Nanoparticle News articles from May 2006

Nanoparticle News archives from May 2006

PROCESSING SPECIAL REPORT.
May 1, 2006... In the past few issues we have focused on specific topic areas. Continuing the same theme, in this month's special report we turn our attention to the processing of nanoparticles. The development of practical and economic methods for processing...

Less Expensive Quantum Dot Synthesis Demonstrated.
May 1, 2006... Citing a need for an inexpensive method to synthesize highly fluorescent semiconductor colloidal quantum dots, researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis have developed an easy process virtually adaptable in any...

Kitchen Microwave Makes Nano-Wires and -Rods Fast.
May 1, 2006... Virginia Commonwealth University chemists, using a simple commercial microwave oven, have developed a new method for the synthesis of highly aligned crystalline semiconductor nanowires and nanorods. Specific materials systems include...

Nanodispersion Mill Achieves Finer Grind.
May 1, 2006... At the May 7-11 NSTI Nanotech 2006 Conference and Trade Show held in Boston, Kotobuki Industries of Japan exhibited for the first time in North America its innovative nanomill suitable for the dispersion of agglomerated nanoparticles. The...

Thermal Velcro Forms Efficient Heat Sink.(Purdue University )
May 1, 2006... Purdue University engineers have synthesized Velcro-like carpets of vertically aligned CNTs on silicon wafers by plasma-enhanced CVD. This results in enhanced heat flow at a critical point where computer chips connect to cooling devices or so...

Nanotubes Create Cool Heat Transfer Fluids.
May 1, 2006... Substantial reductions in heating bills, safer surgery and improved heat dissipation in smaller next generation computer chips, are among the potential benefits revealed from the latest studies conducted by researchers from the University of...

Recent Developments in Fiber Electrospinning.
May 1, 2006... Electrospinning (ES) uses electrostatic charge to produce ultrafine fibers from a polymer solution. It was first patented in 1934, when scientists learned how to eject a thin stream of polymer mixed with a solvent from a syringe into a charged...

BIOTECHNOLOGY QDs Rapidly Detect Infectious Bacteria.
May 1, 2006... A rapid method for detecting and identifying very small numbers of diverse bacteria, from anthrax to E. coli, has been developed by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)....

Polymer Nanoparticles Target Tumor Cells.
May 1, 2006... Nanoparticle polymer capsules loaded with an anti-cancer drug specifically attach themselves to prostate tumor cells and use their chemotherapy to destroy cancer, according to the latest collaborative research led by Omid Farokhzad, an...

INDUSTRY NEWS Proactive Monitoring ofNanoparticle Health Risks.
May 1, 2006... The German Federal Ministry of Research has initiated a new project entitled Identification and Assessment of the Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles on Human and Environmental Health (INOS). Its goal is to investigate the effects of...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2006... June 6-7, Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture, Washington, DC. Website link: http://www.agra-net.com/nanotechfood June 19-21, International Congress on Nanobiotechnology & Nanomedicine, San Francisco, CA. Website link:...

COMMENTARY Crystal Ball Gazing: Nanotechnology Stock Indices.
May 1, 2006... This past month Newbridge Securities Corp. launched its own nanotechnology (NT) stock market performance index. It joins a long line of other investment companies who have recently compiled composite indices, based on various criteria, trying...

((BRIEFS)) AWARDS.(Montreal Sports OY, Raymor Industries Inc. and Viola Vogel awarded for using nanotechnology)
May 1, 2006... Carbon Nanotubes Shoot and Score. Finnish manufacturer Montreal Sports OY was voted the leading company using nanotechnology in its products at the recent Nano tech2006 exhibition and conference held in Japan. The sports company recently...

BUSINESS.
May 1, 2006... P&G Supports Ablynx Disease Targets. Ablynx (Ghent, Belgium) has announced that its drug discovery and development alliance with Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals (P&GP) Inc. has been extended to include metabolic disease targets. Ablynx is a...

FINANCIAL.(Zyvex Corp. and Oxonica plc announce financial results)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Zyvex Shows Continued Growth. Zyvex Corp. (Richardson, TX), a private company whose business focuses on nanomanipulation tools and nanocomposite products, has released its fiscal 2006 first quarter results. Total revenues for the quarter...

FUNDING.
May 1, 2006... Investors See the Light. Innovalight, Inc., (Santa Clara, CA) a privately-held company developing low-cost printed thin film solar cells, has announced it has raised an additional $7.5 million in private equity financing led by the Harris &...

PATENTS.
May 1, 2006... Key Fuel Cell Patent Granted. NanoDynamics Inc. (Buffalo, NY) has recently been granted a critical portfolio patent. U.S. Patent No. 6,998,187 entitled, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Novel Internal Geometry, describes ways of manufacturing...

PEOPLE.
May 1, 2006... Advance Nanotech Announces Appointment. Advance Nanotech, Inc., (New York, NY), which is dedicated to the successful commercialization of nanoenabled products, has appointed Joe Parkinson as non-executive Chairman of its Board. He is chiefly...

PRODUCTS.
May 1, 2006... New Nanosilver for Healthcare and Electronics. NanoDynamics Inc. (Buffalo, NY) have announced the commercial development of new silver nanoparticles. Potential applications include retarding growth of: bacteria; mold; harmful spores such as...

RESEARCH.
May 1, 2006... Ceria Nanotubes Synthesized. Among nanotube materials, carbon nanotubes are currently the most actively researched. However Wei-Qiang Han and his colleagues at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) are in the midst of ongoing research into...