Nanoparticle News articles from January 2006

Nanoparticle News archives from January 2006

2005: THE YEAR IN REVIEW Nanoparticle Products Continue to Proliferate.
January 1, 2006... A wide spectrum of product developments was disclosed during the past year with diverse market applications ranging from sophisticated devices, composite materials, to personal care cosmetics. These are summarized in Table 1 below. Some of the...

ELECTRONICS Albany Nanoelectronics Wins Major Cash Infusion.
January 1, 2006... Barely into the New Year, New York's State Governor announced the creation of a major new $435 million Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration (INDEX). The facility-one of only two to be created in the nation-will be located at...

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES Jammed Nanotubes Surpass Clay as Plastic Flame Retardants.
January 1, 2006... Jammed, as opposed to highly dispersed, networks of carbon nanotubes or nanofibers, may greatly improve flammability resistance and, perhaps, other properties in polymers, according to the latest findings reported in the December issue of...

Nanotube Films Show Super Compressible Foam Behavior.
January 1, 2006... Research led by Anyuan Cao at the University of Hawaii and Pulickel Ajayan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which is reported in the November 25th issue of Science, shows that films of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) can act...

Low-Temperature Nanotube Growth Process Developed.
January 1, 2006... CEVP Limited (Newhaven, U.K.) has developed a fabrication tool to commercialize the revolutionary low temperature carbon nanotube (CNT) growth process recently developed by the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI). The new...

BIOTECHNOLOGY Fullerene Shows Promise in Reducing Radiation Side Effects.
January 1, 2006... Using transparent zebrafish embryos, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have shown that hollow fullerene nanoparticles can help fend off damage to normal tissue from radiation. The fullerenes acts like an "oxygen sink,"...

INDUSTRY NEWS New Nanoparticle Database Simplifies Global Market Access.
January 1, 2006... Honolulu-based Nanowerk LLC announced its new website and positioned itself as a player in the nanotechnology field. The Nanowerk Nanomaterial Database, is a unique and powerful tool for the global nanotechnology community to research...

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... February 16-17, Nanomed 2006, 5th International Workshop on Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology, Logenhaus, Berlin. Contact: Tel: +49 (0)681 9300-244; Email: nanomed2006@cc-nanochem.de; Website: http://www.cc-nanochem.de/nanomed-r.htm ...

COMMENTARY Nanoparticles Market Review and Prognosis.
January 1, 2006... As we embark upon a new year it's timely to reflect upon the past year and anticipate some future prospects for nanoparticles. A useful yard-stick is our monthly Nanotechnology Stockwatch, a composite index or microcosm, represented by seven...

BCC RELATED REPORT Nanomaterials Markets by Type.
January 1, 2006... FAST FACT- The total global consumption of all types of nanomaterials in 2005 is expected to surpass 9 million metric tons and $13.1 billion, reaching 10.3 million tons or $20.5 billion by 2010, at an average annual growth rate of 9.3% in value...

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT Effective Grinding and Dispersion of Nanoparticles By Stefan Mende et al, R & D, NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH, Germany.
January 1, 2006... The special properties exhibited by nanoparticles have made possible advancements such as extremely hard and scratch-proof coatings, low sintering temperature ceramics, materials with a high fracture strength and toughness at low temperatures,...

Media Mill Design.
January 1, 2006... In order to be practically useable nanoparticles must first be dispersed in liquid. Currently, due to their simplicity, scalability and lower operating costs, fine bead mills are widely used in laboratory and production applications for...

Dispersion Advantages.
January 1, 2006... Table 1 summarizes examples of the different system applications, very fine grinding media and operating conditions, evaluated in the newly developed mill. Excellent dispersion results were obtained without any changes in the product...

Summary.(Netzsch group)
January 1, 2006... The Netzsch Fine Particle Technologies ZETA(r) RS stirred media mill represents a new system development. In particular the combination of a grinding media separator, mechanical seals, and handling, provides more desirable dispersion processes...

((BRIEFS)) AWARDS.
January 1, 2006... Carbon Nanotube Emissive Display Recognized. Jim Jaskie of Embedded Systems Research, Motorola Labs (Phoenix, AZ), has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the 2005 Scientific American 50- which recognizes outstanding acts of...

BUSINESS.
January 1, 2006... Agilent Acquires Molecular Imaging. Agilent Technologies Inc. (Pal Alto, CA) has acquired privately held Molecular Imaging Corp. (Tempe, AZ), a leading developer of atomic force and scanning probe microscope (SPM) systems for high-resolution...

EDUCATION.(Howard Hughes Medical Institute gets grant for medical education)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Nanobiotechnology Training Program Garners Support. Johns Hopkins University has received a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which will help create a new graduate training program in Nanotechnology for Biology and...

FINANCE.(Cyrium Technologies gest finance)(Advance Nanotech Inc. does research on nanotubes)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Cyrium Secures Solar Cell Satellite Funding. Solar cell developer Cyrium Technologies (Ottawa, ON), has secured $2.6 million in venture capital funding. The developer of high efficiency solar cells, using epitaxial-based quantum dot...

PEOPLE.
January 1, 2006... Carbon Nanotech Lab Appoints New Leaders. James Tour has been named director of Rice University's Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory (CNL) and Matteo Pasquali has been selected co-director. The pair suceed the lab's founding director, Rick...

PRODUCTS.
January 1, 2006... Nanowire Fabrication Goes Commercial. NanoDynamics, Inc.(Buffalo, NY) plans to commercialize new nanowire fabrication technologies developed by its New Zealand-based partner, Nano Cluster Devices Ltd.(Christchurch, N.Z.). Commercialization will...

RESEARCH.
January 1, 2006... Simple Nanoparticle Patterning Technique Demonstrated. Self-assembly methods for achieving definable patterns of nanoparticles without the use of lithography have proven to be elusive. However, Peidong Yang and colleagues at the University of...