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Welcome to Nanofuture. This is a collection of nanotechnology resources.



National Nanotechnology Initiative - www.nano.gov

Nano Science and Technology Institute - http://www.nsti.org/

MIT Technology Review - Nanotech - http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/

Foresight.org's list of nanotech links on foresight.org.



Chris Rutherglen - Nanoradio

UCI Nanotechnology Group - http://nano.ece.uci.edu/

UCI Nano Society - http://nanosociety.eng.uci.edu/


Nanodiamonds

Nanodiamond Drug Delivery System - http://www.bme.northwestern.edu/news/articles/NanoAwardDeanHo.php


Nanotech News

Small Times - http://www.smalltimes.com/ - News about MEMS, Nanotechnology and Microsystems

NanoTechWire - http://www.nanotechwire.com/


Nanotech Companies

nanotechnologyinvestment.com is a nice directory of nanotechnology companies that you can invest in. This is a good resouce for anyone looking to get started in nanotechnology investments.

Another list of public nanotechnology companies can be found on nanotech-now.com

Nanosys - http://www.nanosysinc.com/

EnviroSystems - makers of EcoTru - envirosi.com



Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences - http://www.cnms.ornl.gov/


Nano Science and Technology Institute

NSTI Nanotech 2008 - http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2008/

Exhibitors:


Accelrys Software, Inc. - http://www.accelrys.com/
Ace Glass, Inc. - http://www.aceglass.com/
AJA International, Inc. - http://www.ajaint.com/
ALM - http://www.alm.com/
Andeen-Hagerling, Inc. - http://www.andeen-hagerling.com/
Anton Paar USA - http://www.anton-paar.com/
Applied Surface Technologies - http://www.co2clean.com/
Artech House Publishers - http://www.artech-house.com/
Asemblon, Inc. - http://www.asemblon.com/
Asylum Research - http://www.asylumresearch.com/
Australian Government - Invest Australia - http://www.investaustralia.gov.au/nanotech
Bühler AG - http://www.buhlergroup.com/
BioForce Nanosciences, Inc. - http://www.bioforcenano.com/
Brookhaven Instruments Corporation - http://www.bic.com/
Capovani Brothers, Inc. - http://www.capovani.com/
Cheap Tubes, Inc. - http://www.cheaptubesinc.com/
COMSOL - http://www.comsol.com/
European Patent Office (EPO) - http://www.epo.org/
Evans Analytical Group - http://www.eaglabs.com/
First Nano - http://www.cvdequipment.com/
Flow Science, Inc. - http://www.flow3d.com/
Goodwin Procter LLP - http://www.goodwinprocter.com/
Hielscher USA, Inc. - http://www.hielscher.com/
HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc. - http://www.jobinyvon.com/
ImageXpert, Inc. - http://www.imagexpert.com/
Inspec, Inc. - http://www.iee.org/inspec/
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) - http://www.ieee.org/innovate
Italian Trade Commission - http://www.italtrade.com/
Keithley Instruments - http://www.keithley.com/
Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. - http://www.lakeshore.com/
Mantis Deposition - http://www.mantisdeposition.com/
Matrix Plating Group - http://www.digitalmatrix.us/
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation - http://www.micromeritics.com/
Microtrac, Inc. - http://www.microtrac.com/
Minus K Technology, Inc. - http://www.minusk.com/
nano tech 2008 Japan - http://www.ics-inc.co.jp/nanotech/
NanoInk, Inc. - http://www.nanoink.net/
Nanomotion, Inc. - http://www.nanomotion.com/
Nature Publishing Group - http://www.nature.com/naturenanotechnology/
NETZSCH, Fine Particle Technology LLC - http://www.netzschusa.com/
Olympus Industrial America - http://www.olympusmicroimaging.com/
Oxford Instruments - http://www.oxford-instruments.com/
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. - http://www.physikinstrumente.com/
Raith USA, Inc. - http://www.raith.com/
Sandia National Laboratories - http://www.sandia.gov/
SEMTech Solutions, Inc. - http://www.semtechsolutions.com/
Springer, Inc. - http://www.springeronline.com/
Strem Chemicals, Inc. - http://www.strem.com/
Surrey NanoSystems - http://www.surreynanosystems.com/
Swissnanotech Pavilion - http://www.swissnanotech.net/
Taylor & Francis Group LLC - CRC Press - http://www.crcpress.com/
Tekna Plasma Systems, Inc. - http://www.tekna.com/
Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. - http://www.thomas-swan.co.uk/
University of Pennsylvania Center for Technology Transfer - http://www.ctt.upenn.edu/
Willy A. Bachofen AG - http://www.wab.ch/
World Gold Council - http://www.gold.org/


A good directory of nanotech information can be found on Carbon Nanotachnologies' page - cnanotech.com
The Nanotube Yellow Pages provide links to manufacturers of nanotubes and providers of nanotube related products and services. It can be found at Michigan State's Physics and Astronomy school, in the condensed matter physics and cluster sciences department. pa.msu.edu

Self-Assembling Nanoscale Tubing from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's National Center for Electron Microscopy - www.lbl.gov


Molecular Robotics

Aida Lab - "designer" molecules and supramolecules - http://macro.chem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Top.html

Takuzo Aida's group developed scissors that are 3 nanometers long, and can be used to clip other molecules. See the article on Yahoo News.


Nanoparticle Migration

The University of Queensland in Australia is home to the Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology.

They released a news article discussing the toxicological evaluation of nanoparticles and nanostructures. It can be found at http://www.aibn.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=53401&pid=29811


Nanobubbles



A nice article about nanobubbles on the American Chemical Society website: acs.org

The researchers discussed were Phil Attard and James W.G. Tyrrell from the Ian Walk Reasearch Group at the University of South Australia



A paper published in 2004 by the Max-Planck-Research Group for Colloids and Surfaces at the Institute of Ceramics, Glass and Construction Materials at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg explains how nanometer sized bubbles can cause the rupture of aqueous wetting films. An abstract can be found on PubMed, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov


Nanocells

USC is developing designer immune cells to fight AIDS. See the news article at usc.edu


Nanocircuits

P. Hadley and J.E. Mooij of the Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicron Technology DIMES and Department of Applied Physics (in Delft, The Netherlands) discussed nanocircuits in a publication on quantum devices.

See the article at Delft University of Technology - tudelft.nl



http://www.almaden.ibm.com/almaden/media/mirage2.html


Nanofuture News

2009-03-24 - (pw) - Nanotubes flex their muscles
2009-02-19 - (pw) - Nanoelectronics made easy


Nanoelectric

Welcome to Nanoelectric. This is a collection of my favorite nanotechnolgy resources related to electricity and electronics.

Stephen Y. Chou is the Joseph C. Elgin Profressor of Engineering at Princeton University. He is a professor of electrical engineering and a pioneer in nanofabrication for electronics. See his profile at ee.princeton.edu


Nanofuels

(wiki) Microbial fuel cells


Nanotractors

Scientists at UC Riverside have discovered a molecule that can transport 2 CO2 molecules in a straight line.


Mechanically-Interlocked Molecular Architectures

These are molecules connected as a result of their topology, instead of through traditional bonds.

wiki Catenanes
wiki Rotaxanes
wiki Molecular Knots
wiki Molecular Borromean Rings

A map of worldwide molecular machine research can be found on David Leigh's website



http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/25/news/chip.php


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Nanotech 2009

24IP Law Group
3E Company
A&R Edelman
AA Solar Products
Abbie Gregg
Accelrys
Acctron AG
Ace Glass
Active Power
Adaptive-AC
AdMOS GmbH Advanced Modeling Solutions
Advanced Energy Consortium
Advanced Micro Devices
AdvanceTEC
Advent Solar
Agilent Technologies
AGL Resources
Air Force Research Laboratory
AlGalCo
Alkane Energy plc
Alliance to Save Energy
Altela
Altira Group
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
American Water Works Association
American Hometec
American Insulock
Andeen-Hagerling
Angstron Materials
Applied Materials
Applied Nanotech
Applied Surface Technologies
ARCES
Ardour Capital Investments
Argonne National Laboratory
ARmark Authentication Technologies
Army Logistics Innovation Agency
Arrowhead Reasearch Corporation
Asylum Research
Atrium Capital
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Austin Energy
azaya therapeutics
AZoNetwork Group
AzTE - Arizona Technology Enterprises
Babcock & Wilcox
Baker Botts
Ball Semiconductor
Barclays
Barnes & Thornburg
BASF
Battelle
Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Battery Ventures
Bayer MaterialScience
Bayer Technology Services
Beckman Coulter
BeeDance
Belgian Trade Commission
Bes-Tech
Bhabha Atomic Research Center
BigDNA Ltd.
Biochip Bubbles Company
Biodiesel Coalition of Texas
BioEnergy Planet
Biolin
BioMarine Fuels
BioModeling Systems
BioTex
Booz Allen Hamilton
Bose Research & Development
BP
BPT Pharma
Brightsouce Energy, Sr. V.P.
Brookhaven Instruments Corporation
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven Science Associates
Bruker AXS
Bruker Corporation
BTCapital
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Buhler
Buhler PARTEC GmbH
BYK Chemie GmbH
C. Crane Company
Calera Corporation
California Environmental Protection Agency
CalStar Cement
Caltech
Cambridge Biomagnetics
CAN GmbH
Capgemini
Carbonetworks
Carigent Therapeutics
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging
CCET
CDC/NIOSH
CEA LETI-MINATEC
Ceres
CFD Research Corporation
Chameleon Scientific
Cheap Tubes
Chemical Engineering
CILAS
Cisco Systems
CINVESTAV
Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas
Clean Diesel Technologies
Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Organization
Clear Skies Unlimited
ClearValue
Cleveland Clinic
CNR-ISTEC
Comision Federal De Electricidad
Commisériat à lÉnergie Atomique (CEA)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Computational Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Continental Airlines
Cool Energy
Cosmas
CPS Instruments
CRMD
CSIRO
CSIRO Molecular Health Technology
CSL (Liege Space Center)
CTC Nanotechnology GmbH
Cyanagen srl
CytoViva
Danfoss Ventures A/S
DARPA/DSO
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
D.E. Shaw & Co. LP
DFJ Mercury
DiAgam
Diamond Materials
DiscoveryBioMed
DIT
DOE / NSRC
Dolcera
Domani
Dow Chemical
Draiswerke
DREEBIT GmbH
DTRA RD-CB
Dust Networks
Dynamic Throughput
Dynamics Research Corporation
E-Renewables
e-Xstream
Earth Advantage Insitute
Eastman Kodak
EcoArray
EcoVision Solution
Edenspace Systems Corporation
Efficiency PowerPlants
Efficient Engineering
Egon Zehnder International
Electrox
Elsevier
Emdot
Emerald Technology Ventures
Emerging Energy Research
Empa Materials Science and Technology
ENEA
Energy Conversion Devices
Energy Foundation
Energy Invest Fyn A/S
Energy Recovery
EnerNOC
Enhanced Bio Fuels
Equilibrium Solutions
Enprotec
Entrepix
Enviroquip
EPA
Erdlac Energy Consulting
ERS
ESIME-IPN Unidad Azcapotzalco
ESIQIE-IPN
ETRI
European Patent Office
Evans Analytical Group
Evolution Markets
EXAKT Technologies
Exelon Power
Exilica Limited
Expansion Capital
ExRo Technologies
eXstream engineering S.A.
Fairchild Semiconductor
FEI Company
FEMTO-ST
First Nano, a division of CVD Equipment Corp.
Flad Architects
Flow Science
Foley & Lardner
Food and Drug Administration
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
Foss Maritime Company
Foundation Capital
Fralma Technologies
FTL Solar
Fuence Co.
FujiFilm
Galena AK - Toshiba
Gas Technology Group
Gas Technology Institute
GDF SUEZ Energy NA
GE Ecomagination
GE Power & Water
GE Security
General Atomics
General Electric Research Center
General Motors Corporation
Genomatica
Genzyme
GHG Partners
GGB Bearing Technology
GlaxoSmithKline
Global Multimedia Systems
Global Network for Environment and Economic Development Research
Global Water Advisors
GoNano Technologies
Good Earth Mechanics
Goodwin Procter
Government of Alberta
Great Point Energy
GreenbergTraurig
Green Building Services
Green Mountain Energy
Greenbox Technology
GreenHunter Energy
Greentech Media
GreenVolts
Greenward Technologies
Hach Company
Halcyonics GmbH
Halliburton
Harpiris Energy
Hawaii Oceanic Technology
Haynes Boone
HCTM Kaithal
Head
Heliovolt
Hewlett Packard
Hielscher USA
HiNanoAnalytics
HiperSem
Hitachi
Hitachi Global Storage
HOBI International
HOK
Honda
Houston Advanced Research Center
Houston Technology Center
Hybrid Energy Homes
Hybrid Plastics
Hyperion Power Generation
IASC
iBIO - Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization
IBM
IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center
IBM SRDC Bangalore
Idaho National Laboratory
IEEE
Ignite Solar
Impel NeuroPharma
Imperbel-Derbigum
Industrial Nanotech
Ingenious
Ingnite Solar
Inno-X GmbH
Innovative Design
Innowep GmbH
Inspec
Intertox
Invitrogen Corporation
Ionwerks
IOP Publishing
ISL-CNRS
IT4IP
Italian Trade Commission
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Jamia Millia Islamia
Japan Technology Group
JC Oil and Gas Consultants
JENOPTIK
JEOL
JHU/APL
Johnson Matthey Technology Centre
JRC-European Commission
KAIST
Keithley
KetnerBarnes
Kinik Company
Kirksey
knit sultanpur U.P
KonnectWorld
Kratos Analytical
KUITY Corp.
Labconco
Lake Shore Cryotronics
LAVM
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lexmark International
Life BioScience
LimnoTech
LIP
LNE
Lockheed Martin
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Louisiana CleanTech Network
LuceForward
Lumisys
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
M/s TCE Consulting Engineers ltd.
Mainstream Engineering Corporation
Makino
Malvern Instruments
ManTech Information Systems & Technology
Mantis Deposition
Materials Research Society
MATGAS 2000
Matter
Medtronic
Merck
Meridian Solar
Merrick & Company
Micro-Graph
MicroFab
Microfluidics
Microfluidics Corporation
Micromeritics Instruments Corp.
Microstaq
Microtrac
Millennium Electric Ltd.
Milennium Water Alliance
Mindseeds Laboratories
Mintek
Minus K Technology
MISI
MITECH Micro Technology Cluster
MITEI
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Molecular Imprints
Montana Tech
motum b2b
MSI Automation
MVA Scientific Consultants
MWH
N.C.S.R. "Demokritos"
N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
NAF Technologies
Nano Discovery
NANO Magazine
nano tech 2010, Japan
Nano-Ditech Corporation
Nanochip
Nanocomp
Nanocyl
NanoEngineering Corporation
NanoFocus
Nanograde
NanoHoldings
NANOHUB Co.
NanoInk
NanoLambda
NanoLogic
Nanomics BioSciences
Nanomotion
Nanopole
NanoRidge Materials
NanoScale Corporation
NanoScape AG
NANOSENSORS
NanoSight USA West
Nanospectra Biosciences
Nanostructured & Amorphous Materials
Nanosurf
Nanotech Characterization Lab, NCI
NanoTechnology Research Association of Korea
Nanotoxico
NanoVector
NanoViricides
NanoWal
NanoWorld AG
NASA Johnson Space Center
NASA Langley Research Center
NASA-JSC Innovation Partnerships Office
National Aluminium Company Limited
National Biodiesel Board
National Cancer Institute
National Energy Technology Lab, DOE
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
National Research Council Canada
National Wind
Natural State Research
Nature Publishing Group
NaugaNeedles
Neohydro
Neohydro Technologies
Nerac
NETCRYSTAL
NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology
New England Biolabs
New Park Drilling
Nexolve Corporation
Nexterra Energy Corp
NIOSH
NIOSH/CDC
Nissan Chemical America Corporation
NIST
No Magic
Nokia Research Center
North American Clean Energy
NovaCentrix
Novecta
NTS Energie- und Transportsysteme GmbH
Nuclear Materials Authority
Nuclear Energy Institute
NUI Maynooth
NuScale Power
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ocean NanoTech
Ocean Optics
Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative
Omni International: The Homogenizer Company
Omron
ONE Nanotechnologies
Opalux
Opportunity Houston - Greater Houston Partnership
Optical Dynamics
Optimum Energy
Orbital Traction
Ormat
OSEC, Business Network Switzerland
Osha Liang
Oxford Plasma
Pacific Crest Securities
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Palo Alto Research Center
Pangaea Vetntures
Parabon Computation & NanoLabs
PARC
Parsortix
Pearland Economic Development Corp.
PennWell Corporation
PES Network, Inc. and the New Energy Congress
Petrogas Environmental Systems
Pharmaceutics International Inc. (Pii)
Philips
Photochemistry Center of RAS
Photonics Spectra
Pilot International Ltd.
Politecnico di Milano
Port of Houston Authority
POSCO
Poseidon Energy
Postdoc Researcher
PowerGenix
Powerit Solutions
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PR Newswire
Primenergy
Prism Solar Technologies
Proactive Technology
Q-Sense
Quantum Logic Devices
Questor Technology
Rabtherm AG
RCEP3
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
ReCiprocating Water Technologies
Redlen Technologies
Redwood Renewables
Renishaw
Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America
Resonant Sensors Incorporated
reXorce Thermionics
Riverdale Partners
Rojeski Research Engineering and Design
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
RTI International
RUSNANO
Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies
RXi Pharmaceuticals
Saigon Hi Tech Park
SAMCO Technologies
Samsung
Sandia National Laboratories
Sanyo
Saudi Aramco
SCF Technologies A/S
Schlumberger-Doll
SCHOTT North America
Science Ventures Denmark A/S
Scientific and Technical Centre "AVATARA"
Scottish Enterprise
Semiconductor Research Corp.
Serious Materials
SG Biofuels
Shaw Energy & Chemicals
Shell Renewables
Shell
SHW Group
Siemens Energy
Sierra Geothermal Power Corp
Simbol Mining Corp.
Simmons & Company
Sixtron Advanced Materials
SkyFuel
Smartcool Systems USA
SO.RE.P. srl
Solar Alliance
Solar Kleen Technologies
Solazyme
SOMS Technologies
SONELGAZ
Sonoplot
SouthWest NanoTechologies
Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX)
Specialty Coating Systems
SpecTIR
Spectrum Laboratories
SPEX SamplePrep
Spinverse
Springer
SRI
ST Microelectronics
Standard Renewable Energy
STCU
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
STMicroelectronics
Strem Chemicals
Sun Microsystems
SunEdison
Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance
Sustainable Technology Systems
Swan Chemical
SweTree Technologies AB
Swissnanotech
SynCoal Partners
Synkera Technologies
SZPKU
TAJINTECH
TASS
Taylor & Francis Group LLC - CRC Press
TDK-Lambda Americas
TECH Welding
Technogreen Environmental Solutions
Technology Systems Corporation
TechVision21
Tekna Plasma Systems
Tendril
TerraWatt Power
Tethis srl
Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative
Texas High Tech for Solar Coalition
Texas Solar Power Company
TEXYN
Thales Research and Technology
The Aerospace Corporation
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
The IP Media Group
The Leighty Foundation
The Wind Alliance
The Verndale Corporation
Think U.S.A
ThinkEquity
ThinkSolar
Thinky Corporation
Tollcoating
TRICORONA - Carbon Asset Management
TRIRIGA
TU Munich
Turbine Air Systems
TurboBeads Llc.
U.S. Army ARDEC
U.S. Department of Energy
Univalor
US Air Force WPAFB
US Army ARDEC
USC ISI/MOSIS
USGBC-Houston Chapter
Valence
Vanguard Solar
VantagePoint Venture Partners
Varentec
VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH
Vector Solutions
Veeco Instuments
Venrock
Verdiem Corporation
Vergent Energy
VGO Oil and Gas
Vive Nano
Vorbeck Materials Corp.
VRTX Technologies
VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland
Waste Solutions
Water Assurance Technology Energy Resources
Water Management Technologies
Weidmann Plastics Technology AG
Westinghouse Electric Company
William Andrew
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosato
Winstead
WITec Instruments Corp
World Energy
World Gold Council
WOW Energies
Xerox Corporation
Xtreme Power
Yeda R&D Co. Ltd.
Yissum
Zapata
Zebra Technologies
Zero Emission Energy Plants (ZEEP)
Zikon