Nanoparticle News articles from October 2001

Nanoparticle News archives from October 2001

NSF Awards $65 Million to Fund Six Nanotech Centers.(National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Last month the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced awards estimated to total $65 million for more than 5 yr. to fund six major centers in nanoscale science and engineering. The six centers will be located at Columbia and Cornell...

Silver Nanocrystals Embedded in Silica.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Silver Nanocrystals Embedded in Silica. It is possible to embed silver nanoparticles of 10 to 20 nm in size into silica thin films by first dissolving a silver organometallic precursor compound into spin-on-glass and then spin-depositing the...

Nanopowders Produced by Atomization/Combustion Process.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Nanopowders Produced by Atomization/Combustion Process. MicroCoating Technologies (MCT) (Atlanta, GA) says it has developed a new methodology for producing low-cost nanopowders ([is less than] 100 nm) based on its flame-based, open atmosphere...

Product Combination Allows Bone Defect Repair.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2001... Orthovita, Inc. (Malvern, PA) has received a 510(k) FDA regulatory clearance to market in the United States a new product, Imbibe, that allows orthopedic surgeons to combine a patient's own bone marrow with its Vitoss Scaffold product for use...

Nanosize Fibers Are Found to Have Unusual Bioactivity.
October 1, 2001... Although ceramic materials such as aluminum oxide are ordinarily presumed to be bioinert, certain of Argonide Nanomaterials' ceramic fibers (tradenamed NanoCeram) have exhibited unusual and unanticipated bioadhesive properties. The...

In Situ Reduction Yields Semiconductor-Polymer Composite.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... In Situ Reduction Yields Semiconductor-Polymer Composite. An in situ reduction method can be used to prepare nanocrystalline PbSe in a poly(acrylic acid-co-styrene) matrix, say researchers from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology at...

Nanox Changes Name to Oxonica.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Nanox Changes Name to Oxonica. To avoid confusion in the marketplace with tradenamed products, Nanox, Ltd. (Kidlington, Oxfordshire, U.K.) has changed its name to Oxonica, Ltd. The name change has not affected the company's business focus....

Korean Firm Plans Mass Production.
October 1, 2001... Korean Firm Plans Mass Production. SPD, Inc. (Inchon, Korea), which recently completed a new production run of SPD (suspended particle device) film, is expecting another run in November and says it is on schedule to begin mass production at its...

SurroMed Singapore Facility Advances Nanobarcodes.
October 1, 2001... SurroMed Pte, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of SurroMed, Inc., has dedicated a new advanced research and development facility in Singapore to advance SurroMed's Nanobarcodes particle technology. The technology allows for miniaturized and...

Carbon "Nanohorns" Play Critical Role in NEC's Tiny Fuel Cell.
October 1, 2001... NEC Corp. (NEC), the Japan Science and Technology Corp., and the Institute of Research and Innovation have developed a tiny fuel cell using carbon nanotubes as electrodes. The developers of the technology say the performance of the polymer...

Nanocor Licenses Nanocomposite Technology to Honeywell.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Nanocor Licenses Nanocomposite Technology to Honeywell. Nanocor, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMCOL International Corp. (Arlington Heights, IL), has licensed its nanocomposite technology to Honeywell for use in Honeywell's new Aegis...

Purdue to Build $51 Million Nanotech Center.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Purdue to Build $51 Million Nanotech Center. Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) plans to build a $100 million Discovery Park and already has raised $51 million for the first building, the Birck Nanotechnology Center. "We were able to...

OraSure Technologies Seeks FDA Clearance.(Uplink drug screen)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... OraSure Technologies Seeks FDA Clearance. OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Bethlehem, PA) filed a 510(k) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Uplink reader and six oral fluid drugs of abuse assays--cocaine, opiates,...

Flexible Ceramic Membrane Exploits Nanoparticles.(Creavis Technologies and Inovation develops flexible ceramic membrane foils)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... By coating a woven fabric with an inorganic metal oxide particle suspension, Creavis Technologies & Innovation, part of the Degussa Group, has developed flexible ceramic membrane foils that combine the advantages of both ceramic and polymeric...

Mix of Abrasives, Chemicals Improves Polishing Rate.(Cabot Microelectronics)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Cabot Microelectronics researchers have demonstrated that the combination of a chemical accelerator and a mixture of fumed metal oxide and sub-100 nm condensation-polymerized abrasives is effective in producing a good removal rate during...

SI Diamond Announces High-Yield Process.(carbon nanotube product development)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... SI Diamond Announces High-Yield Process. SI Diamond Technology, Inc. (Austin, TX) announced through its subsidiary Field Emission PictureElement Technology, Inc. (FEPET) that it has developed and implemented a very high-yield process suitable...

Ferro Corporation Closes [dmc.sup.2] Acquisition.(OM Group)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Ferro Corporation Closes [dmc.sup.2] Acquisition. Ferro Corp. (Cleveland, OH) completed the acquisition of certain businesses of [dmc.sup.2] from OM Group, Inc. of Cleveland. The businesses acquired include electronic materials, performance...

Market Analysis of Nanostructured Materials: New Data.(Business Communications Co)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
October 1, 2001... Introduction In 1997, Business Communications Co. (BCC) published a seminal technical-market study, Opportunities in Nanostructured Materials, which defined the scope of the nanomaterials industry for the first time. The report pegged the...

NanoSource Formulates Prototype Sunscreen.(sunVex titanium dioxide nanopowder)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... NanoSource Formulates Prototype Sunscreen. NanoSource Technologies, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK), in association with Cosmetic Specialty Labs, Inc. (Lawton, OK), has developed a prototype sunscreen formulation based on NanoSource's sunVex titanium...

Thin-Film Solar Cells Are Self-Assembled.
October 1, 2001... As an initial step in its efforts to apply its ink-jet-print electrostatic self-assembly (ESA) process to the room temperature fabrication of flexible photovoltaic arrays, NanoSonic has produced mesoporous titanium dioxide thin films for use as...

Sandia Images Atoms Forming Nanopatterns.(Sandia National Laboratories)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The first glimpse of atoms deposited on a substrate forming orderly, controllable 2-D nanopatterns has been observed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. The work, described in the August 30 issue of...

Electronic Materials Sales Trailing Last Quarter.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Electronic Materials Sales Trailing Last Quarter. Rohm and Haas Co. (Philadelphia, PA) reports that Electronic Materials sales currently are tracking approximately 10% behind second-quarter levels. The company expects that this business will be...

NanoPierce Expands Ranks.(Nanopierce Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... NanoPierce Expands Ranks. NanoPierce Technologies, Inc. (Denver, CO) added two key operational personnel to its Technology Group Facility in Colorado Springs as the WaferPierce production facility nears completion. Stanley R. Grubbs, a 22-yr....

Cabot Microelectronics Appoints Japan Business Manager.(Cabot Microelectronics Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Cabot Microelectronics Appoints Japan Business Manager. Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (Aurora, IL), a global producer of chemical-mechanical planarization slurries, has appointed Koki Hongo to the position of Japan business manager. He will be...

CNI Constructs Nanotube Pilot Plant at KBR Tech Center.(Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc.)(Kellogg Brown and Root)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), a business unit of Halliburton Co., has signed an engineering services agreement with Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI) that allows for the construction of a carbon nanotube pilot plant at KBR's Technology Center...

Argonide Launches Custom Synthesis Group.(Argonide Nanomaterials Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Argonide Nanomaterials Corp. has launched a new custom synthesis group for nanopowders. Argonide produces metal powders by a plasma process involving the electroexplosion of metal wire. "Any metal that can be converted into ductile wire...

Mechanochemical Process Yields Composite Powder.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Mechanochemical Process Yields Composite Powder. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have patented (U.S. Patent 6,293,989) a mechanochemical process to produce nanophase WC/TiC/Co composite powder that involves:...

Catalyst Surface Modified to Increase Activity.(hydrocracking)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Catalyst Surface Modified to Increase Activity. By modifying the interface between catalytic metal particles and the alumina they are supported on, Exxon researchers have developed a high-activity catalyst composition for hydrocracking. The...

Sonic Waves Redisperse Abrasives During Slurry Transport.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Sonic Waves Redisperse Abrasives During Slurry Transport. In order to redisperse abrasive particles that have become agglomerated in a chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry prior to polishing, engineers from Matsushita Electronics...

LaunchCyte Secures Option for Quantum Dot Technology.(LaunchCyte L.L.C.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... LaunchCyte, LLC has secured an exclusive option to commercialize an Indiana University semiconductor nanocrystal technology with the potential to accelerate drug discovery and clinical diagnostics. The LaunchCyte option was facilitated by...

Nanophase Receives Order for Electronic Market Application.(Nanophase Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Nanophase Technologies Corp. announced it had received an initial order for its proprietary nanocrystalline material through its technology licensee, C. I. Kasei Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation of Japan, to be used in a new...

Inorganic Polymer Precursors Inhibit Grain Growth.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Inorganic Polymer Precursors Inhibit Grain Growth. Inframat Corp. (New Haven, CT) researchers have incorporated inorganic polymer precursors into nanostructured materials to form composites stabilized against grain growth. The inorganic polymer...

ERRATUM.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2001... BCC wishes to clear up any confusion arising from printing in the last two issues of Nanoparticle News. The August 2001 issue, vol. 4, no. 7, was inadvertently printed with July on the cover, and the September2001 issue, vol. 4, no. 8, was...