Nanoparticle News articles from January 2003

Nanoparticle News archives from January 2003

Who teamed up--and with whom? (2002: The Year In Review).(Industry Overview)
January 1, 2003... The 2001 trend of partnerships continued into 2002, with over 30 companies in the nanobusiness joining forces to advance a technology or market a product. A number of nanocompanies formed alliances with Asian firms during 2002, including...

Altair granted extension by Nasdaq.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The common stock of Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq smallcap market through June 2, 2002 by the granting of a 180-day extension by Nasdaq. This extension provides Altair with an opportunity to...

Nanosphere nets $15M in financing.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Nanosphere Inc. (Northbrook, IL) has garnered $15 million in third round financing to support commercialization of the company's biomolecular detection system, which is scheduled for release in the second half of 2003. Investors in the round...

Moyco voluntarily moves to OTC market.(Moyco Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Moyco Technologies, Inc. (Montgomeryville, PA), a manufacturer of superfine precision abrasives, slurries and related products, voluntarily moved its common stock listing from the Nasdaq smallcap market to the over the counter market effective...

Nanophase receives $3M order for sunscreen nanomaterials.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) says it has received an annual order from its "leading customer"--presumably BASF--for sunscreen and personal care nanomaterials that is expected to generate revenues in excess of $3 million during...

Cabot Microelectronics forms alliance.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (Aurora, IL) has formed an alliance with Ondeo Nalco to provide "flexible strategic sourcing solutions" for wastewater management and water recycle (WWM/WR) to its chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry...

Stanford establishes nanocharacterization lab.(Stanford University)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Stanford University has established an advanced nanocharacterization facility in collaboration with FEI Co. (Hillsboro, OR). The agreement is part of the university's advanced materials initiative to create a set of shared research facilities...

CTO departs Nanophase. (People).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Nanophase Technologies Corp.'s (Romeoville, IL) CTO Gina Kritchevsky is leaving the company to pursue other interests and return to Arizona, although Nanophase says it will retain her services as a consultant in 2003. Richard Brotzman,...

Orthovita appoints board member. (People).
January 1, 2003... Orthovita, Inc. (Malvern, PA) says it has appointed David Fitzgerald, currently a director at LifeCell Corp., to its board of directors. Over the last several years, Fitzgerald has been involved in a number of startup and development stage...

Nanotechnology preys upon the public. (Commentary).(Michael Crichton's book 'Prey' may mislead public about nanotechnology)(Editorial)
January 1, 2003... 2003 might be the year that "nanotechnology" fully enters the mainstream and becomes a household word. Exposure in the popular press, on the big screen, and on The New York Times best-seller list during 2002 have set the stage for this....

Anti-corrosion coating developed for Air Force. (Grants Awarded).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... In response to the need of the Air Force for a non-chromium (environmentally friendly) anti-corrosion coating for aluminum alloy surfaces, Triton Systems (Chelmsford, MA) plans to develop, in collaboration with Sze Yang of the University of...

QuesTek applies computation materials design to steel. (Grants Awarded).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Supported by a Phase I SBIR award from the U.S. Navy, QuesTek Innovations LLC (Evanston, IL) plans to utilize a novel computational materials design approach to demonstrate the feasibility of a nanostructured high-strength, high-toughness...

Nanomaterials technology and business development in Germany: Part 2. (Industry Insight).
January 1, 2003... The Institute for New Materials (INM) is a model for a research and development institute which has achieved a world class reputation for innovation in nano-scale materials. The INM was founded with the long-term R&D objective of introducing...

Nanomaterials exploited for conductive adhesives. (Grants Awarded).(Polycomp Technologies )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Polycomp Technologies (Del Mar, CA) intends to develop novel die-attach adhesives that are reworkable, highly electrically and thermally conductive, and environmentally stable by using nanomaterials. The company says that commercial electronic...

High purity metals deposited, patterned on semiconductors. (Electronics And Optoelectronics).
January 1, 2003... Purdue University researchers have developed an inexpensive technique to deposit high purity metals onto semiconductors in the form of nanocrystalline films to which organic molecules could be linked for biosensor applications. "We have...

Nanoclays improve composite viscosity, modulus. (New Research).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... In a recent study at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada), the properties Of polymer composites reinforced with exfoliated silicate nanoplatelets were compared with those of conventional polyethylene/montmorillonite composites....

Nano Ti[O.sub.2] coatings seven times more crack resistant. (New Research).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Nanostructured titanium dioxide (Ti[O.sub.2]=) coatings prepared by thermal spraying are seven times more resistant to crack propagation than conventional Ti[O.sub.2] coatings, according to researchers from the Industrial Materials Institute...

New plasma torch method yields nanotubes. (New Research).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Scientists at the INRS Energie, Materiaux, et Telecommunications (Varennes, Quebec, Canada) have developed a new plasma torch method to grow single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) continuously with a production rate of 100 mg/ min. The...

NeoPhotonics spins off medical business. (Industry News).(NanoGram Devices Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... NeoPhotonics Corp. has spun off its medical component business into a separate corporation, NanoGram Devices Corp., that will develop, manufacture and market specialized power sources for medical devices based on its laser-based nanomaterials...

China takes a lead on carbon nanotubes. (Window On Nanomaterials In China).(Column)
January 1, 2003... China's Great Wall is certainly known around the world, but soon China may also be recognized for other "walls"--viz., of the single-and multi-wall carbon nanotube variety. China's ascending dominance in the area of carbon nanotube production...

High refractive index nanocomposites fabricated. (Recent Patents).(Pole-Chic Corporation)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Chemists from Pole-Chic Corporation (Taipei, TW) have prepared high refractive index and low birefringence organic/inorganic nanocomposites that have potential application in optical components, such as filters, transmitters, reflectors,...

Motorola controls size, position of quantum dots. (Recent Patents).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Motorola researchers have devised a method to control the size and position of semiconductor dots that serve as charge carriers in single electron devices, which [dagger] expected to be the backbone of next-generation nanoelectronic chips. The...

Over $20M allocated for DoD nanoscience center. (Washington News).(US Department of Defense)
January 1, 2003... With anticipated funding of over $20 million, the Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense (CNID) has been launched to facilitate the rapid transition of nanoscience research innovations into applications for the defense sector. An...

Meeting explores synergies between nanotechnology and biotechnology. (Events And Conferences).(Calendar)
January 1, 2003... Business Communications Co. will hold its second annual conference Nanotech and Biotech Convergence--2003 May 5-6, 2003 to explore the synergies developing between nanotechnology and biotechnology. The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn...

Calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2003... February 9-10, 2003 2nd Annual Nanotech Investing Forum, Palm Springs, CA. Contact: IBF Conferences, 100 Merrick Rd., Ste. 500, West Building, Rockville Centre, NY 11570; Fax: 516-594-5979, Email: Alex@ibfconferences.com. February 23-27,...