Nanoparticle News articles from February 2004

Nanoparticle News archives from February 2004

ELECTRONICS & OPTOELECTRONICS: Nanodots in Superconductor Wire Reduce Manufacturing Costs.
February 1, 2004... By incorporating a dispersion of nanoscale particles - "nanodots" - into high-temperature superconductor (HTS) wire, its current- carrying capacity can be increased by at least 30% and the manufacturing cost can be reduced by two to five times,...

Nanotubes Combined with Silicon Form Hybrid Chip.
February 1, 2004... Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University say they have created the first functional hybrid chip that merges silicon transistors with carbon nanotubes, an advance that brings nanotube technology a step...

Metal Nanocrystals Play Role in Next-Gen Flash Memory.
February 1, 2004... In an effort to develop the next generation of flash memory technology, Japanese engineers from Asahi Glass Co. and Tohoku University have fabricated a new type of nonvolatile memory based on metal nanoparticles in an insulating matrix. ...

BIOTECHNOLOGY NEWS: Luminescent Nanocrystals Improve Surgical Imaging.
February 1, 2004... A surgical imaging technique used to identify the presence of cancer can be improved using luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots), according to a team of researchers from MIT, Harvard, and two Boston area hospitals. The...

Nanotube Brain Probes Outperform Silicon.
February 1, 2004... Carbon nanotube probes appear to be more effective than silicon- based probes for studying brain function, neurological damage and disease, according to Purdue University researchers. A major drawback to silicon probes, which are used today...

Quantum Dots Practical for Long-Term Animal Studies.
February 1, 2004... By modifying the surfaces of fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals called quantum dots, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have enabled them to circulate for hours in animals and to generate fluorescent signals for at least eight months, a...

PROCESSING & CHARACTERIZATION: Nanoparticles as Building Blocks for Composites.
February 1, 2004... Scientists from the Weizmann Institute in Israel have for the first time constructed nanotube structures from nanoparticle building blocks at room temperature, an achievement that may allow nanotubes to be engineered at the nanoscale with...

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Halt of Nano R&D Will Widen Rich-Poor Gap.
February 1, 2004... The chasm between have and have-not countries will grow even wider if nanotechnology research is upended by the unbalanced positions of high-profile opponents, warns a new analysis by medical ethics experts at the University of Toronto Joint...

WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECH: NanoScale's Chemical Neutralization System.(Kenneth J. Klabunde of Nanoscale Materials)(Interview)
February 1, 2004... Kenneth J. Klabunde is a University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Kansas State University and also founder and CTO of Nanoscale Materials, Inc. NN: What sparked your decision to co-found a nanomaterials company? Klablunde:...

NEWS BRIEFS.
February 1, 2004... Altair R&D Expansion Funded by $6.1 Million. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV) says it is expanding its engineering, research, and development teams using funding from the exercise of outstanding warrants by shareholders, which raised...

FINANCIAL RESULTS.(earnings of Cabot Corp)(earnings of Advanced Magnetics, Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Revenues Down at Advanced Magnetics. Advanced Magnetics, Inc. (Cambridge, MA), a producer of nanoparticle iron oxide-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, reported a drop in revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 ended...

NEW RESEARCH.(nanotechnology)
February 1, 2004... Nanoparticle Arrays Used as "Ink" For Printing. Uniform arrays of alkanethiol-coated gold nanoparticles can be used as "ink" for microcontact printing, as described by Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) researchers in the January 14, 2004,...

NEW PATENTS.(a new method to produce a supported catalyst consisting of platinum-ruthenium)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... DNA Lattices Organize Nanocrystals. In work that could be important for the fabrication of next-generation magnetic hard drives, IBM (Armonk, NY) researchers have invented (U.S Patent 6,673,401) a method to organize nanoparticles in lattices...

CALENDAR.(Nanotechnology)(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... March 7-11, 2004 Nanotech 2004, Boston, MA. Contact: Nano Science and Technology Institute, Tel: 925/901-4959, Fax: 509/696-6416; Email: wenning@nsti.org. March 28-30, 2004 Nanotech and Biotech Convergence 2004, Cambridge, MA. Contact:...

COMMENTARY How High The Hype?(Nanotechnology)(Editorial)
February 1, 2004... Nanotechnology stocks have been all the rage in recent months. These days, if you have "nano" as part of your company name, it's likely to attract not only attention, but also investors and their money. The situation mimics what has been going...