent and exciting area of development is ZnO nanowires. Nanowires are of increasing current interest in...

BIOTECHNOLOGY: Non-Cytotoxic Quantum Dots Developed.
August 1, 2005... A team of researchers from Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has successfully addressed one of the biggest challenges facing the use of quantum dots (QDs) in biomedical applications. Led by IBN Director Jackie...

Biomedical Developments Aided by Quantum Dots.
August 1, 2005... Increasingly biomedical researchers are exploiting the use of nanosized fluorescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) as a versatile tool for tracking movements of individual molecules in living systems. In large part this is due to their...

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES: Ice Exists in Nanotubes at Room Temperature.
August 1, 2005... Until recently little has been known about the behavior of water molecules confined in nanoporous spaces. However a team of Japanese researchers led by Yutaka Maniwa from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Hiromichi Kataura from the National...

Carbon Nanotubes Could Mend Bones.
August 1, 2005... Future osteoporosis sufferers and victims of broken bones may receive assistance from single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Bone tissue is a natural composite of collagen fibers and crystalline hydroxyapatite, which is a mineral based on...

ELECTRONICS & OPTOELECTRONICS: CNT Processes Improve Nanoelectronic Fabrication.
August 1, 2005... Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have overcome a major hurdle in creating nanotube-based electronics. Their method, described in the August issue of Nature Materials, creates circuits by dipping semiconductor chips into liquid...

Nanoelectronics Assembly Using Polymer Zone-Casting.
August 1, 2005... Carnegie Mellon University scientists have harnessed an experimental technology to produce polymer films with long-range- ordered nanostructure_ "nanocarbon arrays." Called zone casting, this technology could revolutionize the way industrial...

Progress in Realizing Molecular Electronics.
August 1, 2005... Molecular electronics- using molecules in the construction of electronic circuitry- may have moved a step closer to reality. Robert Wolkow, principal investigator, and a team of researchers from the National Institute for Nanotechnology,...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Molecular Profiling Institute Acquires NanoBiomics.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The Molecular Profiling Institute, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) has announced the acquisition of the assets of NanoBiomics, Inc. NanoBiomics is an early-stage company whose mission is to develop and commercialize genomic-based diagnostics utilizing...

NanoDynamics Plans Expansion.(expand in Pittsburgh)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... NanoDynamics Inc. (Buffalo, NY), which focuses on nanometal powders, fuel cell technology and other research, has unveiled expansion plans for its Buffalo and Pittsburgh operations. In Buffalo, where the nanomaterials manufacturer is based, the...

CALENDAR.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
August 1, 2005... August 29- September 2, 2005, Trends in Nanotechnology, Oviedo, Spain. Contact: Antonio Correia, Fundacion PHANTOMS; Email: antonio@phantomsnet.net; fax: +34 91 4973471 September 22-24, 2005, NanoBio-Europe, Munchen, Germany. Contact:...

COMMENTARY: Solar Nanomaterials Could Offset Fossil Fuel Demand.(Nanoparticles in reports)
August 1, 2005... A just-published Department of Energy (DOE) report on Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization, which follows a Spring workshop on this topic, provides some sobering statistics on the current and future state of global energy needs....

WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECH: Large-Scale Nanomaterials Production Is On the Way.(interview with Terry Baker vice president of Catalytic Materials LLC)(Interview)
August 1, 2005... Terry Baker, Vice-President for Research, Catalytic Materials LLC, has over thirty years of professional experience in catalysis, carbon and graphite materials, twenty of which have been spent in industry. Through his pioneering research he was...

AWARDS.(Nadrian Seeman of New York University)(Michael Norton of Marshall University)
August 1, 2005... Two Awards Exploit DNA for Future Nanoelectronics. Nadrian Seeman, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at New York University, is the recipient of a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to support revolutionary research on 3D...

BUSINESS.(NanoDynamics Inc. plans to expand its division in Pittsburgh)(Nano-Proprietary Inc colloborate with Funai Electric Ltd.)(Technology Partnerships Canada partnered with Integran Technologies Inc)
August 1, 2005... NanoDynamics Plans Expansion. NanoDynamics Inc. (Buffalo, NY), which focuses on nanometal powders, fuel cell technology and other research, has unveiled expansion plans for its Buffalo and Pittsburgh operations. In Buffalo, where the...

PEOPLE.(appointments of nanotechnology industry executives)(QuantumSphere Inc.)(Advance Nanotech Inc.)
August 1, 2005... QuantumSphere Appoints Senior Scientist. QuantumSphere, Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA), a leading manufacturer of metallic nanopowders for applications in aerospace, defense, energy, biomedical and other advanced material markets, announced it has...

PRODUCTS.(SilvaGard from AcryMed, Inc)(Photovotaics from Sharp Corporation )
August 1, 2005... Silver Nanoparticles Fight Hospital Disease. AcryMed, Inc. (Portland, OR) has disclosed a new silver nanoparticle technology, SilvaGard which has direct implications on fighting hospital- related diseases. SilvaGard allows medical device...

RESEARCH.(nano particles in research )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Chemically-Resistant Nanotreatments for Cotton. Juan Hinestroza, an assistant professor in the Department of Textile Engineering at North Carolina State University, has pioneered a method to develop chemically-resistant textiles by attaching...

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT: Dip Pen Nanolithography for Materials: Part 1- Process Overview.(lithography introduction )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... By Jason Haaheim, Applications Scientist, NanoInk, Inc., Chicago, IL Precision nanoscale deposition is a fundamental requirement for much of current nanoscience research and promises to facilitate exciting industrial applications....

Dip Pen Nanolithography.
August 1, 2005... As shown in Figure 1 this is a novel patterning technique, in which a sharp tip coated with a chemical reagent, ink, is brought in contact with and patterned across a target substrate. This method, the microscopic analog of using a quill "pen"...

DPN versus Other Technologies.(dip pen nanolithography)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Table 1 provides an instructive look at DPN's place among nanopatterning techniques: it is highly scalable with the use of multi-pen arrays; it is a technique that enables both bottom up nanofabrication (self-assembly) and top down resist-based...

Importance of DPN.(dip pen nanolithography )
August 1, 2005... Why is this kind of nanoscale deposition important? Simply put, DPN is a new approach to lithography. One can build from the bottom up, creating structures layer by layer, while still harnessing the parallel scalability of top down techniques,...