Nanoparticle News articles from October 2003

Nanoparticle News archives from October 2003

UK bus company to test nanocatalysts for diesel fuel.(Energy And Environment)
October 1, 2003... A new diesel fuel nanocatalyst developed by Cerulean International Ltd., a subsidiary of the nanomaterials company Oxonica, Ltd., is under evaluation for possible commercial use by Stagecoach UK, which has a bus fleet numbering 7,000 vehicles....

Nanotube standard development kicked off.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The effort of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Piscataway, NJ) to develop a standard that will define electrical test methods for individual carbon nanotubes will be launched on November 6, 2003, at the National...

Oxonica teams up with evident.(Evident Technologies )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Oxonica (Oxford, UK) has formed an alliance with quantum dot producer Evident Technologies (Troy, NY). Oxonica is promoting in Europe Evident's nano-crystals, whose primary use is for precision optical measurements in medical diagnostics and...

Nanocarrier improves delivery of antibiotics.(Biotechnology News)
October 1, 2003... University of South Florida chemists have developed a new class of synthetic antibiotics for killing drug-resistant bacteria and also a nanoparticulate delivery vehicle to target the antibiotics to infection sites. Using a process called...

Nanomaterials and the environment: not all the news is bad.(Commentary; Cerulean International Ltd.; )
October 1, 2003... If you've been following the nano headlines recently, you know there's been quite a bit of controversy surrounding the possible impact of nanomaterials on human health and the environment. Some of this hullabaloo has been generated by...

Team to produce 25-in. nanotube TV.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI; Austin, TX) has formed a team with "prominent Japanese display component manufacturers" to produce a 25-inch diagonal full color carbon nanotube (CNT) TV prototype, according to the company. Each team member, whose...

Raytheon and UCLA advance nano for defense.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Raytheon (Lexington, MA) has formed a partnership with UCLA's Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration, known as CMISE, to enhance the capability of defense applications using nanotechnology. In the first phase, the partnership will focus...

Nanotube photon emitters enable quantum devices.(Electronics And Optoelectronics)
October 1, 2003... Carbon nanotubes, which are already known for their extraordinary electrical and mechanical properties, have another commercially important attribute: they can reliably emit photons one by one, according to researchers from the University of...

Japanese firm to advance nano batteries.(Enerstruct Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Newly formed Japanese company Enerstruct, Inc. has the exclusive rights to commercialize nanostructure-based lithium battery technologies in Japan. The licensed technology originated from Ener1 (Fort Lauderdale, FL), which founded Enerstruct...

Altair markets nano ZrO.(Product News; Altair Nanotechnologies Inc)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) is now offering nanoparticulate zirconium oxide for dental applications, including fillings and prosthetic devices. "Nanosized zirconium oxide is ideal for dental applications because of its strength and...

Zyvex introduces four new nanoproducts.(Product News; Zyvex Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Zyvex Corp. (Richardson, TX) has released four new nanotech-nology-related products: Zyvex Dried Film Carbon Nanotube Solutions, Zyvex Microgrippers, Zyvex Nano-Sharp Probes, and Zyvex MEMulator software. Zyvex's new carbon nanotube product...

Nano copper oxide available from Nanophase.(Product News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Copper oxide nanomaterials produced using Nanophase Technologies' (Romeoville, IL) most advanced synthesis technology (tradenamed NanoArc) are now commercially available from the company. The materials are available in the form of dry powders...

First quantum dot-based lighting device fabricated.
October 1, 2003... Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have demonstrated the first solid-state white light-emitting device that uses quantum dots as phosphors, a development they say could lead to a revolution in lighting technology. "This...

Quality systems director joins Nanogram.(People; NanoGram Devices Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Thomas L. Myers has joined NanoGram Devices Corp. (Fremont, CA) as director, quality systems. Myers previously served in the same position at Boston Scientific Corp. "Tom's extensive experience in leading quality efforts for medical device...

Altair makes changes in leadership.(People; Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV) appointed Douglas K. Ellsworth to the position of president and Kenneth E. Lyon to the position of vice president of business development of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Altair Nanomaterials, Inc.

Markets: what matters a corporate perspective on the focus (and lack thereof) of many technology-based ventures.(Industry Insight)
October 1, 2003... This paper will discuss data and observations on the most common shortcomings that can scuttle a new nanomaterials venture, and suggest routes to minimize risk along the path to commercial success. Discovering your markets Hopefully...

Surromed assembles gold films.(Recent Patents; )
October 1, 2003... In response to the need for a general methodology to assemble bulk metal-like films directly from solution in a stepwise fashion, Surromed, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) has developed a method to form films from colloidal gold nanoparticles. The...

Emulsions yield water insoluble nanoparticles.(Recent Patents)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... A chemist from Philadelphia, PA, has developed a novel method to produce water insoluble nanoparticles from emulsions for biomedical applications. According to U.S. Patent 6,623,761, the emulsions can form a single liquid phase upon dilution of...

Environment can alter nanoparticle structure.(Processing And Characterization)
October 1, 2003... In work demonstrating the impact of the environment and the importance of surface effects on the structure of nanoparticles, scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, have found that water exposure induces order in zinc sulfide...

Sandia researchers create nanomaterials nature's way.(Processing And Characterization)
October 1, 2003... With the goal of developing methods to produce complex nanomaterials using environmentally benign chemical processes, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories are learning from natural nanomaterials, such as diatoms and seashells. The...

Symmetry of nanomagnets controls properties.(Recent Patents)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Cambridge University (Cambridge, UK) scientists have synthesized magnetic materials with a wide range of magnetic properties simply by varying the symmetry of the constituent "nanomagnets" (nanometer-scale magnetic particles), in U.S. Patent...

Narrow PSD from supercritical method.(Recent Patents; particle size distribution)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Researchers from Auburn University have developed an improved method to produce nanoscale and microscale particles with a narrow size distribution. The method, called supercritical antisolvent precipitation with enhanced mass transfer (SAS-EM)...

Varistors formed from nanopowders.(Recent Patents)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Nanocrystalline zinc oxide powders produced by high intensity mechanical grinding are suitable for forming varistors, according to U.S. Patent 6,620,346, assigned to Hydro-Quebec (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). After high intensity grinding, the...

Bristol-Myers Squibb licenses NanoCrystal technology.(Industry News)
October 1, 2003... Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and NanoSystems, the drug delivery business unit of Elan Corp., have signed a license agreement that allows the former to develop and commercialize drug products formulated from nanoparticles using NanoSystems'...

High density nanowire arrays produced.(New Research)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Hefei, China) have produced tellurium (Te) nanowire arrays with wire diameters of 60 nm and lengths of 15-20 microns in the nanochannels of anodic...

Partnerships key to market penetration.(Who's Who In Nanotech)(Interview)
October 1, 2003... Joseph Cross has been president and CEO of Nanophase Technologies since 1998. Prior to working at Nanophase, he held executive positions at APTECH. Inc. and Aegis Technologies. NN: Which came first: your position at Nanophase or your...

Quantum dot partners with Japanese firms.(Quantum Dot Corp.; SC BioSciences Corp.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.; Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics )
October 1, 2003... Quantum Dot Corp. (QDC), SC BioSciences Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI) and Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics (MKE) have teamed up to develop, manufacture and market life science detection products based on quantum dot...

Composite adsorbs mercury from gas streams.(New Research)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) researchers have developed a novel, high surface area Si[O.sub.2]-Ti[O.sub.2] composite for elemental mercury vapor removal from combustion sources. The composite exhibits synergistic adsorption and...

Calendar.(nanotechnology conferences)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... October 26-28, 2003 Nanoparticles 2003, Cambridge, MA. Contact: Sharon Faust, Conference Coordinator, Business Communications Co., Inc., Fax; 203/853-0348. November 10-12, 2003 Nanocomposites 2003, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Executive...