Nanoparticle News articles from June 2006

Nanoparticle News archives from June 2006

ENVIRONMENT Government Safety and Health Risk Developments.
June 1, 2006... Concerns about the safety and health risks are being raised. Here are some recent benchmarks: Nanoparticles Absent in Unsafe Spray Product. The latest findings reported by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assesment (BfR), have...

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES NNPN Pushes CNT-Based TV Product Commercialization.
June 1, 2006... Nano-Proprietary, Inc. through its subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. announced a strategic alliance with Mitsui & Co. of Japan. The companies will work together to develop and license products based on ANI's extensive intellectual property...

Scalable Mass-Production of Purer SWNTs Feasible.
June 1, 2006... Researchers at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have announced a new mass-production process for single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with much higher purity than has been previously possible by...

ELECTRONICS First CNT Semiconductor Devices Produced.
June 1, 2006... ON Semiconductor which focuses on power management and distribution products and Nantero Inc. which is developing the use of CNTs for next-generation semiconductor devices such as high-density random access memory, have announced a joint...

RFID Nanoparticle Printing on Corrugated Board.
June 1, 2006... Currently a breakthrough in successfully introducing RFID labeling into the consumer product packaging market is highly dependent on minimizing the cost of printing hardware and materials. In the latest reported development, print trial...

ENERGY Bitumen Upgrading Shows Promise.(Refinery Science Corp develops a new reactor)
June 1, 2006... Nanoforce, Inc., a developer of nanomaterials used in new refining processes and equipment used in alternative and existing energy sector technologies, has announced the successful independent testing results of its proprietary Nano-Cat...

Nanoporous Silica Metal Scavenger Goes Commercial.
June 1, 2006... Battelle has licensed Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS) technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to Steward Environmental Solutions (SES). Steward intends to initially market use of SAMMS for...

BIOTECHNOLOGY Capsulution Awarded Key Nanocapsule Patent.
June 1, 2006... Capsulution Nanoscience AG of Germany has been awarded a further fundamental patent grant for its innovative nanoencapsulation technology known as the LBL-Technology(r). The European patent, EP 1064087, covers the manufacture of...

Cholesterol-Lowering Dietary Product Launched.
June 1, 2006... Eugene Science, Inc. (ESI) a Korean developer and marketer of advanced nutraceutical products, has announced the U.S. launch of its cholesterol-lowering dietary supplement, CholZero capsules. The U.S. launch is being managed by Nutra Nano Tech,...

Blood-Compatible Bionanomaterials Developed.
June 1, 2006... Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering have engineered nanomaterials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials offer potential use as...

Metal-Dendrimers Promise Safer Cell Biomarkers.
June 1, 2006... Silver and gold nanoparticles promise to be safe cell biomarkers designed to measure the actual amounts of drugs being absorbed by cancer cells, according to recent studies by Lajos Balogh, co-director of the NanoBiotechnology Center at Roswell...

INDUSTRY NEWS Acquisition Strengthens Chip Nanomanufacturing.
June 1, 2006... Under a mutual financial agreement Applied Materials, Inc. (AMI), a global leader in nanomanufacturing technology used in electronics chip production, has acquired Applied Films Corp... Applied Films is a leading supplier of thin film...

This Month on the Markets.
June 1, 2006... FEI Shares Strengthened by Titan EM Sales. FEI Co. reported results for first quarter 2006 of $113.8 million are up 12% compared to net sales of $101.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. Instrument bookings were up 30% from the fourth...

German Nanoceramic Producer Slated for IPO.
June 1, 2006... ItN Nanovation AG, through its NT investment company Nanostart AG, intends to launch an IPO later this year if the conditions underlying the capital market remain positive. The company founded in 2000 operates a wet-chemical production site to...

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
June 1, 2006... September 4-8, 2006 TNT2006 Trends in Nanotechnology, Grenoble, France. Contact: Antonio Correia, PHANTOMS Foundation; Fax: +34 91 4973471; E-mail: antonio@phantomsnet.net ; Web: www.tnt2006.org September 27-28, 2006 Nanoscale Ink and...

RELATED BCC REPORTS.(nanotechnology)(atomic layer deposition)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Nanotechnology in Environmental Applications FAST FACT-The total market for nanotechnology-based environmental applications in 2005 was $374.9 million. By 2010 this market will have reached more than $6.1 billion at an average annual growth...

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT.
June 1, 2006... Nanobased Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Medicine, Oncology and the Central Nervous System: Part 1- Ultrasound Mediated Cavitation of Nanobubbles By Evan C. Unger, President & CEO, ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc., 1635 East 18th Street, Tucson,...

Nanobubbles in Cardiovascular Applications.
June 1, 2006... SonoLysis is the term used to describe ImaRx's nanobubbles and ultrasound used for cardiovascular applications; specifically to lyse venous and arterial thrombi. MRX-815is ImaRx's manufactured nanobubbles product that is being used in clinical...

. Nanobubble Growth Following Insonation.
June 1, 2006... The figure shows the different kinds of nanobubbles applicable to drug delivery and therapy. MRX-815, the nanobubble product currently in clinical trials, is analogous to the nanobubble shown in (a). Nanobubbles can be used to transport...

Commercial Product Development.
June 1, 2006... Using a similar technology and manufacturing process, ImaRx previously developed a microbubble product, Definity(r), marketed as diagnostic ultrasound contrast agent by Bristol-Myers Squibb. In ultrasound contrast agent-enhanced imaging, the...

Current Status and Future Outlook.
June 1, 2006... ImaRx has completed a Phase I/II clinical trial in thrombosed dialysis grafts and shown preliminary efficacy and safety for nanobubble enhanced SonoLysis treatment of clotted grafts. We believe that thrombosed dialysis grafts provide a venue...

(((BRIEFS))) BUSINESS.
June 1, 2006... Automated NIL Challenges Optical Lithography. A joint program involving the EV Group (Austria), a global supplier to the semiconductor industry, and AMO GmbH (Aachen, Germany) has resulted in the development of the first automated...

FUNDING.(Imago Scientific Instruments merges with Oxford nanoscience)(Quantum Computing receives finance)
June 1, 2006... Support for New 3D Atomic Probe Microscope. Following its recent acquisition of Oxford nanoScience in the U.K., Imago Scientific Instruments (Madison, WI) has raised $3.4 million additional funding. This money will enhance the working capital...

PRODUCTS.
June 1, 2006... Nanotitania Production Ramped Up. Applied NanoWorks, Inc. (Watervliet, NY) is implementing its first product scale up of 5 nanometer titanium dioxide nanoparticles which will be sold in aqueous dispersions. There is keen interest in this...

RESEARCH.(Eikos Inc develops new product)
June 1, 2006... More Efficient Printable Solar Cells Demonstrated. Eikos Inc. (Franklin, MA), a developer and licensor of highly transparent CNT inks for conductive coatings and circuits, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have achieved...