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Nanotechnology articles - April 2004

Nanotechnology speaker attracts dreamers, doers
Date: 30 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Nanocosm.". As Wedebrock and hundreds of business people and academics learned Thursday, nanotechnology covers a lot of ground. It ...
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Nanotech finds fans in industry
Date: 30 Apr 2004
Excerpt: But to L. Louis Hegedus, head of research at Atofina Chemicals Inc., nanotechnology is simply going through the phases any promising new technology must. ...
Source: SunHerald.com

New MEMs, nanotechnology device provider launches
Date: 29 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ...environmental. NanoVance company founders come from the microelectromechanical systems (MEMs), semiconductors and nanotechnology industries. ...
Source: ARNnet

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in Holland/Belgium
Date: 29 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Nanotechnology in Holland/Belgium to their offering. ...
Source: TMCnet

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology & MEMs Industry Almanac
Date: 29 Apr 2004
Excerpt: Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Nanotechnology and MEMS ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

FEI Sees Record Sales Continue
Date: 29 Apr 2004
Excerpt: The record first quarter revenue was aided by solid performance in the industry and institute markets which are driving nanotechnology research, as well as ...
Source: Electronic News

Jubak's Journal
Date: 29 Apr 2004
Excerpt: The prospects for nanotechnology -- designer drugs, shape-shifting materials -- are so dazzling they seem to defy rational investing. ...
Source: MSN Money

New MEMs, nanotechnology device provider launches
Date: 28 Apr 2004
Excerpt: NanoVance Inc. company founders come from the MEMs (microelectromechanical systems), semiconductors and nanotechnology industries. ...
Source: IDG.com

Eldorado High Wins Supercomputing Contest
Date: 28 Apr 2004
Excerpt: ...human tests. It also could help nanotechnology scientists design machines smaller than a blood cell, the team said. "We actually ...
Source: Albuquerque Journal (subscription)

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in France
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Nanotechnology in France to their offering. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Nanotechnology Veterans Launch NanoVance Inc.; Company Brings ...
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2004--A team of veterans from the nanotechnology field and the micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

AllPennyStocks.com: AllPennyStocks.com Spotlights Isonics Corp. ( ...
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: Much of its technology portfolio is based on nanotechnology processes and/or enablers for the manufacture of nanotechnology devices. ...
Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription) -

Axcess News: Nanotechnology, Investing in Tomorrow, Today
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: NV, Apr 26, 2004 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- AXcess News (www.axcessnews.com) released a story covering the latest breakthroughs in nanotechnology and some of ...
Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription) -

Daily Briefing
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: EUGENE -- Planning has officially begun for the construction of a new nanotechnology center at the University of Oregon, a key part of the state's effort to ...
Source: Oregonian -

Beyond the Nano-Hype
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. It's big nanotechnology news: Nanosys has announced the industry's first Initial Public Offering. As the ...
Source: Tech Central Station -

Nanogold turns different colors
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...it conducts electricity," said Chris Kiely, head of the Nanocharacterization Laboratory in Lehigh's Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, in West ...
Source: Washington Times -

Sandia may have nanotech answer
Date: 27-Apr-04
Excerpt: 26 (UPI) -- The National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia Laboratories in New Mexico may have solved a nanotechnology puzzle about the assembly of ...
Source: Washington Times -

Nanotechnology, investing in tomorrow, today
Date: 26-Apr-04
Excerpt: April 26, 2004 (AXcess News) Reno NV - A giant bet in nanotechnology may be the payoff of the century for investors who track this cutting edge technology. ...
Source: Axcess Business News -

Reading the fineprint of matter
Date: 25-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...scientist and his three colleagues had convinced former President Bill Clinton and the US Congress to launch the National Nanotechnology Initiative when the ...
Source: Economic Times -

inSCRIPTions Screenplay Review : “ Deathlok ”
Date: 25-Apr-04
Excerpt: A secret government agency deliberately crashed into Luther so that they could use him as a guinea pig in their nanotechnology experiments. ...
Source: Filmjerk.com -

Venture 2004: Nanotechnology Startup Xintek Hopes To Strike Big ...
Date: 25-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...a Q&A. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – A startup in Chapel Hill could be a major player in the emerging field of nanotechnology. Led ...
Source: Local Tech Wire -

MnSCU takes guesswork out of assessing labor supply and demand
Date: 25-Apr-04
Excerpt: A little over a year ago, officials at Dakota County Technical College decided to bring together Minnesota manufacturers for a discussion of nanotechnology. ...
Source: Miami Herald (subscription) -

Nano college propels UAlbany program
Date: 25-Apr-04
Excerpt: Louis Tomson showed a slide of puzzle pieces to a group of 175 eager listeners interested in learning anything they could about nanotechnology efforts at the ...
Source: Albany Business Review -

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in China 2004
Date: 23-Apr-04
Excerpt: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Nanotechnology in China 2004 to their offering. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Getting Molecules To Do The Work
Date: 23-Apr-04
Excerpt: About one-quarter of the 2,000 or so nanotechnology projects the National Science Foundation now sponsors involve self-assembly -- and funding for ...
Source: BusinessWeek -

Call For Abstracts -- Due May 1
Date: 23-Apr-04
Excerpt: The 1st Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology: Research, Applications, and Policy is an important event for those interested in the Feynman goal for ...
Source: Nanodot -

MEET THE PUBLIC FACE OF US NANO; YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE OF HIM
Date: 23-Apr-04
Excerpt: As director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, it's his job to handle "public outreach" for the US government's nanotechnology program. ...
Source: Small Times -

Nanotube Forms Drive Shaft
Date: 23-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...use in practical applications, according to the researcher. The work appeared in the February 17, 2004 issue of Nanotechnology.
Source: TechnologyReview.com -

Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award goes to Japanese nanotechnology ...
Date: 22-Apr-04
Excerpt: Professor Baba's report demonstrates that nanomaterial from molecular nanotechnology has applications for chip-based DNA separation. ...
Source: Chemie.de (press release) -

Ulster says yes to nanotechnology
Date: 22-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...- 22/04/2004 - The University of Ulster yesterday opened a new Nanotechnology Research Institute at its Jordanstown campus in Northern Ireland, and says it is ...
Source: In Pharma -

ComGenex Announces the Successful Integration of the First ...
Date: 21-Apr-04
Excerpt: The unit, developed by ComGenex' spin off company, Thales Nanotechnology Inc., utilizes unique microfluidics, internal hydrogen generation and replaceable ...
Source: PR Newswire UK (press release) -

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in Asia Pacific - Total ...
Date: 21-Apr-04
Excerpt: Ireland --(Business Wire)-- April 21, 2004 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Nanotechnology in Asia ...
Source: TMCnet -

Are Nanobots Fiction or Reality?
Date: 20-Apr-04
Excerpt: I was browsing this site and I am very impressed with the possible applications of what nanotechnology can do in any field—medicine, food, livelihood, etc. ...
Source: Betterhumans -

Healthy growth expected for nanocatalysts
Date: 20-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...them feasible. Nanocatalysts represent the convergence of a mature technology – catalysts - with a new one - nanotechnology. The ...
Source: In Pharma -

PATENT OFFICE STRUGGLES TO STAY AHEAD OF NANOTECH INDUSTRY
Date: 20-Apr-04
Excerpt: WASHINGTON, April 20, 2004 – As the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) prepares to hold a second nanotechnology outreach meeting today, the agency is ...
Source: Small Times -

Commercial Opportunities in Nanotechnology and its Application in ...
Date: 20-Apr-04
Excerpt: NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The use of nanotechnology as a discovery platform, as well in drug delivery and diagnostic tools will be featured as part of ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Tapping into the nanotech market
Date: 19-Apr-04
Excerpt: By Jacqueline Seaberg. But what is nanotechnology? ... The panel discussion will look at the impact of nanotechnology on Maryland businesses, industry and academia. ...
Source: Baltimore Sun -

A Rose By Any Other Name?
Date: 19-Apr-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology may be the next big thing, but the sweet smell of success is being used to promote nearly worthless stocks, charges Asensio & Co. ...
Source: Chemical & Engineering News -

Pentagon official says nanotechnology a high priority
Date: 19-Apr-04
Excerpt: The US military expects advances in nanotechnology to impact every major weapons system and is spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually on various ...
Source: GovExec.com -

SPAIN: Europe To Host Nanotechnology Conference
Date: 19-Apr-04
Excerpt: Europe is set to host its first conference on nanotechnology in the textile sector later this year. EuroNanoTex 2004, an initiative ...
Source: just-style.com -

Zyvex joins Working In Nanotechnology as Gold Partner
Date: 18-Apr-04
Excerpt: ..."Zyvex receives of hundreds of job inquiries from scientists, researchers, and students interested in pursing a career in nanotechnology," said Zyvex President ...
Source: Nanodot -

Making Nanotechnology More Than a Nanoissue
Date: 17-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...n the latest reflection of debate over what constitutes a nanotechnology company, Merrill Lynch said yesterday that it had dropped six companies and added ...
Source: New York Times -

Will nanotech save the world ?
Date: 16-Apr-04
Excerpt: By Marsha Walton. GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (CNN) -- Nanotechnology is often mentioned as the tool that will dramatically alter the future. ...
Source: CNN International -

The Sinister Sino-Russian “Strategic Partnership”
Date: 16-Apr-04
Excerpt: Announced in Moscow, Russia, on April 1, 2004, was the start of “Competition of Russian Youth Projects of Molecular [!] Nanotechnology.” So, the United ...
Source: NewsMax.com -

Keynote Lineup Announced for 3rd Annual NanoBusiness 2004, ...
Date: 15-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...the lineup of keynote speakers for the 3rd annual NanoBusiness 2004, the industry's most important event focusing on the rapidly growing nanotechnology industry ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Biophan Technologies Will Participate In SDForum's Nanotechnology ...
Date: 15-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...developer and marketer of MRI-related and other advanced biomedical technology, announced today that it will present at SDForum's Nanotechnology Series. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Northeast Mechanical Engineers Convene for Symposium in Albany, ...
Date: 15-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...opportunities. "We learn from each other," Hunter said. "I work in power systems, but I don't know what nanotechnology is. In five ...
Source: Miami Herald -

NanoMarkets Releases New White Paper on the Nanotechnology ...
Date: 15-Apr-04
Excerpt: GLEN ALLEN, Va., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- NanoMarkets, LC, a leading nanotechnology market research and analysis firm based here, today announced the release ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

JAPAN BOOSTS NANOTECHNOLOGY BUDGET AND INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
Date: 15-Apr-04
Excerpt: TOKYO, April 15, 2004 – Japan’s nanotechnology budget for fiscal 2004, which began April 1, rose 3.1 percent to $875 million, according to Japan's Council ...
Source: Small Times -

AIP FYI #49: President's S&T Council Briefed on Nanotechnology ...
Date: 15-Apr-04
Excerpt: She urged the US to support credible basic research, use the multi-agency National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) to develop terminology and standards ...
Source: Space Ref -

Venture Capital Firms Invest in Molecular Imprints
Date: 14-Apr-04
Excerpt: S-FIL™) equipment, announce today that Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on making early-stage investments in nanotechnology and related growth ...
Source: Azom.com -

Self-assembling 'Nanotubes' Offer Promise For Future Artificial ...
Date: 13-Apr-04
Excerpt: Researchers at Purdue University, the University of Alberta and Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology have discovered that bone cells called ...
Source: Science Daily (press release) -

Getting Involved: UW offers lecture series
Date: 13-Apr-04
Excerpt: Discovering New Frontiers.". This year's lectures address the environment, nanotechnology and genomic health care. Topics this year ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer -

Ener1 Forms Nanotechnology Subsidiary
Date: 13-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...is in a very strong position with a proven technology and that forming NanoEner will help Ener1 capitalize on the emerging nanotechnology market estimated to ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Panel Discusses Ethics in Science
Date: 12-Apr-04
Excerpt: The panel discussion, the first of a series sponsored by the Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network and the Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems, featured four ...
Source: Cornell Daily Sun -

Concerns That Nanotech Label Is Overused
Date: 11-Apr-04
Excerpt: What exactly is nanotechnology? The definition is no longer academic as more investors become attracted to anything that carries a nanotech label. ...
Source: New York Times -

Prima Developments announces nanotechnology research and ...
Date: 9-Apr-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology has a number of applications and this collaboration with Altair reflects our commitment to driving the commercialization of our products. ...
Source: CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) -

UK Govt Accused of Muddled Nano Strategy
Date: 9-Apr-04
Excerpt: The UK government has been accused of under-investing in nanotechnology, ignoring advice from UK experts to create at least two nanotechnology fabrication ...
Source: Electronic News -

Zyvex announced its Nanomanipulation System for Life Science ...
Date: 9-Apr-04
Excerpt: Zyvex's new product development continues to demonstrate our leadership position in developing real-world, practical nanotechnology solutions.". ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release) -

Nanotechnology Expert to Deliver Keynote Address at May 2004 Nano ...
Date: 9-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced that Josh Wolfe, the renowned national authority on the nanotechnology industry, will ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release) -

Breakfast in Silicon Forest: Nano Comes to Life
Date: 9-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...definitions. First, what do you all mean by nanotechnology? ... community. Lindquist: FEI’s business is involved almost entirely in nanotechnology. ...
Source: Reed Electronics Group -

NANOTECHNOLOGY IS HOT, IF YOU'RE INTO MUNDANE PRODUCTS
Date: 9-Apr-04
Excerpt: But to L. Louis Hegedus, head of research at Atofina Chemicals Inc., nanotechnology is simply going through the phases any promising new technology must. ...
Source: Small Times -

Chicago Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Community Announces ...
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: The Chicago Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Community (CMNC), a non-profit organization focused on the continued growth of the Chicago's emerging ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

UK Science Minister defends government's record on nanotechnology
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: The UK's Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Sainsbury, has defended his government's record on nanotechnology, after a recent report from the House of ...
Source: Cordis News -

Council approves tax cut for nanotechnology company
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...last night that will save the Master Drive nanotechnology company approximately $16,600 in taxes over six years, provided the deal clears two more hurdles. ...
Source: Milford Daily News -

Pre-Gathering Tutorial on Fundamentals of Nanotechnology
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: The Fundamentals of Nanotechnology Tutorial, sponsored by Foresight Institute, is designed for individuals who want a quick grasp or refresher of the basics. ...
Source: Nanodot -

Nanotechnology Expert to Deliver Keynote Address at May 2004 Nano ...
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced that Josh Wolfe, the renowned national authority on the nanotechnology industry, will ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release) -

BioSante Included in Merrill Lynch and Punk Ziegel indices of ...
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...today that the investment firms Merrill Lynch and Punk, Ziegel & Company have included BioSante in their respective indices of nanotechnology companies. ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release) -

SENATOR FORMING CAUCUS TO KEEP NANOTECH ISSUES ON FOREFRONT
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: George Allen, R-Va., is organizing a new congressional caucus aimed at promoting nanotechnology and helping to educate other lawmakers and their constituents ...
Source: Small Times -

HITACHI BOOSTS NANO RESEARCH BUDGET
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...(NYSE: HIT, News, Web) will invest nearly $100 million a year in basic research to boost the development of nanotechnology, biotechnology and other advanced ...
Source: Small Times -

ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL PUBLISHES CONTROVERSIAL BUCKYBALL STUDY
Date: 8-Apr-04
Excerpt: The study also became a hot topic among speakers and attendees last week at the National Nanotechnology Initiative conference in Washington. ...
Source: Small Times -

Researchers probe link between nanotechnology and health
Date: 7-Apr-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology, a science devoted to engineering things that are unimaginably small, may pose a health hazard and should be investigated further, warns a ...
Source: Innovations-Report -

What is nanotechnology?
Date: 7-Apr-04
Excerpt: This is the realm of nanotechnology. • The term nanotechnology was coined by K. Eric Drexler in 1986 in the book Engines of Creation. ...
Source: Rocky Mountain News -

Big gift in microscopic package?
Date: 7-Apr-04
Excerpt: Setting aside their own agendas, Colorado universities are angling to reel in federal dollars to launch a big nanotechnology center in the state. ...
Source: Rocky Mountain News -

Big Concern for Very Small Things
Date: 7-Apr-04
Excerpt: The nascent nanotechnology industry collectively cringed last week after a study showed that fish exposed to nanoparticles suffered brain damage. ...
Source: Wired News -

Zyvex Announces New Nanomanipulator System for Life Science ...
Date: 7-Apr-04
Excerpt: Zyvex's new product development continues to demonstrate our leadership position in developing real-world, practical nanotechnology solutions.". ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

UK Losing Ground In Nanotechnology
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: The scale of the impact of nanotechnology on the world economy and the "disruptive" nature of the technology fully merit Government efforts to stimulate ...
Source: AZoNano.com -

UK no longer at nanotechnology forefront due to lack of foresight ...
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...claimed that a lack of foresight by both policy makers and the scientific community has led to the UK losing its leading position in the field of nanotechnology ...
Source: Cordis News -

‘ Buckyballs , ' a nanotechnology product , damage fish brains
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...have to be cautious about how to interpret a single study," says Vicki Colvin, director of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice. ...
Source: Corvallis Gazette Times -

Hitachi to invest $US 95 million in Fuel Cell and Nanotechnology ...
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...about Y10 billion ($US95.99 million) yen annually in basic research to accelerate the development of promising new areas such as fuel cells and nanotechnology. ...
Source: Fuel Cell Today -

Nanotechnology and Damage
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: From stain-free clothing to scratch-resistant eyeglasses to longer lasting sunscreen lotions, nanotechnology — the science and technology of the ultra small ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release) -

Peter Griffin: Thinking small tipped to be huge
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: But in the vast field of nanotechnology - the next industrial revolution where you need an electron microscope just to see your building materials - how far ...
Source: New Zealand Herald -

Imagining the future of nanotechnology
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: Mulhull was in Ottawa last month to talk about nanotechnology at a speaking event hosted by the local branch of the Canadian Information Processing Society. ...
Source: Ottawa Business Journal -

NANO JERSEY: BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT PLANT INDUSTRY IN GARDEN STATE
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: April 5, 2004 -- Boosters of nanotechnology think "Prey," Michael Crichton's 2003 novel featuring a cloud of tiny but murderous self-replicating machines, is a ...
Source: Small Times -

Little Things, Big Questions
Date: 5-Apr-04
Excerpt: Western states are hoping to cash in on the next big technological boom - nanotechnology. ... Yet the potential of nanotechnology is by all accounts very big. ...
Source: TidePool -

Tiny particles don't move uniformly, raising doubts about ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...t flow uniformly in water, a finding that could have wide-ranging implications in assessing environmental risks and benefits of nanotechnology - the science of ...
Source: Canoe.ca -

Inquiry calls UK government support of nanotechnology 'lacking in ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...from a UK parliamentary watchdog today (Friday 2nd April) accuses the government and to some extent industry of letting slip an early lead in nanotechnology. ...
Source: CommsDesign -

Institute of Physics says “ too true ” to Too little too late ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...and Technology Committee, ‘Too little too late? Government investment in nanotechnology’. The Institute is pleased that the ...
Source: Institute of Physics (press release) -

Nanotech looms big in tech companies, not Wall St
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...[Washington | Reuters News Service, 2 April 2004] - Nanotechnology is well established at some major technology companies, but Wall Street is just catching on ...
Source: ITWeb -

Ore. governor urges nanotechnology development
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: The governor was talking about nanotechnology, the science of working with materials and devices so tiny some of them cannot be seen with a standard microscope ...
Source: kgw.com (subscription) -

Nanotechnology Institute Signs GlaxoSmithKline as Corporate ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: The Nanotechnology Institute (NTI), a comprehensive model for the development of nanotechnology-driven, real-world applications, has signed GlaxoSmithKline (GSK ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release) -

NASA Administrator and Nanotechnology Consultant Headline Tech ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...will be Jack Uldrich, president of consulting agency The NanoVeritas Group and author of “The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology will Change ...
Source: Oswego County Business Magazine -

Nanotechnology Institute Signs GlaxoSmithKline as Corporate ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Nanotechnology Institute (NTI), a comprehensive model for the development of nanotechnology-driven, real-world ...
Source: PrimeZone (press release) -

AMCOL International Corp. (NYSE: ACO) Included in Merrill Lynch ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...(NYSE: ACO) today announced that it has been included in the newly created Merrill Lynch Nanotechnology Index that was released yesterday. ...
Source: PRNewswire (press release) -

Widely varying particle behavior raises nanotechnology concerns
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...in uniform ways in water, a finding that could have wide-ranging implications in assessing the environmental risks and benefits of nanotechnology, the science ...
Source: San Diego Union Tribune -

Turning Nanotech into Profit
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: By Jack M. Germain. "There is a lot of confusion about what nanotechnology actually is," Zvi Yaniv, CEO of Applied Nanotech, told TechNewsWorld during a break ...
Source: TechNewsWorld -

Study Shows Nanoparticles Don't Behave Uniformly
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...t flow uniformly in water, a finding that could have wide-ranging implications in assessing environmental risks and benefits of nanotechnology -- the science ...
Source: Washington Post -

Zyvex Announces New IC Probing Application for Semiconductor ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...decreasing size scales. Zyvex Corporation, based in Richardson, Texas, is the first molecular nanotechnology company. Zyvex's vision ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

AMCOL International Corp. (NYSE: ACO) Included in Merrill Lynch ...
Date: 2-Apr-04
Excerpt: ...(NYSE: ACO - News) today announced that it has been included in the newly created Merrill Lynch Nanotechnology Index that was released yesterday. ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

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Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. (One nanometer equals one thousandth of a micrometer or one millionth of a millimeter.) The term has sometimes been applied to microscopic technology. This article discusses nanotechnology, nanoscience, and hypothetical molecular nanotechnology.

The term nanotechnology is sometimes conflated with molecular nanotechnology (also known as "MNT"), a hypothetical, advanced form of nanotechnology believed by some to be achievable at some point in the future, based on productive nanosystems. Molecular nanotechnology would fabricate precise structures using mechanosynthesis to perform molecular manufacturing. The hypothetical molecular nanotechnology, though not yet existent, is posited by its proponents to have a great impact on society if realized. Current debate on whether molecular nanotechnology is likely to be developed can be seen on the web at the weblog of Richard Jones and other sites mentioned therein.

More broadly, nanotechnology includes the many techniques used to create structures at a size scale below 100 nm, including those used for fabrication of nanotubes and nanowires, those used in semiconductor fabrication such as deep ultraviolet lithography, electron beam lithography, focused ion beam machining, atomic layer deposition, and molecular vapor deposition, and further including molecular self-assembly techniques such as those employing di-block copolymers.

The term nanoscience is used to describe the interdisciplinary fields of science devoted to the study of nanoscale phenomena employed in nanotechnology. This is the world of atoms, molecules, macromolecules, quantum dots, and macromolecular assemblies, and is dominated by surface effects such as Van der Waals force attraction, hydrogen bonding, electronic charge, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, and quantum mechanical tunneling, to the virtual exclusion of macro-scale effects such as turbulence and inertia.

The size scale of nanoscience and nanotechnology make them susceptible to quantum-based phenomena, leading to often counterintuitive results. Furthermore, the vastly increased ratio of surface area to volume opens new possibilities in surface-based science, such as catalysis.

Nanotechnology is already having a considerable impact on the field of electronics, where the drive towards miniaturization continues and transistor gate lengths of 65 nm are routinely fabricated in prototype circuits. The device density of modern computer electronics (i.e. the number of transistors per unit area) has grown exponentially, and this trend is expected to continue for some time (see Moore's law). However, both economics and fundamental electronic limitations prevent this trend from continuing indefinitely. Some see further development of nanotechnology outside of the semiconductor roadmap, and the hoped-for advent of molecular nanotechnology, as the next logical steps for continued advances in computer architecture, while others are less sanguine.




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