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Edited By: Darrell Brookstein, Managing Director of The Nanotech Company, LLC
nanotechnology.com
March 13, 2006
Volume 3 #5|
This NanoWeek is sponsored by Cheap Tubes at www.cheaptubesinc.com. If you use multi or single-walled carbon nanotubes you should visit their site today, and if you have an interest in learning much more about this fascinating subject you should listen to the audio interview I did last week with their proprietor, Mike Foley, at www.nanotechnology.com. Remember, we also have a free white paper there that Mike did on Carbon Nanotubes and it is an exceptionally informative and interesting piece.
In the next VERY few days, small tech and nanotech stock discussion forums and our continuously updating Nanotechnology.com Small Technology Index are going to be posted and available on site. I expect our forums will become THE PLACE TO BE on the web for any investor interested in the "inside scoop" of what's REALLY happening in small technology companies and stocks. Furthermore, for many reasons that I will detail over the next week or so, I am confident that The Index will become the de facto leader amongst market professionals looking to find a meaningful "average" to mark against and with which to value this niche sector.
Our bookstore is ALMOST done – This will be absolutely the best place for Scientists, Engineers and Investors to shop for books related to our topic! Stay tuned. | | in this issue:
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| | FlexibleNanoSkins | | Dr. Pulickel M. Ajayan, a member of The Nanotechnology Company’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), has developed a method to create flexible, functional Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)/Polymer composites. | | | The researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute combined the desirable electrical properties of CNTs with the flexibility of traditional polymers to create a conductive “skin”. They first grew arrays of CNTs on a substrate to obtain a desired pattern. The array was then filled with a soft polymer which when hardened could be peeled off, leaving a polymer skin with imbedded organized CNTs. The skin could be used in a variety of applications ranging from electronic paper to reusable adhesives. The highly ordered CNTs have shown similar characteristics to the foot hairs of geckos when placed in close contact with surfaces. The combination of millions of weak electrical forces known as van der Waals bonds between each CNT and its nearest surface atom creates a remarkably strong attractive force. Ajayan’s team has already created prototypes with over 200 times the adhesive force of natural gecko feet. | | | Creating highly organized arrays of CNTs in a polymer substrate could open the door to an enormous number of commercial possibilities. This method could be applied to create flexible electronics, reusable adhesives, or even field emission displays, yet companies must first bridge the gap between academic science and product commercialization. We are proud to have Dr. Ajayan as a member of our SAB to help The Nanotechnology Company better understand and build these bridges. |
| | OrganizedViruses | | MIT scientists have shown the ability to use the electrostatic properties of specific viruses to organize extremely thin films of material molecule-by molecule. | | The viruses had very specific levels of negative electrostatic charge which could be tuned through pH manipulation. When loosely placed in a medium of negative and positively charged polymer layers the viruses migrate toward the positively charged planes. The rod-like viruses pack tightly into highly ordered patterns, similar to a log jam in water. The virus film could then be coated with metal or semiconductor nanoparticles, possibly encapsulating them to form ultra-thin sheets of nanowires. | | | This is a perfect example of learning from nature to form novel material concepts. Nature uses electrostatic forces to self-assemble extremely complex inorganic nanostructures. This method exploits inexpensive chemical fabrication techniques which could be used to create a variety of electronic devices like lightweight, flexible electrodes for batteries, solar cells and light-emitting diodes. In comparison to modern techniques of thin film deposition, such methods could provide a much cheaper means of production. |
| | 3DMicroscopy | | | German scientists have modified and combined multiple microscopy instruments to create a ‘super instrument’ which can create a digital 3D image of a material with up to 40 cubic nanometer resolution. | | | The viruses had very specific levels of negative electrostatic charge which could be tuned through pH manipulation. When loosely placed in a medium of negative and positively charged polymer layers the viruses migrate toward the positively charged planes. The rod-like viruses pack tightly into highly ordered patterns, similar to a log jam in water. The virus film could then be coated with metal or semiconductor nanoparticles, possibly encapsulating them to form ultra-thin sheets of nanowires. | | | This is a perfect example of learning from nature to form novel material concepts. Nature uses electrostatic forces to self-assemble extremely complex inorganic nanostructures. This method exploits inexpensive chemical fabrication techniques which could be used to create a variety of electronic devices like lightweight, flexible electrodes for batteries, solar cells and light-emitting diodes. In comparison to modern techniques of thin film deposition, such methods could provide a much cheaper means of production. |
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This NanoWeek is sponsored by Cheap Tubes at http://www.cheaptubesinc.com/. If you use multi or single-walled carbon nanotubes you should visit their site today, and if you have an interest in learning much more about this fascinating subject you should listen to the audio interview I did last week with their proprietor, Mike Foley, at www.nanotechnology.com. Remember, we also have a free white paper there that Mike did on Carbon Nanotubes and it is an exceptionally informative and interesting piece.
In the next VERY few days, small tech and nanotech stock discussion forums and our continuously updating Nanotechnology.com Small Technology Index are going to be posted and available on site. I expect our forums will become THE PLACE TO BE on the web for any investor interested in the "inside scoop" of what's REALLY happening in small technology companies and stocks. Furthermore, for many reasons that I will detail over the next week or so, I am confident that The Index will become the de facto leader amongst market professionals looking to find a meaningful "average" to mark against and with which to value this niche sector.
Our bookstore is ALMOST done – This will be absolutely the best place for Scientists, Engineers and Investors to shop for books related to our topic! Stay tuned. | |
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