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BioManufacturing |
Northwestern
University |
This
is the first time that scientists have been
able
to make structures on this scale that curve in
any
fashion, as opposed to being straight or flat.
Since
the Mirkin group can also control the size and
curvature
of their structures very accurately, the
technology
could eventually lead to important
applications
in nanoscale electronics and drug-delivery
systems. |
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Carbon
Nanotube Sheets |
University
of Texas at Dallas: Nanotech Institute |
Have
produced transparent carbon nanotube sheets
that
are stronger than the same-weight steel sheets
and
have demonstrated applicability for organic
light-emitting
displays, low-noise electronic sensors,
artificial
muscles, conducting appliqués and broad-band
polarized
light sources that can be switched in one
ten-thousandths
of a second. |
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Dry
Nanomaterials and Aqueous Media |
The
Center for Biological and Environmental
Nanotechnology
(CBEN) |
CBEN
focuses on research at the interface between
"dry"
nanomaterials and aqueous media such as
biology
and the environment, developing the
nanoscience
workforce of the future, and transferring
discoveries
to industry. |
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Interviews |
Dr.
Richard Feynmann |
The
transcript of the classic talk, "There's
Plenty
of Room at the Bottom," that Richard
Feynman
gave on December 29th 1959 at the annual
meeting
of the American Physical Society at the
California
Institute of Technology (Caltech). |
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Interviews |
Dr.
John James |
Interview with
the Chief Toxicologist at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center
in Houston, Texas. He talks about a new,
two-year
joint research partnership with Spacehab,
Inc. |
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Interviews |
Scott
Mize |
Interview
with the President of the Foresight Nanotech
Institute
Technology: Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems
Initiative. |
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Interviews |
Dr.
Norman Schumaker |
Interview with the President of Molecular Imprints.
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Interviews |
Dr.
Rick Smalley
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Interview
with the Nobel Laureate by ISI Essential
Science
Indicators. Dr. Smalley’s work has
garnered 3,816
total citations for 78 papers, making him the
most-cited
scientist in our analysis of nanotechnology
research
in the past decade. |
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Interviews |
Dr.
Tom Cellucci
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Interview
with the President of Zyvex Corporation by
Re|Think
Marketing, a strategic marketing consulting
group. |
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Micro
Fluidics |
Sandia
Labs |
Researchers
at the Department of Energy's Sandia National
Laboratories
have created a new microchip processing
technique
that creates raised, microscopic canals on
chips,
through which liquids or gases can flow from
one
chip feature to another. |
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Micro
Machines |
Sandia
Labs |
The
machines at the Department of Energy's
national
security facility are etched from a surface of
amorphous
diamond, the hardest material in the world
after
crystalline diamond in a manner compatible
with
current silicon chip and surface micromachine
manufacturing
techniques. |
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Nano
Biological Sensor |
University
of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) |
New
sensors are based on single-walled carbon
nanotubes:
cylindrical molecules whose sides are formed
from
a lattice of carbon atoms. The idea is to
exploit
the nanotubes' ability to fluoresce, or glow,
when
illuminated by certain wavelengths of infrared
light – a
region of the spectrum where human tissue and
biological
fluids are particularly transparent. |
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NanoCrystals |
InnovaLight |
Silicon
has long been known for its favorable
electronic
properties. Today it makes up 98% of the
world's
semiconductors. This fact, coupled with
silicon's
status as the second most abundant element on
earth,
has made it inexpensive. And, now it can emit
light!
Quantum confined silicon below 4 nanometers
emits
efficiently across the visible spectrum (where
1
nanometer = 1/50,000 the diameter of a human
hair).
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Nano
Crystal Arrays |
Sandia
Labs |
A
wish list for nanotechnologists might consist
of
a simple, inexpensive means – actually,
any means
at all – of self-assembling nanocrystals
into robust
orderly arrangements, like soup cans on a
shelf
or bricks in a wall, each separated from the
next
by an insulating layer of silicon
dioxide. |
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NanoDots |
North
Carolina State University and the NSF's Center
for
Advanced Materials & Smart Structures |
Using
pulsed lasers, researchers have coaxed the
metal
nickel to self-assemble into arrays of
nanodots
– each spot a mere seven nanometers
(seven billionths
of a meter) across – one-tenth the
diameter of nickel
nanodots and on par with the world's smallest.
Because
the method works with a variety of materials
and
may drastically reduce imperfections, the new
procedure
may also bolster research into extremely hard
materials
and efforts to develop ultra-dense computer
memory. |
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Nano
Filters |
Sandia
Labs |
The
precision is so great that it could achieve
the
long-sought goal of membrane-based separation
of
oxygen from nitrogen, a difference in size of
0.2
Angstroms [0.02 nanometers]. |
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Nano
Imprint |
Molecular
Imprints |
Molecular
Imprints provides enabling lithography systems
for
manufacturing applications in: nano devices,
microstructures,
advanced packaging, bio devices, optical
components
and semiconductor devices. |
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Nanoinstrumentation |
University
of North Texas |
Using
STM and other surface science techniques to
probe
the behavior of ordered oxide surfaces and
oxide-supported
metal particles at pressures above ultra-high
vacuum
(UHV; P ≤ 10-8 Torr). These
studies are being carried
out in close collaboration with electronic
structure
and molecular dynamics calculations. |
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Nanoinstrumentation |
Sandia
Labs |
Creating
a tool small enough to measure friction on a
microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) device is not an easy task. The
tool
has to be about the width of a human
hair. |
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Nanoinstrumentation |
Sandia
Labs |
Biolaser
operating in the nanometer range, has
demonstrated
the first-ever technique for studying the
reactions
of such ultrasmall biological organelles in
their
functioning state. |
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Nanoinstrumentation |
Zyvex
Corporation |
The
Nanomanipulator/Prober System is a
manipulation
and testing tool used with a scanning electron
microscope
(SEM) for micro- and nanoscale research,
development,
and production applications. |
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Nano
Light Source |
Sandia
Labs |
A
wireless nanodevice that functions like a
fluorescent
light – but potentially far more
efficiently – has
been developed in a joint project between the
National
Nuclear Security Administration’s Los
Alamos and
Sandia national laboratories. |
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Nano
Lithographs |
University
of California |
Gallery
of pictures of nano scale. |
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Nano
Lithographs |
NASA |
Gallery
of pictures of nano scale. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
University
of Arkansas and University of Nebraska
(Lincoln) |
By
applying electric current through a thin film
of
oil molecules, engineers have developed a new
method
to precisely carve arrays of tiny holes only
10
nanometers wide into sheets of gold. The new
system,
called Electric Pen Lithography (EPL), uses a
scanning-tunneling
microscope, fitted with a tip sharpened to the
size
of a single atom, to deliver the charge
through
the dielectric oil to the target surface. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
University
of California (Santa Barbara) |
Nanotubes
are "smart" because they can open or
close
at the ends, depending on how the researchers
manipulate
the electric charge on the two components. So,
in
principle, a nanotube could encapsulate a drug
or
a gene, and then open on command to deliver
the
cargo where it would have the best
effect. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
University
of Akron (Ohio) |
Densely
packed carpet of carbon nanotubes that
functions
like an artificial gecko foot – but with
200 times
the gecko foot's gripping power. Potential
applications
include dry adhesives for microelectronics,
information
technology, robotics, space and many other
fields. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
Duke
University |
Engineers
have demonstrated that enzymes can be used to
create
nanoscale patterns on a gold surface. Since
many
enzymes are already commercially available and
well
characterized, the potential for writing with
enzyme
"ink" represents an important
advance
in nanomanufacturing. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
UCLA |
New
nano-valve can start and stop a molecular flow
repeatedly. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
University
of Wisconsin (Madison) |
Complex,
nanoscale electronic devices that can be
directed
to assemble themselves automatically – a
development
that would allow manufacturers to mass-produce
"nanochips"
having circuit elements only a few molecules
across,
roughly 10 times smaller than the features in
current-generation
chips. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
University
of Wisconsin (Madison) |
Creating
tiny bio-electronic circuits out of live
bacteria.
Among the potential applications is a new
class
of sensors that could rapidly detect dangerous
biological
agents such as anthrax. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
Notre
Dame University |
As
the ever-increasing power of computer chips
brings
us closer and closer to the limits of silicon
technology,
many researchers are betting that the future
will
belong to "spintronics": a nanoscale
technology
in which information is carried not by the
electron's
charge, as it is in conventional microchips,
but
by the electron's intrinsic spin. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
UCLA |
A
Nanoscale Mechanism for Protein Control. |
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Nanomanufacturing |
Pennsylvania
State University |
Researchers
at Pennsylvania State University have
demonstrated
a new technique for nano-manufacturing that
could
make it significantly easier to create
high-precision
components for nanoscale electronics, sensing
devices
and the like. |
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Nano
Mechanics |
Sandia
Labs |
A
microchain that closely resembles a bicycle
chain
– except that each link could rest
comfortably atop
a human hair |
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Nano
Materials |
Sandia
Labs |
It
is believed that such extended and oriented
nanostructures
will find applications in microelectronic
devices,
chemical and biological sensing and diagnosis,
catalysis,
and energy conversion and storage including
photovoltaic
cells, batteries, capacitors, and hydrogen
storage
devices. These structures could also have
potential
for light-emitting display, drug delivery, and
optical
storage. |
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Nano
Materials |
Zyvex
Corporation |
Zyvex
NanoSolve® additives can deliver enhanced
electrical, mechanical, or other physical
properties
by selectively transferring the superior
intrinsic
properties of carbon nanotubes into composite
materials. |
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Nano
Motion Detector |
Sandia
Labs |
Device
allows naked eye to see motion of 10
nanometers, Sandia
creates motion detector 1,000 times more
sensitive
than any known. |
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Nano
Platinum |
Sandia
Labs |
Researchers
have developed a new way of mimicking
photosynthetic
proteins to manipulate platinum at the
nanoscale.
The method has the potential of changing the
metal's
properties and benefiting emerging
technologies. |
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Nano
Reactor |
Nanotechnologies,
Inc. |
Leading
manufacturer of high performance
nanoparticles,
is now introducing its Reactor Technology and
Advanced
Nanoparticle Enabled Applications
(ANEASM). |
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Nano
Sensors and
Electron Emitters |
Carnegie
Mellon University |
Changing
the capping chemical leads to different
affinities
for attaching the molecule chains to various
substrates
or interacting with other polymers, allowing
wide
control over the mechanical and electrical
properties
of the materials. In one novel configuration,
sheets
of polymer nanowires are embedded in a second
polymeric
material. |
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Nano
Templates for Nanostructures |
Sandia
Labs |
Coffee
beans spilled upon a table form no pattern,
they're
a mess, their distribution dictated by the
laws
of chance. The same was generally believed
true
of atoms deposited upon a substrate. Now, the
first
vision of a peaceable kingdom in which
deposited
atoms form orderly, controllable 2-D
nanopatterns. |
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Nanotechnology
Companies |
SBC
Yahoo Directory |
A
list of companies in nanotechnology and web
links. |
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Nanotechnology
Facts |
National
Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) |
The
transition of nanotechnology research into
manufactured
products is limited today, but some products
moved
relatively quickly to the marketplace and
already
are having significant impact. |
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Nanotechnology
Publications |
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Links
to our publications page. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Alliance
for NanoHealth |
The
first collaborative research endeavor aimed
solely
at bridging the gaps between medicine,
biology,
materials science, public policy, and
nanotechnology. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
ATI |
A
nonprofit organization that harnesses local
business,
government and academic resources to provide
strategic
counsel, operational guidance, and
infrastructure
support to its member companies to help them
transition
from early stage ventures to successful
technology
businesses. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Bio
Houston |
Mission:
to assure that the Houston region's life
science
industry is highly competitive with other
major
commercial biotechnology centers through the
year
2020. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Center
for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
(CNM) |
A
multidisciplinary research center within the
Texas
Materials Institute (TMI). The Center's
mission
is to foster research, education, and outreach
in
nanotechnology at the University of Texas at
Austin.
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Foresight
Nanotech Institute |
The
leading think tank and public interest
institute
on nanotechnology. Founded in 1986, Foresight
was
the first organization to educate society
about
the benefits and risks of nanotechnology. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Houston
Technology Center |
A
business accelerator that incubates emerging
technology
companies within several key industries:
Energy,
Information Technology, Life Sciences,
Nanotechnology,
Earth Sciences and NASA-originated
technologies. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
International
Council of Nanotechnology |
Mission:
to assess, communicate, and reduce
nanotechnology
environmental and health risks while
maximizing its
societal benefit. Online database of
scientific
findings related to the benefits and risks of
nanotechnology. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
National
Science Foundation
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Site
provides program information for activities
sponsored
by more than one NSF organization. In
addition,
all NSF organizations accept proposals that
cut
across organizational and programmatic
boundaries.
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
NASA
Ames |
NASA
Ames' nanotechnology effort started in early
1996
and has steadily grown to establish a Center
for
Nanotechnology. The research work focuses on
experimental
research and development in nano and bio
technologies
as well as on a strong complementary modeling
and
simulation effort that includes computational
nanotechnology,
computational nanoelectronics, computational
optoelectronics,
and computational modeling of processes
encountered
in nanofabrication. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
NASA
Ames |
Nanotechnology
Gallery (movies, images, and
presentations) |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
National
Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) |
Provides
a multi-agency framework to ensure U.S.
leadership
in nanotechnology that will be essential to
improved
human health, economic well-being, and
national
security. NNI invests in fundamental research
to
further understanding of nanoscale phenomena
and
facilitates technology transfer. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Rice
Alliance |
Supports
entrepreneurs and early-stage technology
ventures
in Houston and Texas through education,
collaboration,
and research. Since inception in late 1999,
the
Rice Alliance has assisted in the launch over
150
technology companies that have raised over
$200
million in funding. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Texas
A&M University |
The
NanoLab in the Physics Department is working
on
various projects in the general areas of
molecular
nanomagnets, spintronics, nanophysics and
highly
correlated systems. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Texas
Tech University Nano Tech Center |
Using
STM and other surface science techniques to
probe
the behavior of ordered oxide surfaces and
oxide-supported
metal particles at pressures above ultra-high
vacuum
(UHV; P ≤ 10-8 Torr). These
studies are being
carried out in close collaboration with
electronic
structure and molecular dynamics calculations.
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
University
of Houston: Center for Materials
Chemistry |
The
continuation of the Materials Center that was
established
by the National Science Foundation in
September
of 1996. Low-energy ion beams have been used
to
form nanometer-sized metallic structures
– quantum
dots – in an insulating medium. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
University
of Texas at Arlington: College of Engineering
NanoFab |
An
interdisciplinary resource open to scientists
within
and outside of the University. Provides
faculty,
student and corporate engineers and scientists
with
the state-of-the-art equipment and
interdisciplinary
support needed to conduct investigations on
and
fabricate nano-scale materials, devices,
electronics
and structures. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
University
of Texas
at Austin: Office of Technology
Commercialization |
Serves
as a bridge between the research community at
the
University and commercialization partners,
ensuring
smooth and fast transfer of intellectual
property
created at the University. |
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Nanotechnology
Resource |
Dr.
Ralph Merkle's Nanotechnology site |
Extensive
reference site with a brief introduction to
the core
concepts of molecular nanotechnology, followed
by
links to further reading. Hosted by Zyvex
Corporation. |
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Nano
Safety |
Rice
University |
Many
nanoparticles exhibit unique chemical,
electrical,
optical and physical properties by virtue of
their
size, shape or surface characteristics. The
great
diversity of nanoparticle types that have
already
been created has made it difficult for
scientists
to make general statements about the potential
safety
hazards that nanoparticles might pose to
living
organisms. |
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Research and Advocacy |
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
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The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) is a non-profit research and
advocacy think tank concerned with the major societal and environmental
implications of advanced nanotechnology.
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Nanotechnology Environment/Safety |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the leading federal agency conducting research and providing
guidance on the occupational safety and health implications and applications
of nanotechnology. This research focuses NIOSH's scientific expertise, and
its efforts, on answering the questions that are essential to understanding
these implications and applications. Numerous documents such
as Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace are available.
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Nano
Shells |
Nanospectra
Biosciences, Inc. |
Developing
non-invasive medical therapies using our
patented
Nanoshell particles. Unlike any other
material,
these nanoparticles can be tuned to absorb or
scatter
light at desired wavelengths, including ranges
where
human tissue is relatively transparent. As a
result,
Nanoshells provide a platform technology for a
broad
range of therapies and diagnostics. |
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Nanotubes |
Sandia
Labs |
Imagine
sunlight splitting water molecules to produce
hydrogen,
using devices too small to be seen in a
standard
microscope. That's a goal of a research team
from
Sandia that has captured the interest of
chemists
around the world pursuing methods of producing
hydrogen
from water. |
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University Research/Education |
University of Texas at Dallas
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Guided by theory and enabled by synthesis, the NanoTech Institute develops
new science and technology exploiting the nanoscale.
Our researchers inspire students by creating an atmosphere of excitement,
fun, and creativity.
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University Research/Education |
Texas State University
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The Nanomaterials Application Center coordinates, facilitates,
and participates in nanoscience and nanoengineering applications and
expedites commercialization of inventions.
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University Research/Education |
Baylor University
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The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research
(CASPER) is a partnership between Baylor University and Texas State
Technical College Waco (TSTC) focusing on Space Research.
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University Research/Education |
Northwestern University
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The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) for Integrated
Nanopatterning and Detection Technologies, headquartered at Northwestern
University is driven by a vision to develop innovative biological and
chemical detection systems capable of revolutionizing a variety of fields.
Genuine medical benefits are now emerging as direct products of the center
research, including detection techniques for markers associated with
diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer.
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University Research/Education |
University of California
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UC Discovery Grants are awarded by the Industry/University Cooperative
Research Program to stengthen and expand California's economy through
UC/industry research partnerships in electronics manufacturing and new
materials. They are state-funded matching grants for expanding industry
participation in UC research and accelerating growth of California R&D
firms. Grants are awarded for research in the manufacturing of
semiconductors and other electronic materials used in semiconductors,
antennas, data storage, flat panel displays, sensors, smart energy sources,
MEMs and biomedical applications.
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University Research/Education |
The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and
Technology at Rice University
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The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at
Rice University is a university-funded organization devoted to nurturing
science and technology at the nanometer scale. It is equally devoted to the
education of future scientists and engineers. Our mission is to provide a
venue where researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering can
come together to share ideas and discuss their views and prospects of
nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology. The institute provides
administrative support to the faculty and to joint projects and programs,
supports joint research initiatives, performs fund-raising, sponsors
seminars and conferences, encourages entrepreneurism, encourages
multi-disciplinary collaborations, connects to external organizations, and
supports educational initiatives from the kindergarten to the professional
level.
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University Research/Education |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The Nanostructures Laboratory (NSL) at MIT develops techniques for
fabricating surface structures with feature sizes in the range from
nanometers to micrometers, and uses these structures in a variety of
research projects. The NSL is closely coupled to the
Space Nanotechnology
Laboratory (SNL) with which it shares facilities and a variety of joint
programs.
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University Research/Education |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
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MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) advanced nanotechnology research will dramatically improve the survival of
the soldier of the future. The ISN was founded in March 2002 by a $50 million contract from the U.S.
Army. Now entering our second five-year contract, our charge is to pursue a
long-range vision for how technology can make soldiers less vulnerable to
enemy and environmental threats. The ultimate goal is to create a 21st
century battlesuit that combines high-tech capabilities with light weight
and comfort.
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University Research/Education |
Boston University
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Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology – The strength of Boston
University's efforts in interdisciplinary nanoscience and nanotechnology
form an axis that begins in basic materials science, surface science,
physics, chemistry, and engineering, extending into molecular and cellular
biology, biophysics, and the technologies of microfluidics, MEMS, and onto
manufacturing. Our strengths are in developing and using nanotechnology
advances in materials and platforms with our capabilities in biomedical
engineering to focus on applications in understanding subcellular processes,
biomolecular function and human physiology.
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University Research/Education |
Harvard University
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Our Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) is a collaboration among
Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the
University of California.Santa Barbara, and the Museum of Science.Boston
with participation by Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), the
University of Basel (Switzerland), the University of Tokyo (Japan), and the
Brookhaven, Oak Ridge, and the Sandia National Laboratories.
The NSEC combines "top down" and "bottom up" approaches to construct novel
electronic and magnetic devices with nanoscale sizes and understand their
behavior, including quantum phenomena.
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University Research/Education |
Harvard University
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The Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) is a part of Harvard University's
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Our scientific focus is on how nanoscale components can be integrated into
large and complex interacting systems. Studying very small structures and
how their behavior differs from macroscopic objects is only part of the
story.
We also must investigate how systems emerge, how they can be built, and how
they behave. CNS is a member of the National Science Foundation's
National
Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) initiative to create a national
network of world-class facilities available to all researchers.
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University Research/Education |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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The research focus of our NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Center (NSEC) for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures is to discover and
develop the means to assemble nanoscale building blocks with unique
properties into functional structures under well-controlled, intentionally
directed conditions.
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University Research/Education |
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Zhong Lin Wang's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology group is a
nanoscience and nanotechnology research group in the School of Materials
Science and Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Our recent research is focused on the fundamental science in the physical
and chemical processes in nanomaterials growth, unique properties of
nanosystems, novel in-situ measurement techniques, and new applications of
nano-scale objects. We are interested in the integration of nanomaterials
with microsystems and self-assembly of nanostructures.
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University Research/Education |
University of North Carolina
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Nanoscale Science Research Group (NSRG) is a conglomoration of various
groups studying nanoscale science in the areas of tools and biomedical
research.
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University Research/Education |
University of Oregon |
The Materials Science Institute is an interdisciplinary institute of the
University of Oregon. Founded in 1985 as a State Center of Excellence, the
purpose of the Institute is to study the structure and properties of
materials, to educate in the sciences of materials, and to serve Oregon as a
resource in these sciences. Since 1985 the Institute has more than tripled
the size of its research program, developed four new graduate programs in
materials, and contributed to the State's prosperity through collaboration
with more than 25 Oregon companies.
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Nanotechnology Business/Industry |
Nanorex, Inc.
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Nanorex is developing open-source computational tools to support research in
structural DNA nanotechnology (SDN). To do this, we are extending our
existing application, NanoEngineer-1, to provide a foundation of tools for
visualization, modeling, and manipulation of DNA, and to make it a framework
that can support and integrate other computational tools developed by the
SDN community. This work is part of our broader mission to support the
development of advanced nanosystems. We've entered a process of
collaborative development that will help the SDN research community
integrate its diverse tools for design, modeling, and analysis, making them
more useful and more widely available.
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Nanotechnology Business/Industry |
IBM
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IBM's nanotechnology research aims to devise new atomic- and molecular-scale
structures and devices for enhancing information technologies, as well as
discover and understand their scientific foundations.
In particular, carbon nanotubes and scanning probes derived from the atomic
force microscope – cousin of the scanning tunneling microscope – show
particular promise in enabling dramatically improved circuits and data
storage devices. Research on nanoparticles leads to applications in
biomedicine as well as hard disk drive storage. Photonic bandgap materials
– on-chip nanoscale structures the size of a wavelength of light
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manipulate light as optical waveguides, splitters and routers. Research into
nanomechanical information storage, such as IBM's Millipede project,
continues to increase the possibilities for increased areal storage density.
IBM's research into nano-scale structures that self-assemble may one day
obviate the need to "hand-position" atoms. Nanotechnology will allow the
design and control of the structure of an object on all length scales, from
the atomic to the macroscopic enabling more efficient and vastly less
expensive manufacturing processes and providing the hardware foundation for
future information technology.
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Nanotechnology Business/Industry |
FEI Company Tools For NanoTech
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Enabling tools for nanoscale exploration and discovery – from the world's first
DualBeam system, to market-leading scanning electron
microscopes, to the world's most powerful, commercially-available
transmission electron microscope, FEI's Tools for Nanotech are enabling
researchers, scientists, and industrial pioneers to see, analyze, and
manipulate two- and three-dimensional nanoscale structures. Our
market-leading instruments, which include scanning electron microscopes,
transmission electron microscopes, Dualbeam systems, and focused ion beam
tools, push the boundaries of discovery and exploration, facilitating
breakthroughs in pharmacology, biotechnology, forensics, pathology,
materials science, semiconductor manufacturing and data storage.
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Nanotechnology Business/Industry |
Unidym
Carbon for Electronics
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Unidym, formerly Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI), is the preeminent producer of Buckytubes. With their multiple pilot
plants and commercial demonstration unit operating in Houston, the company
can provide many different grades of Buckytubes to accommodate
customer-specific needs. The company is working with close to 700 customers
around the globe. These customers include leading academic research centers
and a wide variety of small and large companies whose businesses depend on
advanced materials.
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Nanotechnology Investment |
Nanotechnology.com
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Nanotechnology and Small Tech Corporate Development Specialists.
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Nanotechnology Business |
NanoParticles.org
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An extensive internet resource covering nanoparticle news, business, and
people.
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Nanotechnology Directory |
Nanowerk.com
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The largest, best-structured, up to date and easy to navigate Nanotechnology
Directory with currently over 2,800 world-wide links to laboratories,
associations, networks and business-to- business companies involved in
nanotechnology.
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Nanotechnology Business |
NanoTX '08 Conference & Expo
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The Nanotechnology Conference & Trade Expo during International
Nanotechnology Week, hosted at the Dallas Convention Center October 1-2,
2008, is created to highlight the world's commercial micro and
nanotechnology initiatives.
Exhibitors at nanoTX show their brands as major industry leaders in science,
technology, engineering, and the Nanotech Business Community. This vital
conference attracts attention from thousands of technology leaders in the
Americas and abroad.
NanoTX means business, and succeeds by working closely with Industry,
Capital, Governments, Universities and R&D labs.
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Nanotechnology Business |
NanoBusiness Alliance
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The NanoBusiness Alliance is a not-for-profit association dedicated to
promoting the commercialization of nanotechnology and helping companies
bring affordable, life-improving nanotech products to the market. We
actively represent our members on Capitol Hill in order to create a positive
policy climate for nanotechnology, and also on Wall Street where we draw the
attention of the global financial community to this high-potential sector
and to our member companies through our NanoBusiness conference.
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Nanotechnology Business |
NanoVIP.com
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Nanovip.com – The International Nanotechnology Business Directory – a comprehensive listings of nanotechnology companies, products, people,
news, books, classifieds, and jobs.
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Nanotechnology Business |
AZoNano.com
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