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Columns: Nano Solar · Nano Investing · Nanotechnology in India · Nanoelectronics · Universities · NANOART · Real Nano/MEMS Products Today · Transhumanism · Nanotechnology for Every-Day-Life in India · Nano Emerging · Understanding Nanotechnology · Nanotechnology Tomorrow · Disruptive Technologies · Maximizing progress and benefits of Nanotechnology · Regional Initiatives · Nanotechnology Tools · Alberta & the Future of Nanotechnology · Nanobiotechnology · Ethics · Nanotechnology Industries Association · Nanoparticles
Nano Solar
Bo Varga
 | May 9th, 2008 Commercialization of Nano + Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Bo Varga Managing Director, Silicon Valley Nano Ventures This column focuses on issues of interest to entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers in the nano + solar space; (1) listing of some of upcoming conferences relevant to nano + solar (2) overview of commercial considerations for any nano + solar technology (3) overview of some key technologies currently in early stages of commercialization. In my early July column I will review all the new nanotechnologies and companies related to solar that are announced in the year ending June 30, 2008 - and there are many. Read the Whole Article |
Nano Investing
Alan Shalleck-NanoClarity
 | May 1st, 2008 A NANOTECHNOLOGY UNDERWRITERS LABORATORY REVISITED Alan Shalleck President, NanoClarity LLC Previously I have proposed that the Nanotechnology industry, led by the NanoBusiness Alliance (that industry supported responsible representative of what is good and beneficial about nanotech in society), and the all companies in nanotech (at all links in the value chain) create a NUL - a Nanotechnology Underwriters Laboratory - similar to the UL - Underwriters Laboratory- used by the electrical supply industry, and establish a formally recognized environmental qualification and safety stamp of approval called the NULL - Nanotechnology Underwriters Laboratory Listing. In NUL, all pending nanotechnology containing products are rigorously and responsibly tested for performance and for immediate and long-term health effects and safety, using scientific and objective protocols of acceptance and release to the market. Read the Whole Article |
Pearl Chin-Seraphimaventures.com
 | May 19th, 2007 Does Nanotechnology need Venture Capital to be Successful? Pearl Chin Managing Director, Seraphima Ventures How does a nanotechnology or any technology startup attract venture capital (VC) money? The need to exit is the end goal of any venture capital firm. However, what exactly does all this mean? We will look at some questions that should be asked before embarking on the VC path. Read the Whole Article |
Nanotechnology in India
Vivek Srivastava
 | April 28th, 2008 Would public research investment create innovative Indian nanotech companies Vivek Srivastava Dr. Nanotechnology R&D in premier Indian research institutes is blossoming thanks to international and local collaborations between industry and academicians. Optimists believe that this would lead to an explosion of new and innovative products and technology in near to medium term. Two key barriers, cultural and financial, are identified and discussed to temper the enthusiasm. Read the Whole Article |
Nanoelectronics
Kos Galatsis
 | April 24th, 2008 Nanotechnology: a worldwide snapshop. Kos Galatsis Chief Operating Officer, FENA and WIN Centers, UCLA I am currently in Japan, attending the 4th International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation. The conference has the unique mission in bringing together US, EU and Asian players to highlight and spur collaboration in nanotechnology. Considering my attendance and participation, what better act than to provide you with a passdown. Read the Whole Article |
Universities
UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
 | April 23rd, 2008 CNSE creates the Center for Sustainable EcoSystem Nanotechnologies John Elter Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies;Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoengineering, UAlbany- College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany, SUNY, has established the new Center for Sustainable EcoSystem Nanotechnologies to identify and develop and produce the critical nano-materials, devices and structures needed to realize the commercial development of truly sustainable system. The Center will provide critical design analysis, pilot prototyping and proof of concept to enable advanced systems and structures for integration within a host of renewable energy technologies. The Center will be housed in a new "zero energy" nanotechnology building or "ZEN" facility which will itself be the laboratory to demonstrate advanced ecosystem technologies. Read the Whole Article |
NANOART
Cristian Orfescu
 | April 16th, 2008 NanoArt 2007 International Online Competition - Part I Cris Orfescu artist and scientist, NanoArt21 The voting process for the NanoArt 2007 International Online Competition is over. 121 works were submited by 37 nanoartists from 13 countries and the public voting was open during a period of 3 months. Congratulations to all participating artists! The first 10 artists will be featured in a two-parts article. Read the Whole Article |
Real Nano/MEMS Products Today
Bourne Research
 | April 14th, 2008 Drinking Water Marlene Bourne President & Principal Analyst, Bourne Research How safe is the water you drink? A MEMS device called lab-on-a-chip allows municipal water treatment plants the ability to quickly make sure our drinking water isn't contaminated. Read the Whole Article |
Transhumanism
Natasha Vita-More
 | April 10th, 2008 Putting Criticism Forward Natasha Vita-More Transhumanism Everyone promoting investment in and development of emerging technologies must be prepared to accept criticism for doing so. Criticism give us an opportunity to check the barometer on what others think of us. It is a cost-effect way to turn the spot light on issues that might go unnoticed and offers occasion to self-reflect. Even the most brash criticism affords an opportunity to make changes for the better while reinforcing positive qualities. Read the Whole Article |
Nanotechnology for Every-Day-Life in India
Shiva Balivada
 | April 9th, 2008 FabricNano - Unveiling the Virtual Reality Shiva Prasad Balivada Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Vi NanoTech In a land of ever changing climate conditions, Nano coating on a Fabric has created a great new VirtualReality. Read the Whole Article |
Nano Emerging
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
 | March 31st, 2008 Is Nano Business Going to Clean Up its Own Act? David Rejeski Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies On March 5, 2008, the Region IX office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a landmark decision to fine the company IOGEAR $208,000 for "selling unregistered pesticides and making unproved claims about their effectiveness." The action by EPA Region IX officials could result in companies and consumers reconsidering antimicrobial claims and the use of nanoscale silver in products. A lesser known, but equally intriguing aspect to this story, is that the enforcement action came as the result of a tip from an IOGEAR competitor. Nobody in the nano industry benefits from companies making hyped-up and unsubstantiated claims about nanotechnology's benefits and in the absence of more formal government regulation, self-regulation by industry could be a step in the right direction. Read the Whole Article |
Understanding Nanotechnology
Earl Boysen
 | March 24th, 2008 For Rent: One Nano Research Lab… Earl Boysen Understanding Nanotechnology Say you're an aspiring young nanotechnologist with an idea for a new product. What are the barriers to moving your project forward? One big barrier is the cost of the equipment to build and test your nano-based prototype. For example an ebeam lithography system has a price tag of a million dollars, not counting the cost of installation, a facility to put it in, and maintance. The reality is that not just every Tom, Dick, or Mary can set up a nano lab. What's a researcher to do? Rent a lab. Read the Whole Article |
Nanotechnology Tomorrow
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
 | March 22nd, 2008 Super-Empowered Hopeful Individuals Mike Treder Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Most discussions of the benefits of molecular manufacturing tend to focus either on broad social advances or individual desires that such a transformative technology may be able to satisfy. These are surely useful ways of thinking about a nanotech-enabled world. But what if this model misses another category, one that may be less noticeable precisely because we pay so much attention to its opposite? Read the Whole Article |
Disruptive Technologies
Patti D. Hill
 | March 17th, 2008 Growing Nanotechnologists Patti D. Hill CEO / Founder, CameronWeeks Without quick action, US nanotech-based companies may face challenges in sustaining a well qualified workforce equipped to continue the transformative innovations already under way. The directions and priorities that we choose for our education systems will impact not only every aspect of our children's lives, but will also determine the future strength and prosperity of our country. Read the Whole Article |
Maximizing progress and benefits of Nanotechnology
Brian Wang
 | March 16th, 2008 DNA Nanotechnology : a new age of mega-molecular construction Brian Wang Z1 Consulting Along with the four natural DNA bases there are now two man made DNA bases. This combines with the other recent announcements about using DNA to assemble millions of three dimensional nanoparticles, being able to synthesize strings of DNA over 500,000 base pairs long and all molecular programmable DNA construction. I would say that the combined work indicates that we are completely within the age of DNA nanotechnology (using DNA for programmatic molecular control and construction). Read the Whole Article |
Regional Initiatives
ONAMI
 | March 1st, 2008 DC Report 2008 - Nano 2.0 and the Year of the ReAuThorization Skip Rung ONAMI The 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act is five years old and up for re-authorization. Significant progress and maturation in commercialization and organization of the EHS task have set the stage for higher expectations - and another five years of crucial work to contribute to human progress and maintain American economic leadership. Read the Whole Article |
Nanotechnology Tools
FEI
 | December 18th, 2007 Overcoming Challenges in Advanced Semiconductor Imaging & Analysis Dan Fineberg FEI Global Marketing Manager, NanoElectroincs, FEI Company Time is Money in Nano-scale Semiconductor Manufacturing Today's advanced semiconductors are truly nano-scale devices. For example, the latest generally-available PC processors feature transistor line-widths as small as 45 nm, and process development is underway at leading manufacturers for 32 nm, 22 nm, and even smaller geometries. The adage, "Time is money" has an overwhelming relevance in the world of volume semiconductor production. Getting to market, enhancing yields and ramping to volume-- faster-- is business-critical, and overcoming the associated nano-scale manufacturing challenges requires sophisticated "forensics." In other words, advanced manufacturing process development and control applications require advanced imaging and analysis tools to characterize defects, analyze failures, and measure critical dimensions. Read the Whole Article |
Alberta & the Future of Nanotechnology
Bo Varga
 | December 2nd, 2007 Nanotechnology Applications for Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals: November 2007 Bo Varga Managing Director, Silicon Valley Nano Ventures The real impact of nanotechnology on energy production, distribution, and consumption through 2050 at least will be in the traditional energy sector. Clean Energy growth starts from a very small installed based and will still be a small percentage of global energy supply in 2050. This column outlines some contributions of nano to traditional energy industries, especially the petrochemical - oil, gas, and olefin (plastics) production as well as for fuels & lubricants. Read the Whole Article |
Nanobiotechnology
NanoBioNexus
 | October 18th, 2007 Nanotechnology Book Review by Judy Senior, Ph.D., NanoBioNexus Member, Independent Pharmaceutical Development and Drug Delivery Consultant Adriana Vela Founder & Chair, NanoBioNexus In our efforts to promote education, our very own drug development and drug delivery expert and consultant, Judy Senior, Ph.D., provides an eye opening review of the recently published nanotechnology book entitled 'Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems', D. Thassu, M. Deleers, and Y. Pathak, Editors, Informa Healthcare, 2007, Hardback, 352, IBSN: Read the Whole Article |
Ethics
Patrick Lin
 | September 20th, 2007 In Defense of Nanoethics: A Reply to Adam Keiper (The New Atlantis) Patrick Lin Research Director, The Nanoethics Group In the Spring 2007 issue of The New Atlantis, editor Adam Keiper wrote an article "Nanoethics as a Discipline?" that was critical and skeptical about the study of nanotechnology's ethical and social implications. The following is our reply to that article, an abridged version of which is published in the Summer 2007 issue of The New Atlantis. Read the Whole Article |
Nanotechnology Industries Association
Steffi Friedrichs
 | August 7th, 2007 Deciphering Nanotechnology Codes Steffi Friedrichs Director, Nanotechnology Industries Association The Nanotechnology Industries Association( http://www.nanotechia.co.uk ) has started the development of a Code of Conduct for organisations working with nanotechnologies ( http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=6841 ), as part of a large multi-stakeholder Code working group, which includes the chemical company BASF, Unilever, Smith & Nephew, the consumer group Which?, development NGO Practical Action and Amicus. The Founding Partners of this so-called ‘Responsible NanoCode' represent major players in the area of nanotechnologies and -technologies, including The Royal Society ( http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk ), a authority in science and technology, Insight Investment ( http://www.insightinvestment.com/ ), one of the UK's largest asset managers, and the Nanotechnology Industries Association ( http://www.nanotechia.co.uk ), globally the largest nanotechnology trade association, and the only one with an exclusive focus on the nanotechnology industries. Read the Whole Article |
Nanoparticles
Christian Schoen
 | February 28th, 2007 NanopartsTM Neutral GoldTM Nanoparticles Christian Schoen President, Concurrent Analytical Inc. There are many important benefits to reducing the charge on gold nanoparticles. Among others, the two primary benefits include the reduction of ionic induced non-specific binding for any moiety, and an improvement in the labeling of the heavily negative charged DNA. The interaction of particles in polar liquids is not governed by the electrical potential at the surface of the particle, but by the effective potential of the particle and its associated ions . To utilize electrostatic control, it is the zeta potential of a particle that must be measured rather than its surface charge. Read the Whole Article |
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