Nanoparticle News articles from July 2004

Nanoparticle News archives from July 2004

INDUSTRY NEWS: Cabot, NanoProducts Forges Alliance.
July 1, 2004... NanoProducts Corp. and Cabot Microelectronics Corp. have teamed up to jointly develop nanoscale particles for use in fine finish polishing applications, including chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries used in the semiconductor...

Huber, Nanophase Collaborate On Personal Care.
July 1, 2004... Huber Engineered Materials, a business unit of J.M. Huber Corp., and Nanophase Technologies Corp. have agreed to collaborate in projects directed at research and development of "nanomaterial solutions" for new or improved Huber ingredients. ...

COMMENTARY: The 'Nanotechnologizing' of CMP.
July 1, 2004... Some news items this month have brought to mind an idiosyncrasy I've observed: In a business climate where a variety of technology firms are stretching to make a connection with the nanoscale - no matter how tenuous - producers of...

MARKET ANALYSIS: Nanoscale Films Will Take 39% Share of 2008 Market.
July 1, 2004... Of the $1.1 billion in thin film products shipped for eight major industries in 2003, $222 million, or 19.7%, are nanoscale thin films - or nanofilms - characterized by a thickness of less than 100 nm, according to a new BCC report entitled...

Chem Analysis Instruments Lead Characterization Tools Market.
July 1, 2004... With a current market topping $12 billion, chemical analysis instrumentation is the largest and fastest growing segment of the materials characterization tools market, according to a recently published report, Materials Characterization...

ELECTRONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS Quantum Dot Devices Detect IR Radiation.
July 1, 2004... In an advance that could lead to better night vision goggles and military tracking devices, Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Texas at Austin have built and tested a device based on quantum dots that can...

Marriage of Well and Dots--White Light.
July 1, 2004... A wireless nanodevice that functions like a fluorescent light but potentially far more efficiently has been developed in a joint project between the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories. ...

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: $1M to Fund Lubricant Coatings for Spacecraft.
July 1, 2004... Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a $1 million grant, as part of a $2.5 million joint research project with the University of Florida, to develop "chameleon" lubricant coatings that can react to the environment for...

Nanoporous Insulator Penetrates Window Market.
July 1, 2004... A translucent and lightweight insulating material characterized by a nanoporous structure is now incorporated into the skylight, window and wall system products of six major companies in the fenestration systems industry, including Kalwall...

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES: Carbon Nanoparticles Built On Polymer Templates.
July 1, 2004... Building on research using polymer micelles as templates, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a novel way to make discrete carbon nanoparticles for potential applications in optoelectronics or biomedicine. The...

WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECH NTERA Set to Manufacture Displays.(Interview)
July 1, 2004... David Corr, chief technology officer of NTERA, co-founded the company with Prof. Donald Fitzmaurice in 1998. Since then, he has led the company's research efforts. He has a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from University College Dublin, an...