From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Mon Apr 08 2002 - 21:07:12 MDT
Nanogirl News
April 8, 2002
Carbon Nanotubes Grow Up, Out, and In All Three Dimensions.
Rensselaer Researchers Achieve Unprecedented Control over Nanotube
Growth. Next-generation computer chips, integrated circuits, and the
microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices that power them depend upon
carbon nanotubes that can be grown up, down, sideways, and in all
three dimensions. Researchers at Rensselaer are the first to achieve
this unprecedented, specific, and controlled nanotube growth. Their
research, reported in the April 4 issue of the journal Nature, paves
the way for Lilliputian devices that depend on tiny networks and
architectures.
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 04/03/2002)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/News/press_releases/2002/nanotubes.html
See also News Factor Network 4/5/02
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17119.html
Idaho Scientists Finds Nanocoating Could Help Make Buildings
Stronger. A composite material, made up of steel alloy clumps with
only a few molecules per particle, could turn inexpensive, ordinary
metals into durable building materials, said researchers at the Idaho
National Energy and Environment Laboratories.Daniel Branagan, a
scientist at the national lab, studies the physical properties of
materials such as metals. To improve the performance of today's
alloys, he's turned to nanotechnology, where objects are measured in
nanometers, thousands of times thinner than a human hair. (Small
Times 4/8/02)
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=3428
CNI Pilot Plant to Start-Up Next Week. Houston-based Carbon
Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI), is not only adding human capital, but
will bring its carbon nanotube pilot plant online for trial runs as
early as next week. (Nanotech-Planet 4/2/02)
http://www.nanotech-planet.com/briefs/article/0,4028,6551_1002631,00.html
Rice research yields 'designer' carbon nanotubes. Researchers at Rice
University say fluorine -- the most reactive element in nature --
could prove to be a key in unlocking the potential of carbon
nanotubes and other carbon nanostructures. Rice chemists are
presenting research at this week's annual meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Orlando, Fla., that describes groundbreaking work
in the fluorination of polyfullerenes, groupings of C-60 molecules
that have been joined together in polymer chains and planes.
(Eurekalert public release 4/8/02)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/ru-rry040502.php
Nanosized lithium to pack more into rechargeable batteries. NTera,
the Dublin-based nanotechnology group, has filed a joint patent with
US-based Altair Nanotechnologies and agreed to continue collaborative
efforts to use nanosized lithium titanate spinel materials in
rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The partnership believes that
these low cost nanostructured batteries will make hybrid electric
power a realistic alternative to the internal combustion engine.
Other application areas include laptop computers, cell phones and
cordless power tools. (EE Times 4/5/02)
http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/OEG20020404S0009
Small research big on Illinois campus. Through the wonders of modern
technology, the world is said to have gotten smaller.
Correspondingly, the world of research has grown more minute, a realm
where scientists and engineers now routinely work on a scale ranging
from the size of small atoms to that of large molecules. Working at
the nanoscale (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter) scientists
may develop chemical and biological sensors that will be far more
sensitive, selective and cost-effective than conventional systems. Or
they might use nanoengineering concepts to create advanced materials,
structures and devices for a variety of electronic and photonic
applications. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 4/5/02)
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/scitips/02/0405nano.html
NanoInk Announces $3 Million First-Round Financing. NanoInk, Inc., a
nanotechnology company providing a platform process for nanoscale
fabrication, has closed a $3 million first round of financing led by
venture capital firms Galway Partners, LLC and Lurie Investment Fund,
LLC. The company's patent-pending Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) will
enable the building of nanoscale structures by printing them in much
the same way a dot-matrix printer builds patterns on paper.
(Nanotech-Planet 4/4/02)
http://www.nanotech-planet.com/briefs/article/0,4028,6551_1004351,00.html
Microscopic Technology Patents To Be Boon For University OF South
Carolina. The microscopic technology that built a better beer bottle
could pour $10 million to $20 million of royalties into University of
South Carolina (USC) research over the next 20 years. Columbia,
S.C.-based Voridian Co. on Tuesday gave a series of patents, pending
patents and commercial licenses it no longer uses to USC. The
donations, which are the first of their kind for USC, will boost
ongoing research at the USC NanoCenter. The center will seek new
market uses for elements so small that they are invisible to humans.
(Small Times 4/3/02)
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=3403
Interview with Koji Omi: Unite nanotechnology with biotechnology.
Nanotechnology-a science that deals with the design and creation of
microminiature electronic and mechanical equipment at the molecular
level of matter-is one of the important areas of scientific research
the government is pushing. The Asahi Shimbun asked State Minister in
Charge of Science and Technology Policy Koji Omi about the
government's future strategy and outlook on the subject. (Asahi
4/8/02)
http://www.asahi.com/english/op-ed/K2002040800432.html
Nano Technology. No, its not all hype: these supertiny gizmos will
transform our way of life. There isn't a nano-name company among this
year's BW50 companies, and there won't be next year, either. But
there are plenty of hopefuls. With all the hype about nanotechnology
now swirling around Wall Street, you have no doubt already
encountered some nanonewcomer with a catchy name like Nanogram,
NanoOpto, Nanophase, NanoProducts, Nanosphere, or Technanogy....etc.
(Business Week 3/25/02)
http://www.businessweek.com/bw50/content/mar2002/a3776078.htm
Forces active in self-assembly of novel molecules measured. Rotaxane
research also results in functional units on fullerenes and a new
material. Virginia Tech chemistry professor Harry W. Gibson has
measured the constants that describe self-assembly in the creation of
a supramolecular assembly potentially important to the processing of
many novel materials. The work will be presented at the 223nd
national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 7-11 in
Orlando. Pseudorotaxanes are chemical compounds that contain
non-covalent linkages consisting of a cyclic unit penetrated by a
linear species. Think of rings tossed on pegs. (Eurekalert 4/702)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/vt-fai032902.php
Nanocrystals Technology Shines New Light on Optics. When thinking
about the technology behind Ramesh Bhargava's research the expression
"the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" immediately jumps to
mind. By confining a single atom inside a nanocrystal, Bhargava has
devised a material with potential uses ranging from clear-glass
sunglasses to bio-sensors to optical computing and just about
anything optical in between. (Nanotech-Planet 4/8/02)
http://www.nanotech-planet.com/features/article/0,4028,6571_1005211,00.html
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
Nanotechnology Industries
http://www.nanoindustries.com
Personal: http://www.nanogirl.com
Foresight Senior Associate
nanogirl@halcyon.com
"Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future."
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