Nanoparticle News articles from February 2002

Nanoparticle News archives from February 2002

Nanocapsules target damaged cells. (Biotechnology News).(protect against radiation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... By delivering tumor-killing drugs directly to cancerous cells and avoiding the ravaging side effects of chemotherapy, cargo-toting nanocapsules are expected to have an enormous impact on many fields of medicine, particularly cancer treatment,...

Nanophase employees back to work.(Nanophase Technologies Corp. )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Nanophase Employees Back to Work. Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) reports that all of its production employees returned to work on January 7, 2002, after the December 2001 furlough. The company also noted that it had hired...

Sumitomo and Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI) join forces.(develop carbon nanotechnology business in Asia)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sumitomo and Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI) Join Forces. Sumitomo Corp. and Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI; Houston, TX) have launched a joint effort to develop the carbon nanotechnology business in Asia. CNI produces single wall...

NanoCarrier hooks up with GlaxoSmithKline.(micellar nanoparticle technology as a drug delivery agent feasibility)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... NanoCarrier Hooks Up with GlaxoSmithKline. NanoCarrier Co., Ltd. (Chiba, Japan) plans to carry out exploratory research studies with GlaxoSmithKline to determine the feasibility of using the former's proprietary micellar nanoparticle technology...

Nanostructuring enables ultra high-density magnetic storage. (Electronics and Magnetics).(Fuji Photo Film Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. has achieved an order of magnitude increase in the storage capacity of its next-generation magnetic recording media by reducing the thickness of the magnetic layer, decreasing the size of the component magnetic...

U.K. Nanotech Center launched.(University of Birmingham)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... U.K. Nanotech Center Launched. The University of Birmingham (Birmingham, U.K.) has launched a NanoTech Centre as the first phase of a vision to establish the West Midlands, United Kingdom, as a global force in the commercial exploitation of...

Subsidiary to undertake high-volume production.(NanoPierce Connections Systems, Inc., )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Subsidiary to Undertake High-Volume Production. The newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. (Denver, CO), NanoPierce Connections Systems, Inc., has been chartered to undertake high-volume production of...

Court orders final approval of settlement.($800,000 settlement of remaining securities class action against Nanophase Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Court Orders Final Approval of Settlement. Following a hearing on January 10, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered final approval of an $800,000 settlement of the remaining securities class action filed...

"Plug and play" imparts functionality.(NTT Corp. finds novel semiconductor device fabrication)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... NTT Corp. researchers have exploited a novel "plug and play" approach to semiconductor device fabrication that involves incorporating nanoparticles of specific functions and size onto silicon wafers and manipulating the surface chemical bonds...

Altair.(Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. appointment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Altair Creates New Executive Position. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV) has appointed Rudi E. Moerck to the newly created position of vice president, business development. Moerck will report directly to Altair Nanotechnologies president...

Nanosys Inc.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Founders' Research Recognized by Science. Nanosys, Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced that Science magazine cited the nanoelectronics work of its scientific founders, Charles Lieber of Harvard University and James Heath of UCLA, as the core...

Covalent Materials, Inc.(appointment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Start-Up Company Adds Director to Board. Covalent Materials, Inc. (Emeryville, CA), a developer of nanotechnology components for electronics and energy storage applications, has added Goran Lindahl to its board of directors. Lindahl is...

Silicon nanocrystals show explosive potential. (Energy and Environment).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that silicon nanocrystals can serve as tiny explosives useful for chemical analysis and nanoscale sensors. Most people are familiar with silicon as the material that's...

Aerosol silicon nanoparticle nonvolatile floating gate memory devices: Part I: fabrication. (Technology Insight).
February 1, 2002... Abstract Silicon nanoparticle-based floating gate MOS field effect devices are attractive candidates for terabit [cm.sup.-2] density nonvolatile memory applications. An ultra-clean two-stage aerosol process reactor and 200 mm wafer...

A step toward nanoparticle printing. (Production and Processing).(research at Philips CFT, Nanogate GmbH, and Uppsala University)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... With the ultimate goal of developing a technique to print thin lines of indium-tin oxide from a dispersion of nanoparticles, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden, Philips CFT in The Netherlands, and Nanogate GmbH in Germany evaluated...

Silbond steps into CMP arena.(Silbond Corp. develops chemical mechanical polishing slurry technology)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Silbond Steps into CMP Arena. Silbond Corp. (Weston, MI) has developed and patented (U.S. Patent 6,334,880) abrasive media and aqueous slurry technology for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of the interlayers of integrated circuits, memory...

Japanese company produces nanocrystalline BN.(Otsuka Kagaku K. K.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Japanese Company Produces Nanocrystalline BN. Otsuka Kagaku K. K. has patented (U.S. Patent 6,319,602) a high-purity nanocrystalline hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) powder produced by heat-treating the fibrous compound...

Luminescent nanocrystals boast 30+% quantum yield.(new patent from Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Luminescent Nanocrystals Boast 30+% Quantum Yield. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) is the assignee of a patent (U. S. Patent 6,322,901) protecting luminescent nanocrystal technology, specifically CdS, CdSe, or CdTe,...

Zirconia addition improves photocatalytic film formulation.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Zirconia Addition Improves Photocatalytic Film Formulation. Following extensive investigations of various photocatalytic metal oxide compositions, researchers from Showa Denko K.K. have discovered that photocatalytic titanium dioxide particles...

SDK introduces Ti[O.sub.2] and ZnO for cosmetics. (Product News).(Showa Denko KK introduces ultraviolet radiation shielding products)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has introduced nanoparticulate ultraviolet (UV) radiation shielding materials trade named Maxlight FTS and Maxlight ZS for use in sunscreens and foundations. SDK uses titanium oxide and zinc oxide particles of 30 nm...

Nanophase adds smaller ZnO to product line. (Product News).(Nanophase Technologies Corp. introduces zinc oxide nanoparticles)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Nanophase Technologies Corp. has introduced a new line of high purity zinc oxide nanoparticles targeted primarily for electronic, personal care, and other applications requiring UV protection combined with a very high degree of transparency....

Japanese firms team up on slurry development.(Toshiba Corp., Tokuyama Corp. develop silica slurry)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Japanese Firms Team Up on Slurry Development. With the objective of producing a high-purity abrasive slurry that imparts a minimum of scratches during chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) and boasts a high polishing efficiency, a research...

Large particles extracted from nanoparticle streams.(Nanophase Technologies Corp. applies for technology patent)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Large Particles Extracted from Nanoparticle Streams. Nanophase Technologies Corp. has applied for a patent detailing a novel method and apparatus to remove supra-micron particles from nanoparticle streams in its patented physical vapor...

Lithium storage in nanotubes investigated.(University of North Carolina)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Lithium Storage in Nanotubes Investigated. Researchers from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) studied the effects of microstructure and morphology on lithium storage in single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) bundles using...

DuPont licenses CNI's production process. (Industry News).(DuPont Central Research and Development, Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI) has licensed its patented laser-oven nanotube production process to DuPont Central Research & Development (CR&D) for use in the area of field emission flat panel displays. DuPont CR&D, working with...

NN Stock Watch, as of close 2-12-02.(stock prices)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... NN STOCK WATCH, as of close 2-12-02 This Last % Company Symbol Month Month Change Advanced Magnetics, Inc. AVM 3.65 3.70...

Nano TiN produced by direct nitridation of Ti[O.sub.2].(research at Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Ceramics)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Nano TiN Produced by Direct Nitridation of Ti[O.sub.2]. Nanocrystalline TiN powder can be synthesized by the direct nitridation of nanocrystalline Ti[O.sub.2] powder, according to scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics at the...

Ultrasonication minimizes aggregate size.(National Institute for Materials Science studies zirconia nanopowder)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Ultrasonication Minimizes Aggregate Size. The effects of powder washing with subsequent centrifuging, and deagglomeration using microtip ultrasonication, on the properties of zirconia nanopowder, were investigated by researchers from the...