Nanoparticle News articles from June 2005

Nanoparticle News archives from June 2005

BIOTECHNOLOGY: Organic Dye Biolabels vs. Quantum Dots.
June 1, 2005... By surrounding a fluorescent rhodamine dye chemically modified to link with a protective silica shell, Cornell University researchers have created fluorescent nanoparticles with possible applications in displays, biological imaging, optical...

Gold Particles Help Visualize Cancer.
June 1, 2005... Binding gold nanoparticles to a specific antibody for cancer cells could make cancer detection much easier, according to collaborative research conducted at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California at San Francisco....

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES: CNTs for Rapid X-Ray Surveillance.
June 1, 2005... Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a UNC start-up company, Xintek, Inc., have invented a new X-ray device based on carbon nanotubes that emits a scanning X-ray beam composed of multiple smaller beams. As a result,...

CNT Nanoemissive Flat Screen Display Debuts.(carbon nanotube technology)
June 1, 2005... Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola has unveiled a 5-inch color video display prototype based on proprietary carbon nanotube technology -- a breakthrough technique that could create large, flat panel displays with superior...

CHARACTERIZATION AND PROCESSING Super Ceramics from Petrified Wood.
June 1, 2005... A chemical process that transforms wood into a material that is stronger than steel and withstands high temperatures adds a promising new dimension to the search for advanced catalyst technologies, as well as to cutting tools, abrasives and...

ELECTRONICS: Low-Temperature Nanowire Fabrication.
June 1, 2005... Researchers at Harvard University have made robust circuits from core/shell silicon/silica nanowires that align themselves on a chip of glass during low-temperature fabrication, creating rudimentary electronic devices that offer solid...

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: Environmental Impact of Buckyballs.
June 1, 2005... In a challenge to conventional wisdom, scientists have found that buckyballs dissolve in water and could have a negative impact on soil bacteria. The findings raise new questions about how the nanoparticles might behave in the environment and...

Fuel Cell Cleans Up Dirty Water.
June 1, 2005... Scientists at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland are developing a new technology using sunlight to treat dirty water and create electricity simultaneously. The sunlight-driven technology will clean dirty water and will provide electricity...

QD-Based Multi Color LEDs Developed.(multi-color light- emitting diodes)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... In research published in the May issue of Nano Letters a team of scientists at the Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories (NM) have developed the first completely inorganic, multi-color light- emitting diodes (LEDs), based on colloidal...

INDUSTRY NEWS: McGill University Powers HERA Hydrogen Storage.(HERA Hydrogen Storage Systems, Inc)(services of McGill University in Montreal)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... HERA Hydrogen Storage Systems, Inc., (Longuiel, QC and Ringwood, NJ) announced that it has become exclusive licensee of a substantial intellectual property portfolio developed by McGill University in Montreal, in the field of advanced hydride...

Ground-Breaking Clean Technology Sponsored.(government finance of Quantiam Technologies, Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A Canadian consortium led by Quantiam Technologies, Inc. (Edmonton, AB) has received $1.2 million government contribution from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, to develop and demonstrate a technology for more efficient manufacturing...

CALENDAR.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
June 1, 2005... June 29-30, 2005, Nanotechnology in BioDiagnostics and Analytics, Grenoble, France. Contact: Robina Fisher, Institute of Nanotechnology, Scotland, Tel: +44 (0)141 330/2142, Email: robina@nano.org.uk. August 13-16, Particles 2005- Surface...

WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECH Nanotechnology Embedded in Freescale's Future.(Interview)
June 1, 2005... Claudine Simson is CTO of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Previously she was CTO at Motorola's Semiconductor Product Sector after spending 24 years with Nortel Networks in Ottawa, Canada in a senior executive positions in R&D. She holds a BSc and...

COMMENTARY: We Are Doing OK-- But We Better Do Better.(reports of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology)(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has just released its 50 page report on, The National Nanotechnology Initiative at Five Years: Assessment and Recommendations of the National technology Advisory Panel. ...

AWARDS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Georgia Tech, Emory Win $11.5 million. The NIH has awarded researchers from Georgia Technology and Emory University $11.5 million to establish a new research program focused on creating advanced nanotechnologies to analyze plaque formation on...

BUSINESS.(CVD Equipment Corporation)(First Nano, Inc.,)
June 1, 2005... CVD Pursues First Nano Inc., Assets. CVD Equipment Corporation (Ronkonkoma, NY), a leading manufacturer of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) equipment, recently signed a contract with First Nano, Inc., (Carpinteria, CA) to purchase certain assets...

FUNDING.
June 1, 2005... Du Pont Offers MIT $25 Million. Du Pont has announced an added boost of $25 million invested into its ten-year alliance with MIT which focuses on creative next-generation materials. Originally established in 2000 as a five-year $35 million...

FINANCIAL.(Industrial Revenue)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Altair Tops $1 Million. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV), a leading supplier of advanced ceramic nanomaterial products and technology, has reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. When compared to the first...

PATENTS, LICENSING.(carbon nanotube Membrane Electrode Assembly)(KnowmTech, LLC )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Pacific Fuel Cell Acquires Prototype IP. Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (Tustin, CA) has acquired certain rights to a new carbon nanotube Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) for hydrogen and methanol fuel cells based on intellectual property filed by a...

PRODUCTS.(production management of Nanocyl S.A.)(product introduction of Applied Nanoworks, Inc )
June 1, 2005... Nanomix Markets Nanoelectronic Device. Nanomix, Inc. (Emeryville, CA) has commercially launched an ultra low-power, highly-specific hydrogen detection device based on Sensation (tm) detection technology. These scaleable devices use...

RESEARCH.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Magnetic Impregnated CNTs for TerraByte Flash Memory. Researchers from Texas A&M University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have designed a type of nanotube flash memory that has a potential capacity of 40 gigabits per square centimeter...

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT: Silicon Nanocrystal Memory: Challenges and Opportunities.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... By Ko-Min Chang, Manager, Memory Device Development, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX A silicon nanocrystal memory has been developed to demonstrate its feasibility as a strong contender to the rapidly growing flash memory market....

Flash Memory.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Non-volatile semiconductor memories have become established themselves as a versatile, cost-effective solution to many code and data storage needs. Among them, flash memory in its various forms, has further emerged as the preferred solution for...

Cell Phones.(NAND flash )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The bulk of the code storage application is found in the cell phone handsets. NAND flash, on the other hand, represents 35% of the flash TAM in 2003 but is growing rapidly due to the aforementioned popular acceptance of the mobile devices. NAND...

Silicon Nanocrystal Memory.(non-volatile memories)(non-volatile memories )
June 1, 2005... There is a category of non-volatile memories (NVM) called Thin- Film Storage (TFS). Loosely defined, TFS has a storage medium less than 10nm in thickness and the stored charge mobility within the medium is low enough so that no appreciable...