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The
WNEC Issue 4, 6/16/03 | |
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The Vertical Nanotech Newsletter |
| June 16,
2003... ... In this issue 1. Commentary
2. Industry Applications Notes
3. WNEC Event Announcements
4. Submit an Article
5. Contact Us
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Quote of the Day:
"The fact that there can even be a credible World Nano-Economic Congress represents a shift from the 'hopes and dreams' of nanotechnology toward its commercial viability. The program and speaker list assembled attests to the substance of this shift, and the congress will be an exciting dose of reality for all those interested in the commercial prospects of nanotechnology." Daniel T. Colbert Interactive Buckyballs Exhibit at WNEC The World Nano-Economic Congress in an attempt to combine both science and art will be showcasing a multi-media exhibit created by Professors Jim Gimzewski and Victoria Vesna, both at UCLA http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/gimzewski/index.html and http://vv.arts.ucla.edu/.The exhibit entitled ‘NANO’ is an interactive show based on zero wave which will run at the famous Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in its LACMA LAB from November for 1 year. It is estimated the show will attract over 200,000 people (Area 100,000 sq. ft). As evidence of this projected number, on one weekend the NANO exhibit attracted some 2,000 people ranging in age from school kids K-12 to 100 years old. The exhibit’s draw is in large part due to its interactive characteristics. A user is able to use his own shadow to manipulate buckyballs moving them in different directions and deforming their shape. To support this exhibit and its ability to bring emerging science and technology to everyone, Professors Gimzewksi and Vesna are attempting to secure funding. “We are trying to raise money for it and we also want to have it as a road show,” says Gimzewski. “We need support. This exhibition links education, bringing nanotech to the general public and having fun. But we need support to see it happen.” If Michelle Rodriguez, the actress, the research
director of Intel, and children of all ages equally enjoy it, then the
WNEC is sure it will provide an excellent addition to the Washington, DC
event. |
| General Nanotechnology | |
| Technology Briefing: Science | |
| The British government has commissioned the Royal
Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering to study the fast-growing
field of nanotechnology and make recommendations on how it should be
regulated, the two science groups said yesterday.
See details at: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/12/technology/12TBRF3.html | |
| Medical & Pharmaceutical | |
| Micro-organism synthesizes gold nanoparticles | |
| Scientists
from the National Chemical Laboratory and the Armed Forces Medical
College, India, have used a micro-organism that normally grows on fig
trees to synthesize gold nanoparticles. The organism, Rhodococcus sp.,
reduced a solution of gold chloride ions to produce nanoparticles inside
its cells.
Read more: http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/2/6/5/1 | |
| High-frequency semiconductors | |
| Using a
silicon-germanium semiconductor nanostructure, scientists from the
University of Delaware have managed to produce electromagnetic waves in
the much-sought-after terahertz frequency range, which has a number of
promising applications, not least in medical imaging.
Read More: http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=5988 | |
| Chemicals & Advanced Materials | |
| Nano-nose sniffs out smallest particles | |
| Researchers at
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have claimed a new world
record for weighing tiny amounts of stuff. At the U.S. Department of
Energy, they were able to measure variations in the resonant frequency of
tiny gold-coated silicon bars just two microns long and fifty nanometers
thick by vibrating them with the heat of a solid-state laser at a speed of
about two million times a second.
Read More: http://news.com.com/2100-1008-1016653.html | |
| Climbing the Waals | |
| In TNTW last year
(weeks 35 and 36), we reported that a team at the University of California
at Berkeley were examining the mechanism that enables geckos to climb
walls. They discovered that the cumulative effect of weak van der Waals
forces between the tiny hairs on the gecko feet and a surface was
sufficient to give the gecko its mighty grip. A member of the research
team, now at Carnegie Mellon, has gone on to develop synthetic gecko hairs
that already have notable sticking power.
Read More: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993726 | |
| Aerospace & Defense | |
| Nanotube Yarn | |
| Nanotube
yarn toughs it out over spider silk. Scientists at the University of Texas
at Dallas Richardson and Trinity College, Dublin, have spun super-tough
carbon nanotube fibres. The fibres, which are suitable for weaving into
electronic cloth, are four times tougher than spider silk and 17 times
tougher than the Kevlar fibres used in bullet-proof vests. Read more: http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/2/6/7/1  | |
| Raytheon Partner In Institute For Soldier Nanotechnologies | |
| The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), a joint research
collaboration between the United States Army and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, formally opened its doors today with a ribbon
cutting and dedication ceremony at the ISN facilities. More than 300
members of the MIT community, the U.S. Army and ISN industrial partners
were in attendance. Raytheon is a founding partner of the ISN.
Raytheon's work with the ISN is focused on the "soldier as a system" prospective in the "System of Systems" concept of integration. By harvesting and transitioning the research done at MIT into operational products for the soldier, Raytheon seeks to mature conductive polymer technology into infrared invisible detectors and chemical detectors for sensors. Read more: http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15936/index.htm | |
| Energy & Production | |
|
Hydrogen storage using MOFs | |
| Using a nanoporous metal-organic framework, or MOF, researchers at
the University of Michigan (collaborating with a number of other US
universities and departments) have managed to produce a material capable
of storing up to 4.5% of hydrogen by weight, at low temperature. More
importantly, they believe that they have found the route to being able to
store up to 6.5% by weight, the figure set by the US Department of the
Energy as being the point where hydrogen-powered vehicles become
economically viable.
Read more: http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/052103/Hydrogen_storage_eased_052103.html | |
| Powering Fuel Cells: Oxide Materials May Facilitate Small-scale Hydrogen Production | |
| A unique group of oxide materials that readily gives up and accepts
oxygen atoms with changes in temperature could be the basis for a
small-scale hydrogen production system able to power fuel cells in homes
-- and potentially in automotive applications. Scientists have long known
that oxides of the rare earth elements cerium (CE), terbium (Tb), and
praseodymium (Pr) can produce hydrogen from water vapor and methane in
continuous "inhale and exhale" cycles. By doping iron atoms into the
oxides, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have lowered
the temperatures at which these "oxygen pump" materials produce hydrogen,
potentially allowing the process to be powered by solar energy.
Read More: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/06/030610075242.htm | |
| IT & Telecommunications | |
| The wire's on the wall for 3D nanostructures | |
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Scientists from NASA Ames Research Center, San Jose State University and Eloret Corporation, all in the US, have made quasi-3D nanostructures from zinc oxide. The structures consisted of nanowires grown on top of a random pattern of thin nanowalls. | |
| NASA nano network mimics brain | |
| Researchers at the NASA Ames Research Center have found a way to
grow networks of connected carbon nanotubes. The network appears to work
in the same way as the synapses in the brain and shows a capacity for
fault tolerance and self-correction.
Read more: http://www.svbizink.com/headlines/article.asp?aid=4551&iid=300 | |
| WNEC Event Announcements | |
| The WNEC Main Brochure is now available Online!
The Main Conference brochure is complete with sessions, speakers, highlights and information necessary to make your WNEC experience a perfect one. Inside, you will find information about the 70+ speakers including two Nobel Laureates, and leaders from organizations such as Ford, Intel, NEC, Motorola, Lucent, Praxair, GE, US Dept of Energy, Foresight Institute and many others. In addition, you will find full details on the array of sessions and panels, as well as "special" networking sessions not available at any other nanotechnology event. To receive this brochure in the mail or as a download, Click Here | |
| Submit an Article | |
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interested in submitting an article referencing one of the nanotechnology
applications in these vertical industries, please send it to: Jurek
Lipski, WNEC Marketing Assistant, jlipski@iirusa.com. Your article will
be reviewed by the WNEC board of advisors and if accepted your article
will be published in the following issue.
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