Nanoparticle News articles from September 2005

Nanoparticle News archives from September 2005

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: Ideal Carbon Nanotube Diode Developed.
September 1, 2005... A GE Global Research team led by Ji Ung Lee, who works in the Nanotechnology Advanced Technology program, has reported the development of an ideal carbon nanotube diode, that operates at the "theoretical limit," or best possible level of...

Processing Impure Silicon for Cheaper Solar Cells.
September 1, 2005... A research team led by University of California, Berkeley in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley, Argonne and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, has developed a new technique to handle metal defects in low-grade silicon, an advance that...

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES: Continuous Sheet-Forming Process Developed.
September 1, 2005... Scientists at the University of Texas Dallas (UTD) led by Ray Baughman and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), have jointly developed a new dry- forming method for fabricating carbon nanotubes into...

ELECTRONICS: New Research Initiative Established.
September 1, 2005... The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a consortium of members of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), have agreed to jointly fund a national university-based research program focused...

BIOTECHNOLOGY NEWS: Treatment Selectively Kills Cancer Cells.
September 1, 2005... A team of scientists led by Hongjie Dai, an associate professor of chemistry at Stanford University, have developed a new laser therapy technique using single-walled carbon nanotubes to selectively destroy cancer cells while leaving healthy...

Silica Nanoparticles Deliver Genes into the Brain.
September 1, 2005... Researchers at the University of Buffalo in New York have developed a technique to deliver genes to mouse brains using silicon nanoparticles, which are organically coated to help them bind to DNA. It may allow safer, more precise gene therapy...

PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION: Development of Biocide-Free Antifouling Coatings.
September 1, 2005... As part of an EU research project, BASF is collaborating with business and science partners from 14 countries to investigate how to prevent the buildup of organisms on surfaces of ships' hulls, under marine conditions. The five-year project...

MARKET ANALYSIS: Nano-/Micro-Porous Adsorbents Market to Reach $2.12 Billion by 2009.
September 1, 2005... The nanoporous and microporous adsorbents industry is a mature industry with a wide variety of products satisfying the requirements of well-established applications. However, the expanded scope and applicability of environmental regulations...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Nanoparticle Health and Safety Database Launched.
September 1, 2005... The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) and Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) has launched the world's first online database of scientific findings related to the benefits and risks of...

German Government Launches Nanotechnology Strategy.
September 1, 2005... The Germany government has launched a new overall national strategy for its future nanotechnology industry. Among one of several of its programs, NanoChance, provides direct support, with a strong focus on research and development, for small...

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
September 1, 2005... October 3-4, 2005 Nanomedicine: Commercializing Drug Discovery, Delivery and Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA USA. Contact: Strategic Research Institute, website: www.srinstitute.com/cs336. October 17-19, 2005, First Annual Nano Impact Summit,...

WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECHNOLOGY Nanosphere Focuses on Delivering Commercial Success.
September 1, 2005... William Moffitt holds a B.S. in zoology from Duke University and became president and CEO of Nanosphere in 2004. Prior to this, from 1973 through 2003, he held increasingly responsible executive positions with Baxter Healthcare Corporation and...

COMMENTARY: Nanotechnology Patenting: Looming Battlefield or Negotiable Licensing?
September 1, 2005... The patent or perish mindset continues unabated perhaps nowhere more than in the realm of nanotechnology (NT) where a myriad of new commercial applications and market opportunities hide supposedly just around the corner. Although NT start-ups...

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT: Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) for Materials: Part 2- Current Applications.
September 1, 2005... By Jason Haaheim, Applications Scientist, NanoInk, Inc., Chicago, IL

Additive Repair Technology.
September 1, 2005... Defects in photomasks can cost the semiconductor industry up to $750,000 for a complete set (12 to 15 masks). These defects can result in yields as low as 40%. A single defect propagated through an entire photolithography run can ruin entire...

Conductive Nanostructures.
September 1, 2005... Also crucial to the development of semiconductors and nanoelectronic devices is the ability to pattern conductive nanostructures. As shown in figure 1, DPN can be applied for example to patterned conducting polymers used in the development of...

Figure1: Conductive Nanostructure DPN Deposition. A) Polypyrrole Polymer; and B) Palladium Metal.
September 1, 2005... Brand Protection and Product Piracy. DPN can also be employed in completely novel ways. A key industrial application of DPN technology is brand protection. Product piracy is on the rise in the United States and throughout the world. The direct...

Figure 2: Fluorescence Image of Two Interleaved Patterns Stamped by a 1 Million-Cantilever Array.
September 1, 2005... While such passive pen arrays are valuable for the fabrication of identical structures in parallel, massively parallel lithography of differentiated designs requires probes that can be individually contacted with or retracted from the target...

Summary and Outlook.
September 1, 2005... In less than 6 years, since its discovery, DPN has proven capable of patterning a variety of materials such as metal precursors, sol-gel oxides (SiO2, Al2O3, SnO2) and magnetic nanoparticles, on a variety of substrates, including Si or GaAs...

AWARDS.
September 1, 2005... Platypus Technologies Receives NIH Grant. Platypus Technologies LLC (Madison, WI), which markets nanotechnology life science products, has received a $1.6 million SBIR grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences. The grant is...

BUSINESS.
September 1, 2005... Hewlett Packard Downsizes but NT Unscathed. Hewlett Packard (Palo Alto, CA) is discontinuing four research projects at some of its research laboratories as part of its recently announced restructuring plan. Research projects to be discontinued...

FINANCIAL.
September 1, 2005... pSivida Eyeing U.S. Healthcare Acquisition. Shares in pSivida Limited (Perth, Australia) recently jumped 10 percent after the company announced that it was in negotiations to acquire an as yet undisclosed U.S.-based specialized drug delivery...

PATENTS.
September 1, 2005... Novel Bacteria-Based Hydrogen Production. NanoLogix, Inc (Sharon, PA), a nanobio-technology company engaged in alternative sources of fuel and various biomedical applications, has filed a provisional patent application for its proprietary...

PEOPLE.
September 1, 2005... Physicist Joins Arrowhead Scientific Advisory Board. Arrowhead Research Corporation (Pasadena, CA) has appointed Thomas Tombrello, a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, to join its Scientific Advisory Board. In his...

PRODUCTS.(Local Electrode Atom Probe)(Liquid crystal displays)
September 1, 2005... Imago Launches Atom Probe Microscope. Imago Scientific Instruments Corp.(Madison, WI), a leader in nanoanalytical tools, will demonstrate its revolutionary $2 million Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope at the forthcoming 31st...