SUMMARY: UCSD researchers have developed a simple, fast, and
inexpensive sensor to detect trace amounts of explosives.
A silicon polymer has been made into a "nanowire," 2000 times
thinner than a human hair, that detects compounds such as picric acid,
nitrobenzene (NB), dinitrotoluene (DNT) and trinitrotoluene (TNT) in air
or seawater, or on surfaces.
POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: This technology has myriad applications
in forensic science, law enforcement and the military.
http://invent.ucsd.edu/news/newsletters_brochures/Nanotech2004.pdf
The recent interest in technologies related to Homeland Security has focused much attention on compounds such as these, that can be produced cheaply and are highly and specifically sensitive to dangerous agents. UCSD, nanotechnology.wnilaunch_pdf
The Washington State Nanotechnology Initiative is a cumulative
effort by our state's technology leaders to capture a significant share
of the nanotechnology market and to position the state as a global leader
in nano- and micro-technology development.
The strategy is to leverage Washington State's existing competitive advantages
in specific industry sectors, and to mobilize business, research, academic
and political leaders to encourage nano-based advances in these industries.
http://www.watechcenter.org/downloads/wnilaunch_pdf.pdf
As an initial step, the Washington Technology Center has been named as a recipient in the Defense Research Sciences program at the Department of Defense in 2005 to develop repeatable and robust lithographic processes on the nanoscale that our companies can use in developing and selling their products. nanotechnology, evaluating.structure
Course structure This course is of four years full-time or
equivalent part-time duration and requires the completion of 540 credit
points overall.
The course offers core studies in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics
together with specialized studies in nanotechnology at all year levels;
units include scanning probe microscopies, synchrotron science, molecular
biology, semiconductor nanotechnology, sensors and devices and a nanotechnology
project.
First year (130 credit points) Core units (115 credit points) Sem.
Honours students are selected on the basis of their performance in the
final year of the pass degree.
Nanotechnology_Context_PDF
Federal research for the NNI is conducted in DOC, DOD, DOE,
and NIH laboratories, and at universities and firms through research grants
and contracts.
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) and the NSTC Subcommittee
on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) manage the activities
of the Initiative.
cty20041108
On November 6, EMSL's hallways and laboratories were filled
with some of the Pacific Northwest's brightest adolescent minds as more
than 80 middle school students---along with their parents---learned about
the emerging field of nanotechnology.
Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY),
the workshop brought students together with prominent nanotechnology experts
from EMSL; the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), on whose
campus EMSL resides; and regional academic institutions such as the University
of Idaho, University of Washington, and Washington State University.
http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/docs/inbriefs/cty20041108.pdf
Coordinated by EMSL user Don Baer---who also serves as deputy manager of PNNL's nanoscience and nanotechnology initiative, the workshop included a welcome speech from interim EMSL Director Allison Campbell and a keynote speech from PNNL nanotechnology expert Paul Burrows. nanotechnology, laboratories.bsts-nano
Sociologists of science and others have long been interested
in how advances in science come about, and their potential social and
economic and impacts.
Addi tionally, scientists will have the opportunity to exam ine the factors
that drive science and technology in certain directions by considering
how different models of innovation may explain how the topography of the
knowledge-based economy is being shaped by radically new approaches to
science.
Nanoscience and developments in nanotechnology are expensive and require
cooperation between universities, governments, and industry.
Big science in Canada: Resource book for science and technology consultations.
ntwmediapack2004ratesandpress1
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professionals and academics worldwide involved in the varied fields of
nanotechnology.
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company profile, nanotechweb.org offers a number of marketing opportunities
to reach these influential decision-makers and purchasers.
Visitors to the website cover the whole range of application areas for
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Being a Featured Company has allowed us to maintain a year-round profile
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Our knowledgeable and experienced sales team can provide a targeted package
to successfully promote your product or service.
http://nanotechweb.org/dl/advertising/ntwmediapack2004ratesandpress1.pdf
For pricing structures and full information on the advertising opportunities available, contact our sales team or visit nanotechweb.org/advertising. advertising, recruitment.nano_press_release
Flinders University is today celebrating its unique role in
helping Australia to develop the nanotechnological advances that will
dominate science and the economy in the 21st century.
The first graduates from its 'first in the world' nanotechnology bachelor's
degree will emerge later this year.
Here nanoscale engineering is combined with biology to manipulate living
systems directly or to build biologically inspired materials at the molecular
level.
It will provide biosensors, increasingly biocompatible materials, and
drug delivery systems that can deliver the right molecules to exactly
the right spot in the body.
http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/nanotechnology/nano_press_release.pdf
Powerful new concepts and capabilities, such as atomic-scale imaging and manipulation, self-assembly, and biological structure-function relationships, together with increasingly powerful computing tools, are the stuff that enables nanotechnology to happen. nanotechnology, atoms.Legislature_Established_ONI
The House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature have passed
a concurrent resolution (SCR-23) for the establishment of the Oklahoma
Nanotechnology Initiative (ONI).
According to Senator Gilmer Capps (D-Snyder), Chairman of the Senate Aeronautics
and Technology Committee, and co-sponsor of the resolution, "The
passage of this resolution is significant because it recognizes and acknowledges
the emerging nanotechnology industry and the potential impact it could
have on Oklahoma's economy."
Patterned after the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the ONI, when
fully functional, will develop and provide mechanisms for attracting federal
research monies and investment capital to Oklahoma to support nanotechnology
research and industry growth. nanotechnology, awareness.
MLS-Moscow-Symposium-2002
Examples of nanotechnology requiring accurately placed patterns.
Metrology frames and their importance for accurate patterning.
Mass production of firearms, sewing machines, automobiles, etc.
Essential requirement: accurately dimensioned, interchangeable machine
parts.
Widespread dissemination of accurate length scale (~1 mil) via sets of
gauge blocks.
Accuracy transferred to workpiece by electron or atomic force microscopes.
Key metrology issues: Critical dimension (CD) metrology measures/controls
feature size.
Pattern placement metrology measures/controls pattern location and overlay.
The heterodyne laser interferometer is the de facto industry length scale.
Heavy stage mirrors limit stage scanning speed & accuracy.
http://snl.mit.edu/papers/presentations/2002/MLS-Moscow-Symposium-2002.pdf
Grating can be patterned on stiff, low-CTE substrate. metrology, Motor.a6
The first cross-disciplinary journal on nanoscience and nanotechnology
to bridge the gap in materials science, biology, engineering, physics,
chemistry and medicine.
Journal for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN) is an international and
multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal with a wide-ranging coverage,
consolidating research activities in nanoscience and nanotechnology into
a single and unique reference source.
http://www.ipme.ru/e-journals/MPM/no_2401/a6.pdf
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