Nanoparticle News articles from June 2002

Nanoparticle News archives from June 2002

Nano silver will treat skin and respiratory diseases. (Biotechnology News).(Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. to develop new drug products)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Westaim Corp. subsidiary Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. plans to use the nanocrystalline silver technology behind its already-commercialized antimicrobial wound dressings to develop new drug products to treat skin and respiratory diseases. ...

NanoMagnetics opens new labs.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... NanoMagnetics (Bristol, U.K.) has officially opened its specially constructed laboratories in Emersons Green, Bristol, United Kingdom. The 10,000-[ft.sup.2] building contains an analytical chemistry lab, Class 100 clean room facilities, and...

C Sixty appoints CEO.(Robert J. Davis)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... C Sixty, Inc. (Houston, TX), a nanomedical company focused on the biopharmaceutical application of fullerene technology, has appointed Robert J. Davis as its new chief executive officer. Davis brings over 20 yr of clinical development and...

Magnetic particles deliver drugs to GI tract. (Biotechnology News).(FeRx Inc. issues report)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... FeRx, Inc. reported new data last month suggesting that the company's magnetic targeted carrier particles (MTCs) are a feasible tool for drug delivery to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and also useful for the treatment of GI diseases, such as...

Nanophase reaps $6.85m investment.(Nanophase Technologies Corp)
June 1, 2002... Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) successfully completed a private placement of 1.37 million newly issued shares of common stock to a limited number of institutional and accredited investors for a gross equity investment of $6.85...

Harris & Harris invests in Nanotechnologies.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (New York, NY) has invested $750,000 as part of a $6.3 million series B convertible preferred financing of Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Austin, TX). Founded in 1999, Nanotechnologies is developing and commercializing a...

Altair completes $1m equity placement.(Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV) completed a $1 million equity placement with two accredited institutional investors. Under the terms of the agreement, Altair Nanotechnologies will issue units containing one share of the company's...

Lucent spins-off Agere.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) completed the spin-off of Agere Systems, Inc. on June 1.

Clarkson receives $30m from Coulter Foundation.(Clarkson University, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Clarkson University, home of the Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), an academic leader in particle science and technology, is the recipient of a $30 million gift from The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. In recognition of this gift,...

Nanotubes raise thermal conductivity of epoxy 125%. (Carbon Nanostructures).(research at the University of Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... University of Pennsylvania scientists have determined that adding a relatively small volume fraction of carbon nanotubes to epoxy increases the thermal conductivity by 125% at room temperature and raises the hardness by up to 350%. The...

Nanotube transistors outperform silicon. (Carbon Nanostructures).(IBM conducts research)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Using what it believes are the highest performing carbon nanotubes to date, IBM has demonstrated that nanotube transistors can outperform the leading silicon transistor prototypes available today. "Proving that carbon nanotubes outperform...

Texas universities form nanotech alliance.(strategic partnership for research in nanotechnology)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and Rice University have formed an alliance---the strategic partnership for research in nanotechnology (SPRING)--with the aim of making Texas a center for education,...

Legislation provides funding for NanoSystems Institute.(UCLA-UC Santa Barbara California Nanosystems Institute)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... California governor Gray Davis has signed legislation that will provide $308 million in lease-revenue bonds to help build the UCLA-UC Santa Barbara California NanoSystems Institute and three of the other California Institutes for Science and...

Nanophase updates forecast.(Nanophase Technologies Corp. )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Last month Nanophase Technologies Corp. (Romeoville, IL) updated and clarified the revenue guidance in its April 24 press release. The company now expects third-quarter 2002 revenue of approximately $1.7 million and full-year 2002 revenues of...

Ti[O.sub.2] nanoparticles to play role in water purification. (Energy And Environment).(Altair Nanotechnologies, University of Nevada join to develop advanced water purification materials)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies and the University of Nevada, Reno, have teamed up to develop advanced drinking water purification materials using Altair's titanium dioxide nanoparticles in conjunction with the university's patented technologies for...

Ti[B.sub.2] engineered for next-gen air batteries. (Energy And Environment).(AP Materials Inc. in partnership with Millennium Cell)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... AP Materials, Inc. (APM) has partnered with Millennium Cell, a developer of hydrogen fuel systems, to develop nanoscale titanium diboride (Ti[B.sub.2]) for use in advanced batteries and other energy storage systems. The partnership is...

Nanowire arrays formed without template. (Research News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Nanowire Arrays Formed WithoutTemplate. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute (Stuttgart, Germany) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) have grown well-aligned vertical boron nanowire arrays on silicon substrates over areas...

Embedded Pd particles show higher [H.sub.2] absorption. (Research News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Embedded Pd Particles Show Higher [H.sub.2] Absorption. The hydrogen absorption capabilities of palladium nanocrystals in a palladium-zirconia nanocomposite is several times larger than those of palladium in bulk and powder form, say...

Phase transfer of nanoparticles from organic to aqueous media: Part I: spontaneous transfer. (Technology Insight).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Abstract Although organic synthetic procedures are widely known to produce bulk quantities of nanoparticulate materials of desired size and shape, a large proportion of the industrial applications of such particles (e.g., biolabeling,...

Ceria nanocrystals made by flame process. (Research News).(Institute of Process Engineering scientists conduct research)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Scientists from the Institute of Process Engineering at ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland) have used flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) to synthesize high-surface-area ceria particles from cerium acetate in acetic acid solution. As reported in the June...

Market for Sol-Gel products to reach $936m by 2006. (Market Analysis).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... According to a recently released updated study from Business Communications Co., Inc., GB-114U "Sol-Gel Processing of Ceramics and Glass," the global market for sol-gel products reached $712 million in 2001. This is forecasted to increase to...

German scientists redefine microscopy as "nanoscopy". (Characterization And Testing).(Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Motivated by the resolution limitations of light microscopy, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany, demonstrated a 15-fold increase in the axial resolution of 3-D fluorescence microscopy. ...

Volume delves into polymer nanocomposites. (New Books).(Polymer Nanocomposites--Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling)
June 1, 2002... Oxford University Press (Website: www.oup-usa.org) has published a new volume, Polymer Nanocomposites--Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling, which highlights the unique chemical and physical aspects of polymer-based nanocomposite...

New book offers advice for nanotech investing. (New Books).(Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines)
June 1, 2002... The recently published Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines promises to separate science fact from science fiction and show investors where and how to find promising nanotech investment opportunities. Authored by Glenn Fishbine...

Foams made from oxide nanoparticles. (Recent Patents).(Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. research)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Researchers from 3M (St. Paul, MN) have protected a novel method for creating foams from water-in-oil emulsions containing functionalized metal oxide nanoparticles (U.S. Patent 6,353,037). The foams can be made from high internal phase...

Nano companies make Red Herring 100. (Industry News).(ratings; includes securities listing)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Several nanomaterial companies made the Red Herring 100, a list of the 50 private and 50 public companies "that will excel despite current economic conditions' published annually by Red Herring magazine. Nanomaterial companies Nanosphere,...

NanoGram protects laser pyrolysis. (Recent Patents).(nanoscale particle formation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... NanoGram Corp. (Fremont, CA) was awarded two U.S. patents (6,387,531 and 6,391,494) last month for the formation of nanoscale particles using its laser pyrolysis process. The first patent protects composite nanoparticles of carbon and metal...

Solid electrolyte fabricated from nanocrystals. (Recent Patents).(Nano Products Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... An innovation patented (U.S. Patent 6,387,560) last month by Nano Products Corp. (Longmont, CO) can be used to prepare nanostructured ion conducting solid electrolytes for various applications, including sensors, oxygen pumps, fuel cells,...

EIC develops military optical filters. (Grants Awarded).(EIC Laboratories Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... With the support of a Phase I SBIR award from the Army, EIC Laboratories, Inc. (Norwood, MA) is using suspensions of unaggregated absorbing nanoparticles to fabricate optical limiting filters for military applications. The Army believes that,...

Nanocomposite designed for biodegradable plastic. (Grants Awarded).(TDA Research Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... With the support of a Phase I SBIR award from the Navy, TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, CO) plans to use its proprietary inorganic/organic hybrid nanoparticles to improve the barrier properties of the biodegradable polymer polycaprolactone...

Altair's 1Q revenues exceed entire FY01. (Industry News).(Altair Technologies Inc. finance)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Altair Nanotechnologies reports that revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2002 surpassed revenue generated during the entire fiscal year 2001. For the 3 months ended March 31, 2002, Altair reported net revenues of $48,937, which...