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http://www.indmin.com/Print.aspx?ArticleId=3056549
Applied Minerals enter s halloysite supply deal with Samsung
http://www.indmin.com/Article/3017383/Applied-Minerals-enters-halloysite-supply-deal-with-Samsung.html
I'm adding every chance I get , no way will I be selling anytime soon this a once in a lifetime IMO> Example I'm not going to say what stock it was, and this was a while ago, and the shares outstanding was 5,7Billion and float 4 Billion. I got in at $0.0003 and had over 396,000,000 Million Shares. Like a dumbass, I sold to fast as the stock was climbing up on some really good news sold around $0.001-$0.0036 s area with heavy volume. The stock went to $0.057 with billions traded, I would have made a killing IMO. Now for FITX lower share count the news will be 100 times greater than that play so I will be holding.
Oh you want to know their clients sure bud why didn; t you say so..... Look WalMart, Target, CVS, Rite Aid, Kmart, Walgreens and the list goes on and on.
Natural Nano,Inc Halloysite is used in Sally Hansen Products.
Look on the far right on the page please for proof.
http://www.indmin.com/Print.aspx?ArticleId=3056549
http://sallyhansen.com/products/nails
Thanks, but check this out, NNAN has so much going for it its unreal.END =-MARKETS POWER HALLOYSITE FORWARD.[/B]
http://www.indmin.com/Print.aspx?ArticleId=3056549
More to come,I was talking to my banker he said will all this information IMO and his that NANN should be over $0.15
Both will be winners IMO< only difference is EDXC will be in dollars and FITX will be at $0.10. IMO
Anyone say SAMSUNG Ultracapacitors comprised of mineral microtubules NNAN paten# 7,400,490
Abstract
Disclosed is an ultracapacitor having electrodes containing mineral microtubules, an electrolyte between the electrodes, and a separator in the electrolyte to provide electrical insulation between the electrodes, while allowing ion flow within the electrolyte. The electrodes may be formed from a paste containing microtubules, a conductive polymer containing mineral microtubules, or an aerogel containing the mineral microtubles. The mineral microtubules may be filed with carbon, a pseudocapacitance material, or a magnetoresistive material. The mineral microtubules may also be coated with a photoconductive material.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,400,490.PN.&OS=PN/7,400,490&RS=PN/7,400,490
Research and Markets has included a new market research report titled ‘Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Electronics Applications 2012-2022’ from IDTechEx to its database.
By Gary Thomas
Graphene, carbon nanotubes and their compounds demonstrate remarkable electrical properties, thus showing great promise in electrical and electronic applications, including energy conversion devices, smart textiles, conductors, displays, semiconductor devices, sensors and photovoltaics.
Printable graphene and carbon nanotube-based inks are started available in the market. Nevertheless, carbon nanotubes are not yet able to fulfill their commercial potential. Graphene shows promise in applications, including flexible electronics, photovoltaics, displays and computers.
The usage of graphene and its compounds to fabricate transistors is ever increasing as the device demonstrates superior performance. Carbon nanotubes are utilized as conductive layers for touch screen applications and used for producing transistors. The price of carbon nanotubes has been reducing, thanks to the increase in production capacity of chemical companies.
The report predicts the availability of graphene and carbon nanotube-based transistors other devices in commercial scale from 2016. These nanomaterials hold potential in printed and potentially printed electronics market wherein the value of these electronics that partially integrate these nanomaterial is expected to reach more than $63 billion in 2022.
The comprehensive book discusses the recent research activities carried out by more than 100 organizations across the world and the latest advancements implementing the technologies. It provides data pertaining to problems, opportunities and latest developments in material manufacturing and applications.
Device fabrication, material purity and the requirement for other materials such as dielectrics are the major challenges to graphene and carbon nanotubes. However, the potential is huge, considering their printability, transparency, flexibility and superior performance.
Source: http://www.researchandmarkets.com
What the 28-Nanometer Shortage Means for the Chip Industry
By Brian Colello, CPA | Morningstar – Mon, Jun 4, 2012 7:00 AM EDT
Several leading chipmakers, including Qualcomm(QCOM) and Nvidia(NVDA), have announced that they will have trouble fully satisfying demand in the coming months because of capacity constraints for cutting-edge 28-nanometer chip wafers. Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM), or TSMC, the world's largest foundry and technological leader in 28 nm chip production, simply doesn't have enough production capacity on hand to fulfill all its orders. The shortage is likely to cause a scramble in the chip supply chain--foundries will race to expand capacity and buy new equipment, while chipmakers will look at alternatives, such as using 40 nm chips or switching to competing foundries, in order to fulfill demand.
How We Got Here
Initially, rumors swirled that TSMC's production yields for 28 nm chips were subpar and that technological roadblocks were the source of many customers' frustrations. But more-recent comments indicate that 28 nm yields are acceptable, but TSMC simply doesn't have enough production capacity to fully meet demand.
TSMC expects to sell out of 28 nm chip production and see 19%-21% sequential sales growth in the second quarter. One of its foundry competitors, United Microelectronics(UMC), also expects a 15% sequential increase in chip unit shipments next quarter. An interesting dynamic should play out in the coming months, as UMC won't have 28 nm production capabilities until later this year, while it will take TSMC several months to put more 28 nm capacity in place. UMC could end up with a terrific 2012 if it were able to win this race and steal some short-term chip orders by Qualcomm (or others) away from TSMC.
Foundries tend to be in the sweet spot when demand outstrips supply, as they are able to fill more of their manufacturing capacity and ensure healthy pricing for wafers. The next steps for foundries involve hefty capital expenditure investments to expand capacity and take on additional orders. Along these lines, TSMC announced that its 2012 capital expenditure budget will expand by at least $2 billion to $8.0 billion-$8.5 billion, with the bulk of this increase pertaining to both 28 nm and future 20 nm chip production. Historically, foundries have overexpanded after shortages and quickly entered cyclical downturns where they faced unused capacity, soft wafer pricing, and lower profitability. However, because demand for 28 nm chip production has been so robust, especially from mobile processor makers, we see less of a risk that TSMC will overexpand this year.
We believe that TSMC, in particular, has been able to use its immense scale (the source of its narrow economic moat) to its advantage in recent years, as it has become more cost-prohibitive for smaller foundries to keep up with the latest generation of chip production. Only a handful of foundries (TSMC, UMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries) have a chance to stay on the technological forefront in the years ahead. Before the shortage, we believed TSMC would be the go-to foundry, while Samsung and GlobalFoundries would not only look to strengthen their current foundry relationships (such as Samsung's with Apple for its A-series processors, or GlobalFoundries with Advanced Micro's (AMD) computer processors), but also strive to displace UMC for second-source chip orders. We still tend to believe that our original thesis will play out, but we have greater concern that the 28 nm capacity shortage at TSMC may have strained its relationships with customers, thus leaving the door open for clients like Nvidia and Qualcomm to actively look to other foundries, including Samsung and GlobalFoundries, for a larger portion of their 28 nm production later this year. Further down the road, the supply constraints may also encourage major customers to look to TSMC's competitors as key suppliers for their 20 nm chip production.
Chipmakers Affected by the Shortage
We believe that much of the 28 nm shortage stems from a flood of new orders coming in from smartphone chipmakers. Traditionally, chipmakers at the front of the line for new manufacturing technologies include FPGA (field programmable gate array) firms like Altera(ALTR) and Xilinx(XLNX) and PC graphics processor (GPU) chipmakers like AMD and Nvidia. With 28 nm, however, semiconductor titan Qualcomm entered the fray, seeking smaller, faster 28 nm chips for its upcoming line of mobile processors and LTE-compatible baseband chips. We suspect that Qualcomm's LTE baseband chips will be used in Apple's upcoming iPhone 5, and that Qualcomm will need to rely on 28 nm manufacturing in order to provide Apple with sufficient energy efficiency from these baseband chips, as poor battery life has been a common customer complaint for previously launched LTE-based smartphones. We suspect that mobile processor makers will also strive to join FPGA and GPU chipmakers at the head of the pack for future generations of leading-edge chips, such as 20 nm, which should come out in 2014.
Several fabless chipmakers have announced that the 28 nm shortage will limit each firm's ability to fulfill chip demand from their customers and will place a cap on each of their revenue growth in the June quarter. Many firms also indicated that they'll need to keep a watchful eye on 28 nm capacity in the second half of 2012. Ultimately, we believe that fabless chipmakers will adequately navigate through the 28 nm shortage in 2012 and we don't anticipate making material revisions to our fair value estimates for fabless chipmakers based on the shortage.
Altera intends to stick with TSMC through the shortage and may sell older generations of chips to its customers. In contrast, Xilinx believes that it has enough 28 nm chips on hand to survive the shortage (that is, until TSMC puts more capacity in place) because it is a lower-volume customer of TSMC's and uses a slightly different manufacturing process. We don't believe the 28 nm issue will have a long-term effect on the rivalry between these two FPGA firms, but we think that Xilinx has more at stake in the 28 nm FPGA generation, and we're encouraged to learn that the shortage won't put it at a disadvantage.
Qualcomm has long maintained a diversified foundry strategy, and it will seek to source 28 nm chips from other foundries. Qualcomm has also touted its strategy of developing integrated processors that combine the applications processor (used to run apps and phone operating systems) and the baseband function (used to connect the phone to the network), but in light of the shortage, it will try to sell discrete chips to customers in order to piece together a solution that is comparable to its integrated 28 nm Snapdragon chips.
In the GPU chip segment, AMD and Nvidia have new graphics processors that are manufactured on TSMC's 28 nm process. AMD has been seeing strong demand for its latest Southern Islands GPUs and has so far been able to meet customer commitments, but management said supply constraints have limited the upside opportunities that the firm could have achieved with the product. Nvidia appears to also be in a tough position, as robust demand for its new Kepler GPUs is exceeding supply. Nvidia's management initially blamed poor 28 nm manufacturing yields at TSMC for the Kepler shortages, but now says that actual capacity constraints are limiting the supply of the chips. While it anticipates that availability should improve, the shortage issue probably won't be resolved until later in the year.
Mobility Trend Will Drive Demand for Cutting-Edge Chips
The proliferation of smartphones and tablets is driving demand for faster chips that are more power-efficient, which are enabled by the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes. Additionally, some of these chips, particularly mobile processors, are having more features and processing cores being added to them, resulting in larger die sizes and higher per-unit costs. Chipmakers like Qualcomm can offset this trend by aggressively staying at the forefront of Moore's Law (in which Intel cofounder Gordon Moore said the number of transistors on a chip will double approximately every two years), as the smaller semiconductor circuitries that can be achieved with cutting-edge manufacturing technologies provide them with the ability to shrink chip sizes and lower unit costs.
The foundry production ramp at the 28 nm node is in the early innings, as only a handful of chipmakers, all of which use TSMC, currently have products based on that manufacturing process. As TSMC and the other major foundries alleviate the 28 nm supply shortages by adding manufacturing capacity, more fabless chipmakers will introduce chips manufactured at the 28 nm process. Aside from smartphone and tablet unit growth, the buildout of the cloud and communications infrastructures to support the mobility trend will also boost demand for 28 nm production, as chip suppliers to these opportunities will also look to take advantage of performance and power efficiency enhancements. We think the technology trends of mobility and the cloud are placing a renewed importance in the semiconductor industry on pushing Moore's Law.
Chip Equipment Market Will Benefit from Additional Foundry Spending
The 28 nm supply shortages at TSMC should benefit the semiconductor equipment market, as foundries will raise their capital investment levels in order to expand their capabilities at that manufacturing process. Most of the original forecasts for the front-end wafer fab equipment market in 2012, including those from Applied Materials(AMAT), Lam Research(LRCX), and market research firm Gartner, had been in the $30 billion-$35 billion range; we had estimated that spending would come in at the lower end of that range. However, we believe capacity constraints in the 28 nm process could result in an additional $3 billion-$4 billion in foundry wafer fab equipment spending for the year.
TSMC has already raised its capital spending outlook for 2012 to $8.0 billion-$8.5 billion from about $6 billion in response to its 28 nm capacity constraints. About $1.4 billion of the firm's incremental spending will be for additional 28 nm manufacturing, while roughly $0.7 billion will go toward development at the future 20 nm node. We think the 20 nm development spending is quite telling of the fact that the smartphone/tablet trend is pushing the foundries to aggressively pursue advances in semiconductor fabrication technologies.
We believe the other major foundries are looking to take advantage of the 28 nm shortages at TSMC to gain market share. In particular, we expect Samsung to raise its full-year capital expenditure outlook to build out additional 28 nm foundry capacity in order to woo some of TSMC's customers. Samsung, the world's largest memory chipmaker, has ambitions to expand its small but emerging foundry business beyond manufacturing the A-series smartphone/tablet processors for Apple. At the beginning of the year, the firm announced 2012 capital investment plans of KRW 15 trillion (about $13 billion) for its semiconductor business (both memory and foundry) in 2012, up from KRW 13 trillion in 2011, with the majority of the increase going to expanding the foundry segment. We suspect that Samsung views the 28 nm capacity constraints as a great opportunity, served on a silver platter by TSMC, to capture foundry market share, and there are rumors that Qualcomm, Nvidia, and AMD are looking to the firm for at least some 28 nm chip production. As a result, we think Samsung could raise wafer fab equipment spending by about $1 billion-$2 billion to steal 28 nm business from TSMC.
For the time being, we believe UMC and GlobalFoundries have enough capacity to supply any increases in 28 nm demand without having to increase capital spending. UMC maintained its 2012 capital expenditure forecast of $2 billion several weeks ago, while GlobalFoundries, which plans to spend $3 billion this year, will probably have enough 28 nm capacity to serve additional customers after recently waiving an exclusivity agreement with key customer AMD. Previously, AMD was required to manufacture all x86 computer processors at GlobalFoundries, but a new wafer supply agreement between the two firms allows AMD to look to other foundries to produce those products.
Suppliers to Foundries Stand to Benefit
The increase in 28 nm-related equipment spending will provide a boost for the semiconductor equipment industry. Of the companies we cover, we believe process diagnostic and control tool supplier KLA-Tencor(KLAC) stands to benefit the most, given its exposure to technology-related investments. As foundries continue to increase cutting-edge 28 nm capacity, they will require new PDC tools to maximize manufacturing yields at the new process node. More important, we think foundries will be pressured to ramp up 28 nm manufacturing as quickly as possible because of the current shortages, which will make PDC even more critical. Foundries will need to invest heavily in PDC tools in order to be able to eliminate defects and increase yields quicker, which in turn will allow them to move to volume manufacturing on their new 28 nm production lines faster.
We believe other chip equipment winners will be firms with large exposures to TSMC and Samsung. The two firms combined to account for 39% of revenue at etch tool supplier Lam Research during the firm's fiscal 2011. TSMC and Samsung are also major customers of Applied Materials and contributed to 22% of total sales in Applied's fiscal 2011. The two companies made up 28% of 2011 revenue at Novellus, the deposition tool supplier that is being acquired by Lam.
Finally, though it is not an equipment supplier, we believe semiconductor fabrication materials and consumables supplier ATMI(ATMI) is well positioned to benefit from the stronger-than-expected demand for the 28 nm chip fabrication process at foundries and the additional 28 nm manufacturing capacity that will be put in place to alleviate current constraints. The firm stands to profit from the 28 nm manufacturing ramp through its high productivity development platform, which allows ATMI to create customized materials tailored to specific customer needs for their chip fabrication processes. The firm's HPD capability has become increasingly critical to enabling advances in semiconductor fabrication technologies, as chipmakers are becoming ever more dependent on new custom-developed materials to help them migrate down Moore's Law. The development and ramp of the 28 nm manufacturing process at foundries provided ATMI with its initial revenue from HPD materials in 2011, and we expect rising 28 nm manufacturing activity over 2012 to drive continued growth in this emerging opportunity for the firm. HPD-related revenue accounted for 4% of ATMI's revenue in 2011, and we currently project that it will reach 8% this year. However, with such robust demand at the foundries for 28 nm manufacturing, we think HPD sales at ATMI could exceed expectations.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/28-nanometer-shortage-means-chip-110000826.html
$0.05-$0.010 is my target on FITX IMO>
Really nothing to post here, as we already know FITX huge winner going make some peeps here a whole lot of CASH soon. FITX will rule the weed sector IMO>
I have a lot more DD, but will post later,more great stuff I found.
WAIT A MINUTE STOP THE PRESS AGAIN THAT PR WAS PUT FOR THE PUBLIC ON 11-14-2013 CORRECT
NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN's proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT). Our nano-scale additive is highly reliable and increases the yield strength. As a result of this collaboration, the first product utilizing HNT in the armor market has recently shipped to customers. We are excited to be a part of this kick off and look forward to a long term relationship with the marketer and many future orders for our HNT.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/letter-to-shareholders-of-naturalnano-inc-2013-11-14
DID YOU KNOW THAT NNAN NaturalNano Inc. WAS HERE AT THE NANOTECHNOLOGY for DEFENSE CONFERENCE ON 4-7 NOVEMBER 2013.
http://usasymposium.com/nano/who_attends.htm
Then a Pr a week later saying ,,,,NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN's proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT).
P.S FYI I bought shares on the open market, I'm not getting paid cash or shares to post this information, want to make that clear since everyone sees the nonstops posts, but there is so much dam good information on this company and it is massive.
Halloysite Pcl Composites Scaffold For Sustained Drug Releases Biology Essay
Read more: http://www.ukessays.com/essays/biology/halloysite-pcl-composites-scaffold-for-sustained-drug-releases-biology-essay.php#ixzz2kxClq4p4
Stop The Press Holy Crap look what was found first from your side ...
8.5.3. Wound Care
Wound care products promote healing and reduce the
chances of infection and scarring. Using halloysite, as a drug
delivery system in cases of burn care can be very beneficial.
Drugs loaded into halloysite tubes and embedded into the base
layer of a bandage can be released over an extended time
period. This increases the duration of drug effectiveness and
reduces the frequency with which a bandage needs to be
changed.
http://www.sciensage.info/journal/1339603267JASR_2304121.pdf
Which I thought to myself Wound care... Moderate-severe burns annually, 40,000 require hospitalization6 u.S. Wound care market increasing to $2.8B by 2016
Look at this....
Search Results
Patent WO2007011586A1 - Halloysite microtubule processes ...
www.google.com/patents/WO2007011586A1?
Jan 25, 2007 - They differ in the presence or absence of a layer of water molecules between ... The tubules have a preselected release profile to provide a ... or by placing degradable endcaps over some or all of the tubules in the ... "It has been found that halloysite can make a suitable catalyst for use in demetalizing and ...
http://www.google.com/patents/WO2007011586A1
Also published as US20070292459
Inventors Angelica Amara, Sarah M Cooper
Applicant Angelica Amara, Sarah M Cooper, Technology Innovations Llc
Guess who Sarah M Cooper is....
Sarah Cooper
VP Business Development at m2mi Corporation
San Francisco Bay AreaComputer Software
Previous
m2mi, NaturalNano, Inc, National Space Grant at NASA Ames
Education
University of Sydney
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-cooper/0/b3/934
[b[ Old News But very Intersting NNAN NaturalNano to Present at NASA Tech Briefs Nano 2005 Conference in Boston
NaturalNano President to Discuss New R&D Program and Industrial / Commercial
Opportunities for Naturally Occurring Nanotubes
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/naturalnano-to-present-at-nasa-tech-briefs-nano-2005-conference-in-boston-55443277.html
Halloysite is a natural clay material typically used in ceramics. Some clay reserves contain halloysite in the form of naturally occurring nanotubes that are approximately 10-100 nanometers in internal diameter and vary in length from a few hundred nanometers to several micrometers. Through a licensing agreement with NaturalNano, Inc., a company dedicated to refining and commercializing naturally occurring nanoscale materials,
Once loaded, these tubes can also be encapsulated to further influence the rate of elution. This allows for altering the drug release profile and extending the effectiveness of drugs without increasing potency. Compared to carbon nanotubes, halloysite nanotubes are far less expensive and have an extraordinarily large surface area. This feature promises significant advantages for drug delivery applications, since surface area contact allows for greater control of drug loading and elution profiles.
Electromagnetic Activation
Loaded nanotubes can also be combined with our other technologies for non-invasive activation. Our intellectual property includes coating the nanotubes with nanomagnetic material that can subsequently be heated selectively using specific electromagnetic energy. The heating can activate the elution non-invasively, providing elution on demand. Biophan, through its partnership with NaturalNano, is currently working to develop encapsulation and triggering technologies to provide elution on demand.
The benefits of using naturally occurring halloysite material for specific drug delivery applications are: longer delivery times, more control of the drug release profile, and improved safety profiles.
This technology can be applied to several product platforms, including transdermal drug delivery (such as skin patches) and drug-loaded wound care products.
Transdermal Patches
Transdermal delivery of drugs is a rapidly growing market. Typically, a linear (zero-order) release rate is most desirable to keep a drug within therapeutic ranges for the duration of its application. Most patches currently have exponential (first-order) release rates, so levels well above the therapeutic range are delivered initially, then the rate of delivery drops over time. Because of this limitation of existing technologies, it is often necessary to load a higher concentration of drug into a patch than is required clinically.
Loading pharmaceuticals into halloysite nanotubes can enable a more controlled elution profile. This provides several potential benefits:
Safety - Initial concentrations do not need to be as high, eliminating the high initial delivery rate and improving the safety profile, particularly with drugs such as stimulants or hormones.
Uniformity of drug delivery - More uniform delivery can result in better maintenance of the effective clinical dose over time.
Cost efficency - Less drug loading is required per patch, much of which is currently discarded when the patch is removed, which can lead to reduced costs.
transdermal patch
Wound Care
Wound care products range from simple bandages to long-term treatments to promote healing and reduce the chances of infection and scarring. Biophan’s halloysite drug delivery system is designed to offer superior clinical benefits over current wound care systems, especially in the area of burn care. Drugs loaded into halloysite tubes and embedded into the base layer of a bandage can be released over an extended time period. This increases the duration of drug effectiveness and reduces the frequency with which a bandage needs to be changed. This novel delivery form can provide new dosage formulations with several advantages:
Safety — linear release ensures maintenance of clinically effective doses
Compliance and ease of use — longer elution times mean fewer bandage changes
Uniformity of drug delivery — elution from halloysite tubes results in a slower, more uniform drug release.
Rendering of nanotech-based bandage.
NNAN NaturalNano has identified five specific sectors of this fast-growing market that it plans to focus on in the coming year: automotive (lighter parts to allow for increased transportation loads), military (make vehicles lighter, so they will be cheaper to transport), packaging (stronger or thinner, e.g., storage bags, food packaging), aerospace, and electronics. Future opportunities lie in the ability to fill halloysite nanotubes with active ingredients, such as fragrances, colorants, antioxidants, biocides, antifungal agents, pesticides, dyes, UV protectants, additives for cosmetics, and medical and pharmaceutical device additives and coatings. The nanotube structure also makes possible extended release over long periods of time and under harsh conditions
8.5.3. Wound Care
Wound care products promote healing and reduce the
chances of infection and scarring. Using halloysite, as a drug
delivery system in cases of burn care can be very beneficial.
Drugs loaded into halloysite tubes and embedded into the base
layer of a bandage can be released over an extended time
period. This increases the duration of drug effectiveness and
reduces the frequency with which a bandage needs to be
changed.
8.5.4. Nanotubes in Personal Care [20]
Safety or efficacy tests on halloysite nanotubes used in
personal care formulas are to be conducted. Natural
nanocontainer for the controlled delivery of glycerol as a
moisturizing agent for the loading and extended release of
glycerol for cosmetic applications.
8.5.5. Skin cleanser agent [24]
When applied without an active agent, the adsorptive
nature of the HNT serves as a hypoallergenic skin cleanser
capable of removing unwanted toxins and aesthetically
unpleasing oils. The clay performs as a gentle exfoliator,
drawing dead skin cells away from the surface to leave it fresh,
young, and healthy.
8.5.6. Use of HNTs in synthesis of
8.5.6.1. Silver Nanorods for Antibacterial Composite Coating [20]
Silver nanorods were synthesized inside the lumen of
the halloysite by thermal decomposition of the silver acetate,
which was loaded into halloysite from an aqueous solution by
vacuum cycling. The composite of silver nanorods encased in
clay tubes with the polymer paint was prepared, and the
coating antimicrobial activity combined with tensile strength
increase was demonstrated.
8.5.6.2. Gold nanoparticles [25]
Gold nanoparticles were synthesized by reduction of
HAuCl4 using halloysites. The results show that the gold
nanoparticles have strip-like, subcircle, and irregular shape,
which are single crystals or polycrystals.
8.5.7. Use of HNTs in protecting environment
Sorbents for contaminants and pollutant:
HNTs can be used as nano-adsorbents for the removal of the
cationic dye methylene blue from aqueous solutions. Also it
can be used in removal of Zn (II) from aqueous solution [26].
Buddy this is getting better and better .Halloysite clay nanotubes, nanocomposites, nano
powders, etc are now emerging as trend setters in green
nanotechnology. Halloysite nanotubes are eco friendly
nanotubes with low cost than carbon nanotubes. In recent
years there has been growing concern about the effect of
carbon nanotubes on human health and on environment
because of their potential toxic nature.
Not as big as NNAN in the trillions
There's a Great Future in Carbon Nanotubes
By Rachel Swaby on Jan. 28, 2013 at 8 a.m.
How scientists treat nanotubes like woven textiles to maximize their strength and potential.
http://www.tested.com/science/453183-theres-great-future-carbon-nanotubes/
ATTENTION all NNAN Shareholders and Future Shareholders please take your time and read below, this is jaw dropping and the numbers are out of this world NNAN could be the next BIGGEST companies. Facts are below backed by links and verified websites .
Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
This one example I pulled too much to list and the numbers are endless how much going be spent on carbon nanotubes. This gives NNAN a huge edge along with other companies to get a piece of the pie which is worth trillions Etc.
• Textiles—CNT can make waterproof and/or tear-resistant fabrics.
• 1. The world clothing and textile industry (clothing, textiles, footwear and luxury goods) reached almost $2,560 trillion in 2010. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/25-shocking-fashion-industry-statistics.html
• Body armor—MIT is working on combat jackets that use CNT fibers to stop bullets and to monitor the condition of the wearer.[1] Cambridge University developed the fibres and licensed a company to make them.[2]
• Concrete—CNT in concrete increases the tensile strength, and halts crack propagation.[3]
• Polyethylene—Adding CNT to polyethylene can increase the polymer's elastic modulus by 30%.
• Sports equipment—Stronger and lighter tennis rackets, bicycle parts, golf balls, golf clubs, and baseball bats.
• Space elevator—CNT is under investigation as possible components of the tether up which a space elevator can climb. This requires tensile strengths of more than about 70 GPa.
• synthetic muscles: Due to their high contraction/extension ratio given an electric current, CNTs are ideal for synthetic muscle.[4]
• High tensile strength fibers—Fibers produced with polyvinyl alcohol break at 600 J/g [5] In comparison, the bullet-resistant fiber Kevlar fails at 27–33 J/g.
• Bridges—CNT may be able to replace steel in suspension and other bridges.
• Flywheels—The high strength/weight ratio enables very high rotational speeds.
• Carbon nanotube springs—Single-walled carbon nanotubes aligned in parallel can be elastically stretched for an energy density 10 times greater than that of current lithium-ion batteries, with the additional advantages of long cycling durability, temperature insensitivity, no spontaneous discharge, and arbitrary discharge rate.
• Fire protection—Thin layers of buckypaper can significantly improve fire resistance due to the efficient reflection of heat by the dense, compact layer of CNT or carbon fibers.[6]
Electromagnetic
CNT can be fabricated as electrical conductors, insulators, and semiconductors. Applications include:
• Artificial muscles—CNT's have sufficient contractility to make them candidates to replace muscle tissue.[7]
• Buckypaper—Thin nanotube sheets are 250 times stronger than steel and 10 times lighter and could be used as a heat sink for chipboards, a backlight for LCD screens or as a faraday cage to protect electrical devices/aeroplanes.
• Chemical nanowires—CNTs can be used to produce nanowires of other elements/molecules, such as gold or zinc oxide. These nanowires in turn can be used to cast nanotubes of other chemicals, such as gallium nitride. These can have very different properties from CNTs—for example, gallium nitride nanotubes are hydrophilic, while CNTs are hydrophobic, giving them possible uses in organic chemistry.
• Conductive films— Canatu [8] of Helsinki, Finland, Eikos Inc of Franklin, Massachusetts and Unidym Inc.[9] of Silicon Valley are developing transparent, electrically conductive CNT films and NanoBuds to replace indium tin oxide (ITO) in LCDs, touch screens, and photovoltaic devices. Nanotube films show promise for use in displays for computers, cell phones, Personal digital assistants, and automated teller machines.
• Electric motor brushes—Conductive CNTs are used in brushes for commercial electric motors. They replace traditional carbon black. The nanotubes improve electrical and thermal conductivity because they stretch through the plastic matrix of the brush. This permits the carbon filler to be reduced from 30% down to 3.6%, so that more matrix is present in the brush. Nanotube composite motor brushes are better-lubricated (from the matrix), cooler-running (both from better lubrication and superior thermal conductivity), less brittle (more matrix, and fiber reinforcement), stronger and more accurately moldable (more matrix). Since brushes are a critical failure point in electric motors, and also don't need much material, they became economical before almost any other application.
• Light bulb filament: alternative to tungsten filaments in incandescent lamps.
• Magnets—Multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT coated with magnetite) can generate strong magnetic fields. Recent advances show that MWNT decorated with maghemite nanoparticles can be oriented in a magnetic field [10] and enhance the electrical properties of the composite material in the direction of the field.[11]
• Optical ignition—A layer of 29% iron enriched single-walled nanotubes (SWNT) is placed on top of a layer of explosive material such as PETN, and can be ignited with a regular camera flash.[12]
• Solar cells—GE's CNT diode exploits a photovoltaic effect. Nanotubes can replace ITO in some solar cells to act as a transparent conductive film in solar cells to allow light to pass to the active layers and generate photocurrent.
• Superconductor—Nanotubes have been shown to be superconducting at low temperatures.[13]
• Ultracapacitors—MIT is researching the use of nanotubes bound to the charge plates of capacitors in order to dramatically increase the surface area and therefore energy storage ability.[14]
• Displays—CNTs can be used as extremely fine electron guns, which could be used as miniature cathode ray tubes in thin high-brightness, low-energy, low-weight displays. This type of display would consist of a group of many tiny CRTs, each providing the electrons to hit the phosphor of one pixel, instead of having one giant CRT whose electrons are aimed using electric and magnetic fields. These displays are known as field emission displays (FEDs).
• Transistor—CNT transistors have been developed at Delft, IBM, and NEC.
• Electromagnetic antenna—CNTs can act as antennas for radios and other electromagnetic devices.[15]
Electroacoustic[edit]
• Loudspeaker—In November, 2008 Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Centre in Beijing announced that it had created loudspeakers from sheets of parallel CNT, generating sound similar to how lightning produces thunder. Near-term commercial uses include replacingpiezoelectric speakers in greeting cards.[16]
Chemical[edit]
• Desalination— water molecules can be separated from salt by forcing them through networks of carbon nanotubes, which require far lower pressures than conventional reverse osmosis methods [17]
• Air pollution filter—CNT membranes can filter carbon dioxide from power plant emissions.
• Biotech container—CNT can be filled with biological molecules, aiding biotechnology.
• Hydrogen storage—CNT have the potential to store between 4.2 and 65% hydrogen by weight. If they can be mass produced economically, 13.2 litres (2.9 imp gal; 3.5 US gal) of CNT could contain the same amount of energy as a 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) gasoline tank. SeeHydrogen Economy.[citation needed]
Mechanical[edit]
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• Oscillator—Oscillators based on CNT have achieved higher speeds than other technologies (> 50 GHz).
• Nanotube membrane—CNTs as filters in membranes have a high specific surface area and high flux which results in fast flow rates for gases and liquids. Liquids flow up to five orders of magnitude faster than predicted by classical fluid dynamics. [18] [19] [20]
• Slick surface—Some CNT-based fabrics have shown lower friction than Teflon.
• Waterproof—Some CNT-fabrics are waterproof.
• Carbon nanotube actuators—
• Infrared detector—The reflectivity of the buckypaper produced with "super-growth" chemical vapor deposition method is 0.03 or less, potentially enabling performance gains for pyroelectric infrared detector.[21][22]
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• Radiometric standard—As a standard of the black.
• Thermal radiation—For thermal emission in space such as space satellites.
• stealth—Absorbance is high in wide ranges from FUV to FIR.
Electrical circuits[edit]
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A nanotube formed by joining two nanotubes of different diameters end to end can act as a diode, suggesting the possibility of constructing computer circuits entirely of nanotubes. Because of their good thermal transmission properties, CNT can potentially dissipate heat from computer chips. The longest electricity conducting circuit is a fraction of an inch long.[23]
Fabrication difficulties are major hurdles for CNT. Standard IC fabrication processes use chemical vapor deposition to add layers to a wafer. CNT can so far not be mass produced using such techniques.
Researchers can manipulate nanotubes one-by-one with the tip of an atomic force microscope in a time-consuming process. Using standard fabrication techniques would still require designers to position one end of the nanotube. During the deposition process, an electric field can potentially direct the growth of the nanotubes, which tend to grow along the field lines from negative to positive polarity. Another technique for self-assembly uses chemical or biological techniques to move CNT in solution to determinate places on a substrate.
Even if nanotubes can be precisely positioned, engineers have been unable to control the types (conducting, semiconducting, SWNT, MWNT) of nanotubes that appear.
Interconnects[edit]
Metallic carbon nanotubes have aroused research interest for their applicability as very-large-scale integration (VLSI) interconnects because of their high thermal stability, high thermal conductivity and large current carrying capacity.[24][25][26][27][28][29] An isolated CNT can carry current densities in excess of 1000 MA/sq-cm without damage even at an elevated temperature of 250 °C (482 °F), eliminating electromigration reliability concerns that plague Cu interconnects. Recent modeling work comparing the two has shown that CNT bundle interconnects can potentially offer advantages over copper.[30] Recent experiments demonstrated resistances as low as 20 Ohms using different architectures,[31] detailed conductance measurements over a wide temperature range were shown to agree with theory for a strongly disordered quasi-one-dimensional conductor.
Hybrid interconnects that employ CNT vias in tandem with copper interconnects offers advantages from a reliability/thermal-management perspective.
Transistors[edit]
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Semiconducting CNTs have been used to fabricate field effect transistors (CNTFETs), which show promise due to their superior electrical characteristics over silicon based MOSFETs. Since the electron mean free path in SWCNTs can exceed 1 micrometer, long channel CNTFETs exhibit near-ballistic transport characteristics, resulting in high speed devices. CNT devices are projected to operate in the frequency range of hundreds of Gigahertz. Recent work detailing the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of CNTFETs have also shown that tunneling CNTFET offers better characteristics compared to other CNTFET structures. This device has been found to be superior in terms of subthreshold slope - a very important property for low power applications.[32][33][34][35][36][37]
Nanotubes are usually grown on nanoparticles of magnetic metal (Fe, Co) that facilitates production of electronic (spintronic) devices. In particular control of current through a field-effect transistor by magnetic field has been demonstrated in such a single-tube nanostructure.[38]
Electronic design and design automation[edit]
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Although CNT devices and interconnects separately have been shown to be promising in their own respects, there have been few efforts to combine them in a realistic circuit. Most CNTFET structures employ the silicon substrate as a back gate. Applying different back gate voltages might become a concern when designing large circuits out of these elements. Several top-gated structures have also been demonstrated, which can alleviate this concern. Recently, a fully integrated logic circuit built on a single nanotube was reported. This circuit employs a back-gate. Several process-related challenges need to be addressed before CNT-based devices and interconnects can enter mainstream VLSI manufacturing. Remaining problems include purification, separation, control over length, chirality and desired alignment, low thermal budget and high contact resistance. Innovative ideas have been proposed to build practical transistors out of nano-networks. Since lack of control on chirality produces a mix of metallic as well as semi-conducting CNTs from any fabrication process and it is difficult to control the growth direction of the CNTs, easily-produced random arrays of SWCNTs have been proposed to build thin film transistors. This idea can be further exploited to build practical CNT based transistors and circuits without the need for precise growth and assembly.
Medicine[edit]
Research at University of California, Riverside has shown that carbon nanotubes are suitable scaffold materials for osteoblast proliferation and bone formation.[39]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_applications_of_carbon_nanotubes
ATTENTION all NNAN Shareholders and Future Shareholders please take your time and read below, this is jaw dropping and the numbers are out of this world NNAN could be the next BIGGEST companies. Facts are below backed by links and verified websites
Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
This one example I pulled too much to list and the numbers are endless how much going be spent on carbon nanotubes. This gives NNAN a huge edge along with other companies to get a piece of the pie which is worth trillions Etc.
• Textiles—CNT can make waterproof and/or tear-resistant fabrics.
• 1. The world clothing and textile industry (clothing, textiles, footwear and luxury goods) reached almost $2,560 trillion in 2010. http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/25-shocking-fashion-industry-statistics.html
• Body armor—MIT is working on combat jackets that use CNT fibers to stop bullets and to monitor the condition of the wearer.[1] Cambridge University developed the fibres and licensed a company to make them.[2]
• Concrete—CNT in concrete increases the tensile strength, and halts crack propagation.[3]
• Polyethylene—Adding CNT to polyethylene can increase the polymer's elastic modulus by 30%.
• Sports equipment—Stronger and lighter tennis rackets, bicycle parts, golf balls, golf clubs, and baseball bats.
• Space elevator—CNT is under investigation as possible components of the tether up which a space elevator can climb. This requires tensile strengths of more than about 70 GPa.
• synthetic muscles: Due to their high contraction/extension ratio given an electric current, CNTs are ideal for synthetic muscle.[4]
• High tensile strength fibers—Fibers produced with polyvinyl alcohol break at 600 J/g [5] In comparison, the bullet-resistant fiber Kevlar fails at 27–33 J/g.
• Bridges—CNT may be able to replace steel in suspension and other bridges.
• Flywheels—The high strength/weight ratio enables very high rotational speeds.
• Carbon nanotube springs—Single-walled carbon nanotubes aligned in parallel can be elastically stretched for an energy density 10 times greater than that of current lithium-ion batteries, with the additional advantages of long cycling durability, temperature insensitivity, no spontaneous discharge, and arbitrary discharge rate.
• Fire protection—Thin layers of buckypaper can significantly improve fire resistance due to the efficient reflection of heat by the dense, compact layer of CNT or carbon fibers.[6]
Electromagnetic
CNT can be fabricated as electrical conductors, insulators, and semiconductors. Applications include:
• Artificial muscles—CNT's have sufficient contractility to make them candidates to replace muscle tissue.[7]
• Buckypaper—Thin nanotube sheets are 250 times stronger than steel and 10 times lighter and could be used as a heat sink for chipboards, a backlight for LCD screens or as a faraday cage to protect electrical devices/aeroplanes.
• Chemical nanowires—CNTs can be used to produce nanowires of other elements/molecules, such as gold or zinc oxide. These nanowires in turn can be used to cast nanotubes of other chemicals, such as gallium nitride. These can have very different properties from CNTs—for example, gallium nitride nanotubes are hydrophilic, while CNTs are hydrophobic, giving them possible uses in organic chemistry.
• Conductive films— Canatu [8] of Helsinki, Finland, Eikos Inc of Franklin, Massachusetts and Unidym Inc.[9] of Silicon Valley are developing transparent, electrically conductive CNT films and NanoBuds to replace indium tin oxide (ITO) in LCDs, touch screens, and photovoltaic devices. Nanotube films show promise for use in displays for computers, cell phones, Personal digital assistants, and automated teller machines.
• Electric motor brushes—Conductive CNTs are used in brushes for commercial electric motors. They replace traditional carbon black. The nanotubes improve electrical and thermal conductivity because they stretch through the plastic matrix of the brush. This permits the carbon filler to be reduced from 30% down to 3.6%, so that more matrix is present in the brush. Nanotube composite motor brushes are better-lubricated (from the matrix), cooler-running (both from better lubrication and superior thermal conductivity), less brittle (more matrix, and fiber reinforcement), stronger and more accurately moldable (more matrix). Since brushes are a critical failure point in electric motors, and also don't need much material, they became economical before almost any other application.
• Light bulb filament: alternative to tungsten filaments in incandescent lamps.
• Magnets—Multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT coated with magnetite) can generate strong magnetic fields. Recent advances show that MWNT decorated with maghemite nanoparticles can be oriented in a magnetic field [10] and enhance the electrical properties of the composite material in the direction of the field.[11]
• Optical ignition—A layer of 29% iron enriched single-walled nanotubes (SWNT) is placed on top of a layer of explosive material such as PETN, and can be ignited with a regular camera flash.[12]
• Solar cells—GE's CNT diode exploits a photovoltaic effect. Nanotubes can replace ITO in some solar cells to act as a transparent conductive film in solar cells to allow light to pass to the active layers and generate photocurrent.
• Superconductor—Nanotubes have been shown to be superconducting at low temperatures.[13]
• Ultracapacitors—MIT is researching the use of nanotubes bound to the charge plates of capacitors in order to dramatically increase the surface area and therefore energy storage ability.[14]
• Displays—CNTs can be used as extremely fine electron guns, which could be used as miniature cathode ray tubes in thin high-brightness, low-energy, low-weight displays. This type of display would consist of a group of many tiny CRTs, each providing the electrons to hit the phosphor of one pixel, instead of having one giant CRT whose electrons are aimed using electric and magnetic fields. These displays are known as field emission displays (FEDs).
• Transistor—CNT transistors have been developed at Delft, IBM, and NEC.
• Electromagnetic antenna—CNTs can act as antennas for radios and other electromagnetic devices.[15]
Electroacoustic[edit]
• Loudspeaker—In November, 2008 Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Centre in Beijing announced that it had created loudspeakers from sheets of parallel CNT, generating sound similar to how lightning produces thunder. Near-term commercial uses include replacingpiezoelectric speakers in greeting cards.[16]
Chemical[edit]
• Desalination— water molecules can be separated from salt by forcing them through networks of carbon nanotubes, which require far lower pressures than conventional reverse osmosis methods [17]
• Air pollution filter—CNT membranes can filter carbon dioxide from power plant emissions.
• Biotech container—CNT can be filled with biological molecules, aiding biotechnology.
• Hydrogen storage—CNT have the potential to store between 4.2 and 65% hydrogen by weight. If they can be mass produced economically, 13.2 litres (2.9 imp gal; 3.5 US gal) of CNT could contain the same amount of energy as a 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) gasoline tank. SeeHydrogen Economy.[citation needed]
Mechanical[edit]
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• Oscillator—Oscillators based on CNT have achieved higher speeds than other technologies (> 50 GHz).
• Nanotube membrane—CNTs as filters in membranes have a high specific surface area and high flux which results in fast flow rates for gases and liquids. Liquids flow up to five orders of magnitude faster than predicted by classical fluid dynamics. [18] [19] [20]
• Slick surface—Some CNT-based fabrics have shown lower friction than Teflon.
• Waterproof—Some CNT-fabrics are waterproof.
• Carbon nanotube actuators—
• Infrared detector—The reflectivity of the buckypaper produced with "super-growth" chemical vapor deposition method is 0.03 or less, potentially enabling performance gains for pyroelectric infrared detector.[21][22]
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• Radiometric standard—As a standard of the black.
• Thermal radiation—For thermal emission in space such as space satellites.
• stealth—Absorbance is high in wide ranges from FUV to FIR.
Electrical circuits[edit]
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A nanotube formed by joining two nanotubes of different diameters end to end can act as a diode, suggesting the possibility of constructing computer circuits entirely of nanotubes. Because of their good thermal transmission properties, CNT can potentially dissipate heat from computer chips. The longest electricity conducting circuit is a fraction of an inch long.[23]
Fabrication difficulties are major hurdles for CNT. Standard IC fabrication processes use chemical vapor deposition to add layers to a wafer. CNT can so far not be mass produced using such techniques.
Researchers can manipulate nanotubes one-by-one with the tip of an atomic force microscope in a time-consuming process. Using standard fabrication techniques would still require designers to position one end of the nanotube. During the deposition process, an electric field can potentially direct the growth of the nanotubes, which tend to grow along the field lines from negative to positive polarity. Another technique for self-assembly uses chemical or biological techniques to move CNT in solution to determinate places on a substrate.
Even if nanotubes can be precisely positioned, engineers have been unable to control the types (conducting, semiconducting, SWNT, MWNT) of nanotubes that appear.
Interconnects[edit]
Metallic carbon nanotubes have aroused research interest for their applicability as very-large-scale integration (VLSI) interconnects because of their high thermal stability, high thermal conductivity and large current carrying capacity.[24][25][26][27][28][29] An isolated CNT can carry current densities in excess of 1000 MA/sq-cm without damage even at an elevated temperature of 250 °C (482 °F), eliminating electromigration reliability concerns that plague Cu interconnects. Recent modeling work comparing the two has shown that CNT bundle interconnects can potentially offer advantages over copper.[30] Recent experiments demonstrated resistances as low as 20 Ohms using different architectures,[31] detailed conductance measurements over a wide temperature range were shown to agree with theory for a strongly disordered quasi-one-dimensional conductor.
Hybrid interconnects that employ CNT vias in tandem with copper interconnects offers advantages from a reliability/thermal-management perspective.
Transistors[edit]
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Semiconducting CNTs have been used to fabricate field effect transistors (CNTFETs), which show promise due to their superior electrical characteristics over silicon based MOSFETs. Since the electron mean free path in SWCNTs can exceed 1 micrometer, long channel CNTFETs exhibit near-ballistic transport characteristics, resulting in high speed devices. CNT devices are projected to operate in the frequency range of hundreds of Gigahertz. Recent work detailing the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of CNTFETs have also shown that tunneling CNTFET offers better characteristics compared to other CNTFET structures. This device has been found to be superior in terms of subthreshold slope - a very important property for low power applications.[32][33][34][35][36][37]
Nanotubes are usually grown on nanoparticles of magnetic metal (Fe, Co) that facilitates production of electronic (spintronic) devices. In particular control of current through a field-effect transistor by magnetic field has been demonstrated in such a single-tube nanostructure.[38]
Electronic design and design automation[edit]
This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2008)
Although CNT devices and interconnects separately have been shown to be promising in their own respects, there have been few efforts to combine them in a realistic circuit. Most CNTFET structures employ the silicon substrate as a back gate. Applying different back gate voltages might become a concern when designing large circuits out of these elements. Several top-gated structures have also been demonstrated, which can alleviate this concern. Recently, a fully integrated logic circuit built on a single nanotube was reported. This circuit employs a back-gate. Several process-related challenges need to be addressed before CNT-based devices and interconnects can enter mainstream VLSI manufacturing. Remaining problems include purification, separation, control over length, chirality and desired alignment, low thermal budget and high contact resistance. Innovative ideas have been proposed to build practical transistors out of nano-networks. Since lack of control on chirality produces a mix of metallic as well as semi-conducting CNTs from any fabrication process and it is difficult to control the growth direction of the CNTs, easily-produced random arrays of SWCNTs have been proposed to build thin film transistors. This idea can be further exploited to build practical CNT based transistors and circuits without the need for precise growth and assembly.
Medicine[edit]
Research at University of California, Riverside has shown that carbon nanotubes are suitable scaffold materials for osteoblast proliferation and bone formation.[39]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_applications_of_carbon_nanotubes
NNAN NaturalNano, Inc undervalued OTCQB IMO that can go top pennies or even $0.10 over Look below. Top make it more interesting Sitting on the Scientific Advisory Board is Sir Harold W. Kroto, Ph.D. won a NOBEL PRIZE, very rare in penny land.
Sir Harold W. Kroto, Ph.D.
Professor Sir Harold W. Kroto was a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University. Dr. Kroto was born in England and received his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Sheffield in 1964. He joined the faculty of the University of Sussex in 1967 and became a professor of chemistry there in 1985. Along with Dr. Richard Smalley and Dr. Robert Curl, Dr. Kroto received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry based on their co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a form of pure carbon better known as "buckyballs." The extraordinary molecule consists of 60 carbon atoms arranged as a spheroid, in a pattern exactly matching the stitching on soccer balls. The geodesic domes designed by the late inventor/architect Buckminster Fuller were a clue to the likely structure at the time the molecule was discovered and so Kroto called it "buckminsterfullerene." The discovery of the “Fullerenes” as this class of hollow carbon cage compounds is now called, opened up an entirely new branch of chemistry. An ardent advocate for science education, Kroto devotes part of his time and energy to promoting careers in science among young people. Through a new GEO (Global Educational Outreach) Internet broadcasting initiative at FSU and the Vega Trust website, which Dr. Kroto founded, he is creating effective new broadcast platforms for the science, engineering and technology (SET) communities, to communicate directly on all aspects of their fields of expertise using the powerful new Internet and TV opportunities.
http://www.naturalnano.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=42
Products & Technologies
NaturalNano is a nanomaterials company that develops and markets proprietary technologies and products that provide novel properties to a variety of materials such as industrial polymers, plastics and composites. The Company has twenty liceensed, issued or pending patents and the expertise for extracting and separating clay Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTTM).
Composites are used in automotive, aerospace, transportation, building, electronics and performance sporting goods to name just a few product sectors. The polymer composite market is a forty plus billion dollar international marketplace. Nanocomposites are the fastest growing segment within the polymer composites market. The nanocomposites market is estimated to double in size by 2010; nanoclays will represent 50 percent of the market. NaturalNano believes that this market could be much bigger, but cost and quality issues are hurdles delaying a nanocomposite revolution. Today, nanomaterials are being used to replace conventional composite fillers. Fillers are used to reduce weight, increase strength, improve machine runnability, increase water and chemical resistance as well as improve film integrity.
Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes, a type of fullerene, have potential in fields such as nanotechnology, electronics, optics, materials science, and architecture. Over the years new applications have taken advantage of their unique electrical properties, extraordinary strength, and efficiency in heat conduction.
Carbon nanotubes have valuable qualities as structural materials. Potential uses include:
• Textiles—CNT can make waterproof and/or tear-resistant fabrics
• Body armor—MIT is working on combat jackets that use CNT fibers to stop bullets and to monitor the condition of the wearer.[1] Cambridge University developed the fibres and licensed a company to make them.[2]
• Concrete—CNT in concrete increases the tensile strength, and halts crack propagation.[3]
• Polyethylene—Adding CNT to polyethylene can increase the polymer's elastic modulus by 30%.
• Sports equipment—Stronger and lighter tennis rackets, bicycle parts, golf balls, golf clubs, and baseball bats.
• Space elevator—CNT is under investigation as possible components of the tether up which a space elevator can climb. This requires tensile strengths of more than about 70 GPa.
• synthetic muscles: Due to their high contraction/extension ratio given an electric current, CNTs are ideal for synthetic muscle.[4]
• High tensile strength fibers—Fibers produced with polyvinyl alcohol break at 600 J/g [5] In comparison, the bullet-resistant fiber Kevlar fails at 27–33 J/g.
• Bridges—CNT may be able to replace steel in suspension and other bridges.
• Flywheels—The high strength/weight ratio enables very high rotational speeds.
• Carbon nanotube springs—Single-walled carbon nanotubes aligned in parallel can be elastically stretched for an energy density 10 times greater than that of current lithium-ion batteries, with the additional advantages of long cycling durability, temperature insensitivity, no spontaneous discharge, and arbitrary discharge rate.
• Fire protection—Thin layers of buckypaper can significantly improve fire resistance due to the efficient reflection of heat by the dense, compact layer of CNT or carbon fibers.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_applications_of_carbon_nanotubes
Company Patents
Polymeric Adhesive Including Nanoparticle Filler
Polymeric composite including nanoparticle filler
Hydrogen storage apparatus comprised of halloysite
Ultracapacitors comprised of Mineral Microtubules
Nanocomposite master batch composition and method of manufacture
http://www.naturalnano.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=37&Itemid=210
David J. Arthur sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for NNAN owns SouthWest NanoTechnologies.
Recent PR....NNAN
NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN’s proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT). Our nano-scale additive is highly reliable and increases the yield strength. As a result of this collaboration, the first product utilizing HNT in the armor market has recently shipped to customers. We are excited to be a part of this kick off and look forward to a long term relationship with the marketer and many future orders for our HNT.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/letter-shareholders-naturalnano-inc-133000405.html
Read Below This new hybrid armour, which will be manufactured by NanoRidge customer Riley Solutions Inc., (RSI) has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA)
Look what was found HUGE....
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Carbon Nanotubes Being Used in Enhanced Body Armour
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) the leading manufacturer of single-wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is manufacturing specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes for NanoRidge Materials, Inc. These CNTs are being incorporated into enhanced body armour to improve protection of soldiers and law enforcement officers from small arms fire.
SWeNT's SMW100 will be used in a highly advanced nanotechnology application to create stronger, lighter armour that fundamentally improves its resistance to impact and reduces the penetration depth of a bullet.
This new hybrid armour, which will be manufactured by NanoRidge customer Riley Solutions Inc., (RSI) has been selected by the[n] Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA)[/n] to undergo rigorous testing and evaluation against the most destructive small arms fire.
"Once it has passed testing, the armour will provide U.S. military and law enforcement personnel better, lighter and less costly armour than has been available before," explains Kyle Kissell Ph.D, and RSI's Technical Advisor. "NanoRidge selected SWeNT's SMW100 after evaluating many different products and believes that its characteristics and commercial scalability will meet the needs of our nation's protectors while saving lives."
"SouthWest NanoTechnologies is proud to be providing NanoRidge and Riley Solutions with SMW100 for use in these groundbreaking, nano-enhanced armor products," explains SWeNT CEO Dave Arthur. "Our patented CoMoCAT® process enables us to produce the desired quality and at a cost and in quantities needed to meet the sizable demand that is expected."
"SWeNT SMW100 is an excellent choice for this armour application because it is affordable, easy to disperse in polymers, and forms extremely robust networks that enhance the structural performance of the composites," says NanoRidge CEO Chris Lundberg. "Additionally, SWeNT's domestic production and proven ability to deliver consistent quality are critical for the Department of Defense."
About NanoRidge Materials, Inc.
NanoRidge Materials, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-performance nanocomposite materials and composite components. Their materials and composite structures incorporate carbon nanotubes for dramatically improved properties that are of significant value to customers in aerospace, military, oil & gas, chemical, and construction markets. NanoRidge Materials, Inc. is a graduate company of the Houston Technology Center, a business accelerator that assists Houston-based emerging technology companies by providing in-depth business guidance, access to capital, professional services and entrepreneurial education.
About SWeNT
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) is a privately-held specialty chemical company that manufactures high quality single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes, printable inks and CNT-coated fabrics for a range of products and applications including energy-efficient lighting, affordable photovoltaics, improved energy storage and printed electronics. SWeNT was created in 2001 to spin off nanotube research developed at the University of Oklahoma.
http://www.nanomagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=992%3Asouthwest-nanotechnologies-carbon-nanotubes-being-used-in-enhanced-body-armour&Itemid=87
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military.
To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research. DARPA’s scientific investigations span the gamut from laboratory efforts to the creation of full-scale technology demonstrations in the fields of biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and more. As the DoD’s primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.
http://www.darpa.mil/
"HAS DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP"
NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN's proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT). Our nano-scale additive is highly reliable and increases the yield strength. As a result of this collaboration, the first product utilizing HNT in the armor market has recently shipped to customers. We are excited to be a part of this kick off and look forward to a long term relationship with the marketer and many future orders for our HNT.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/letter-to-shareholders-of-naturalnano-inc-2013-11-14
Makes me think there is really something big going on here
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94078577
"would utilize advanced robotics and nanomaterials technology to prevent injury and improve stamina on the battlefield"
http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3704
I only hope that one of my other plays allows me to top off at 10,000,000 shares of NNAN early this week for that hold, should have got them when I had the chance
Considering all this
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SEVERAL NEW PRODUCTS to COME ??
"introduce several new products for current and potential customers"
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/letter-to-shareholders-of-naturalnano-inc-2013-11-14
11.15 Patient-Specific Drug Efficacy Analysis on Circulating Tumor Cells Captured from Peripheral Blood
The metastatic adhesion cascade of CTCs – mimicking leukocyte trafficking
Rapid isolation of viable CTCs using e-selectin and halloysite nanotubes
An easy-to-adopt CTC isolation protocol
Therapeutic targeting of CTCs to prevent metastasis
Andrew Hughes, Weill Cornell Medical College
http://ctc-summit.com/agenda/day-two
I wonder how it went today ?
"Study on Separation of CTC’s from Blood using NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes Featured in Presentation by Cornell's Lab ..."
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=59984046
"To accelerate the project, the army recently requested white papers from industry, academia, individuals, and public labs to speculate on how such a suit (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit or TALOS) might be built."
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94149762
NNAN NaturalNano, Inc undervalued OTCQB IMO that can go to pennies or even $0.10 over Look below... To make it more interesting Sitting on the Scientific Advisory Board is Sir Harold W. Kroto, Ph.D. Won a NOBEL PRIZE, very rare in penny land.
Sir Harold W. Kroto, Ph.D.
Professor Sir Harold W. Kroto was a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University. Dr. Kroto was born in England and received his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Sheffield in 1964. He joined the faculty of the University of Sussex in 1967 and became a professor of chemistry there in 1985. Along with Dr. Richard Smalley and Dr. Robert Curl, Dr. Kroto received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry based on their co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a form of pure carbon better known as "buckyballs." The extraordinary molecule consists of 60 carbon atoms arranged as a spheroid, in a pattern exactly matching the stitching on soccer balls. The geodesic domes designed by the late inventor/architect Buckminster Fuller were a clue to the likely structure at the time the molecule was discovered and so Kroto called it "buckminsterfullerene." The discovery of the “Fullerenes” as this class of hollow carbon cage compounds is now called, opened up an entirely new branch of chemistry. An ardent advocate for science education, Kroto devotes part of his time and energy to promoting careers in science among young people. Through a new GEO (Global Educational Outreach) Internet broadcasting initiative at FSU and the Vega Trust website, which Dr. Kroto founded, he is creating effective new broadcast platforms for the science, engineering and technology (SET) communities, to communicate directly on all aspects of their fields of expertise using the powerful new Internet and TV opportunities.
http://www.naturalnano.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=42
Products & Technologies
NaturalNano is a nanomaterials company that develops and markets proprietary technologies and products that provide novel properties to a variety of materials such as industrial polymers, plastics and composites. The Company has twenty liceensed, issued or pending patents and the expertise for extracting and separating clay Halloysite Nanotubes (HNTTM).
Composites are used in automotive, aerospace, transportation, building, electronics and performance sporting goods to name just a few product sectors. The polymer composite market is a forty plus billion dollar international marketplace. Nanocomposites are the fastest growing segment within the polymer composites market. The nanocomposites market is estimated to double in size by 2010; nanoclays will represent 50 percent of the market. NaturalNano believes that this market could be much bigger, but cost and quality issues are hurdles delaying a nanocomposite revolution. Today, nanomaterials are being used to replace conventional composite fillers. Fillers are used to reduce weight, increase strength, improve machine runnability, increase water and chemical resistance as well as improve film integrity.
Potential applications of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes, a type of fullerene, have potential in fields such as nanotechnology, electronics, optics, materials science, and architecture. Over the years new applications have taken advantage of their unique electrical properties, extraordinary strength, and efficiency in heat conduction.
Carbon nanotubes have valuable qualities as structural materials. Potential uses include:
• Textiles—CNT can make waterproof and/or tear-resistant fabrics
• Body armor—MIT is working on combat jackets that use CNT fibers to stop bullets and to monitor the condition of the wearer.[1] Cambridge University developed the fibres and licensed a company to make them.[2]
• Concrete—CNT in concrete increases the tensile strength, and halts crack propagation.[3]
• Polyethylene—Adding CNT to polyethylene can increase the polymer's elastic modulus by 30%.
• Sports equipment—Stronger and lighter tennis rackets, bicycle parts, golf balls, golf clubs, and baseball bats.
• Space elevator—CNT is under investigation as possible components of the tether up which a space elevator can climb. This requires tensile strengths of more than about 70 GPa.
• synthetic muscles: Due to their high contraction/extension ratio given an electric current, CNTs are ideal for synthetic muscle.[4]
• High tensile strength fibers—Fibers produced with polyvinyl alcohol break at 600 J/g [5] In comparison, the bullet-resistant fiber Kevlar fails at 27–33 J/g.
• Bridges—CNT may be able to replace steel in suspension and other bridges.
• Flywheels—The high strength/weight ratio enables very high rotational speeds.
• Carbon nanotube springs—Single-walled carbon nanotubes aligned in parallel can be elastically stretched for an energy density 10 times greater than that of current lithium-ion batteries, with the additional advantages of long cycling durability, temperature insensitivity, no spontaneous discharge, and arbitrary discharge rate.
• Fire protection—Thin layers of buckypaper can significantly improve fire resistance due to the efficient reflection of heat by the dense, compact layer of CNT or carbon fibers.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_applications_of_carbon_nanotubes
Company Patents
Polymeric Adhesive Including Nanoparticle Filler
Polymeric composite including nanoparticle filler
Hydrogen storage apparatus comprised of halloysite
Ultracapacitors comprised of Mineral Microtubules
Nanocomposite master batch composition and method of manufacture
http://www.naturalnano.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=37&Itemid=210
David J. Arthur sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for NNAN owns SouthWest NanoTechnologies.
Recent PR....NNAN
NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN’s proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT). Our nano-scale additive is highly reliable and increases the yield strength. As a result of this collaboration, the first product utilizing HNT in the armor market has recently shipped to customers. We are excited to be a part of this kick off and look forward to a long term relationship with the marketer and many future orders for our HNT.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/letter-shareholders-naturalnano-inc-133000405.html
Read Below This new hybrid armour, which will be manufactured by NanoRidge customer Riley Solutions Inc., (RSI) has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA)
Look what was found HUGE....
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Carbon Nanotubes Being Used in Enhanced Body Armour
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) the leading manufacturer of single-wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is manufacturing specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes for NanoRidge Materials, Inc. These CNTs are being incorporated into enhanced body armour to improve protection of soldiers and law enforcement officers from small arms fire.
SWeNT's SMW100 will be used in a highly advanced nanotechnology application to create stronger, lighter armour that fundamentally improves its resistance to impact and reduces the penetration depth of a bullet.
This new hybrid armour, which will be manufactured by NanoRidge customer Riley Solutions Inc., (RSI) has been selected by the[n] Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA)[/n] to undergo rigorous testing and evaluation against the most destructive small arms fire.
"Once it has passed testing, the armour will provide U.S. military and law enforcement personnel better, lighter and less costly armour than has been available before," explains Kyle Kissell Ph.D, and RSI's Technical Advisor. "NanoRidge selected SWeNT's SMW100 after evaluating many different products and believes that its characteristics and commercial scalability will meet the needs of our nation's protectors while saving lives."
"SouthWest NanoTechnologies is proud to be providing NanoRidge and Riley Solutions with SMW100 for use in these groundbreaking, nano-enhanced armor products," explains SWeNT CEO Dave Arthur. "Our patented CoMoCAT® process enables us to produce the desired quality and at a cost and in quantities needed to meet the sizable demand that is expected."
"SWeNT SMW100 is an excellent choice for this armour application because it is affordable, easy to disperse in polymers, and forms extremely robust networks that enhance the structural performance of the composites," says NanoRidge CEO Chris Lundberg. "Additionally, SWeNT's domestic production and proven ability to deliver consistent quality are critical for the Department of Defense."
About NanoRidge Materials, Inc.
NanoRidge Materials, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-performance nanocomposite materials and composite components. Their materials and composite structures incorporate carbon nanotubes for dramatically improved properties that are of significant value to customers in aerospace, military, oil & gas, chemical, and construction markets. NanoRidge Materials, Inc. is a graduate company of the Houston Technology Center, a business accelerator that assists Houston-based emerging technology companies by providing in-depth business guidance, access to capital, professional services and entrepreneurial education.
About SWeNT
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) is a privately-held specialty chemical company that manufactures high quality single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes, printable inks and CNT-coated fabrics for a range of products and applications including energy-efficient lighting, affordable photovoltaics, improved energy storage and printed electronics. SWeNT was created in 2001 to spin off nanotube research developed at the University of Oklahoma.
http://www.nanomagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=992%3Asouthwest-nanotechnologies-carbon-nanotubes-being-used-in-enhanced-body-armour&Itemid=87
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military.
To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research. DARPA’s scientific investigations span the gamut from laboratory efforts to the creation of full-scale technology demonstrations in the fields of biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and more. As the DoD’s primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.
http://www.darpa.mil/
"HAS DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP"
NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN's proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT). Our nano-scale additive is highly reliable and increases the yield strength. As a result of this collaboration, the first product utilizing HNT in the armor market has recently shipped to customers. We are excited to be a part of this kick off and look forward to a long term relationship with the marketer and many future orders for our HNT.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/letter-to-shareholders-of-naturalnano-inc-2013-11-14
Makes me think there is really something big going on here
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94078577
"would utilize advanced robotics and nanomaterials technology to prevent injury and improve stamina on the battlefield"
http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3704
I only hope that one of my other plays allows me to top off at 10,000,000 shares of NNAN early this week for that hold, should have got them when I had the chance
Considering all this
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94149636
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94076917
SEVERAL NEW PRODUCTS to COME ??
"introduce several new products for current and potential customers"
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/letter-to-shareholders-of-naturalnano-inc-2013-11-14
11.15 Patient-Specific Drug Efficacy Analysis on Circulating Tumor Cells Captured from Peripheral Blood
The metastatic adhesion cascade of CTCs – mimicking leukocyte trafficking
Rapid isolation of viable CTCs using e-selectin and halloysite nanotubes
An easy-to-adopt CTC isolation protocol
Therapeutic targeting of CTCs to prevent metastasis
Andrew Hughes, Weill Cornell Medical College
http://ctc-summit.com/agenda/day-two
I wonder how it went today ?
"Study on Separation of CTC’s from Blood using NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes Featured in Presentation by Cornell's Lab ..."
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=59984046
"To accelerate the project, the army recently requested white papers from industry, academia, individuals, and public labs to speculate on how such a suit (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit or TALOS) might be built."
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94149762
Goingup I really think this is a long term play now, did you know that Nanotubes is going to be the future of products.....
Future phones and laptops could have speakers made of carbon nanotubes.
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-future-laptops-speakers-carbon-nanotubes.html
The Industries that NNAN can get into is endless and Massive...
Aerospace & Defense
Aviation
Automotive
Energy
Consumer
From another company and NNAN could be next >>>>>
United States Department of Defense Taps Nanocomp Technologies as Nanomanufacturing Partner
Company commits to build large-scale manufacturing facility, delivering assured supply of superior nanotube-based materials for critical national defense needs
November 16, 2011 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
CONCORD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced it has been selected by the United States Government, under the Defense Production Act Title III program (“DPA Title III”), to supply CNT yarn and sheet material for the program needs of the Department of Defense, as well as to create a path toward commercialization for civilian industrial use. Nanocomp’s CNT yarn and sheet materials are currently featured within the advanced design programs of several critical DoD and NASA applications.
“While U.S. industry has achieved nominal CNT production rates for demonstration and evaluation purposes, we recognize that production volume must be expanded to meet current and projected national security requirements”
The mission of DPA Title III is to create assured, affordable and commercially viable production of technology that has been specifically identified as essential for national defense, but where U.S. industry cannot be reasonably expected to deliver due to market conditions and other fiscal barriers. In a recent Presidential Determination, Nanocomp’s CNT sheet and yarn material has been uniquely named to satisfy this critical gap, and the Company entered into a long-term lease on a 100,000 square foot, high-volume manufacturing facility in Merrimack, N.H., to meet projected production demand.
“To maintain a competitive edge in defense, there is an urgent need for a new generation of multifunctional materials to improve combat systems in space, air, ground and sea,” said Peter Antoinette, president and CEO of Nanocomp Technologies. “We are extremely proud that our CNT material can deliver these strategic advantages and our efforts now turn to creating a full-scale production facility that will help the United States maintain its tactical military edge and continue the path towards broad insertion of carbon nanotube-based products across commercial industry.”
The U.S. Dept. of Defense recognizes that CNT materials are vital to several of its next generation platforms and components, including lightweight body and vehicle armor with superior strength, improved structural components for satellites and aircraft, enhanced shielding on a broad array of military systems from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and directed energy, and lightweight cable and wiring. The Company’s CTex™ CNT yarns and tapes, for example, can reduce the weight of aircraft wire and cable harnesses by as much as 50 percent, resulting in considerable operational cost savings, as well as provide other valuable attributes such as flame resistance and improved reliability.
“While U.S. industry has achieved nominal CNT production rates for demonstration and evaluation purposes, we recognize that production volume must be expanded to meet current and projected national security requirements,” said Mark Buffler, program director, DPA Title III program. “We have therefore applied the authorities of Title III of the Defense Production Act to stimulate the investment into a timely expansion of cost-competitive, flexible and responsive manufacturing capabilities in support of the country’s anticipated needs.”
Most recently, Nanocomp’s EMSHIELDTM sheet material was incorporated into the Juno spacecraft, launched on August 5, 2011, to provide protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD) as the spacecraft makes its way through space to Jupiter and is only one example of many anticipated program insertions for Nanocomp Technologies’ CNT materials.
IMO FITX could be a once in a life time stock,if they get the green light from Canada, this will be the best play that I have seen in 12 years on the OTC markets.
We need to find out how big the market is for this and $$$
NaturalNano has established a strategic relationship to develop an advanced material used in armor that incorporates NNAN’s proprietary Halloysite NanoTubes (HNT). Our nano-scale additive is highly reliable and increases the yield strength. As a result of this collaboration, the first product utilizing HNT in the armor market has recently shipped to customers. We are excited to be a part of this kick off and look forward to a long term relationship with the marketer and many future orders for our HNT.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/letter-shareholders-naturalnano-inc-133000405.html
Really explain why, or let me since the facts are out there. David J. Arthur, Chief Executive Officer of South West Nanotechnologies sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of NaturalNano, Inc. (NNAN)
Here is a link on the NNAN Website http://www.naturalnano.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=42
and yes this has been checked and verified. Also Sir Harold W. Kroto, Ph.D. Who also sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for NNAN that Won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, that has been checked and verified
http://www.swentnano.com/about/management.php
If anyone that says this is a scam or fake info is truly wrong and is truly wrong.
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Carbon Nanotubes Being Used in Enhanced Body Armour
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) the leading manufacturer of single-wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is manufacturing specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes for NanoRidge Materials, Inc. These CNTs are being incorporated into enhanced body armour to improve protection of soldiers and law enforcement officers from small arms fire.
SWeNT's SMW100 will be used in a highly advanced nanotechnology application to create stronger, lighter armour that fundamentally improves its resistance to impact and reduces the penetration depth of a bullet.
This new hybrid armour, which will be manufactured by NanoRidge customer Riley Solutions Inc., (RSI) has been selected by the[n] Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA)[/n] to undergo rigorous testing and evaluation against the most destructive small arms fire.
"Once it has passed testing, the armour will provide U.S. military and law enforcement personnel better, lighter and less costly armour than has been available before," explains Kyle Kissell Ph.D, and RSI's Technical Advisor. "NanoRidge selected SWeNT's SMW100 after evaluating many different products and believes that its characteristics and commercial scalability will meet the needs of our nation's protectors while saving lives."
"SouthWest NanoTechnologies is proud to be providing NanoRidge and Riley Solutions with SMW100 for use in these groundbreaking, nano-enhanced armor products," explains SWeNT CEO Dave Arthur. "Our patented CoMoCAT® process enables us to produce the desired quality and at a cost and in quantities needed to meet the sizable demand that is expected."
"SWeNT SMW100 is an excellent choice for this armour application because it is affordable, easy to disperse in polymers, and forms extremely robust networks that enhance the structural performance of the composites," says NanoRidge CEO Chris Lundberg. "Additionally, SWeNT's domestic production and proven ability to deliver consistent quality are critical for the Department of Defense."
About NanoRidge Materials, Inc.
NanoRidge Materials, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-performance nanocomposite materials and composite components. Their materials and composite structures incorporate carbon nanotubes for dramatically improved properties that are of significant value to customers in aerospace, military, oil & gas, chemical, and construction markets. NanoRidge Materials, Inc. is a graduate company of the Houston Technology Center, a business accelerator that assists Houston-based emerging technology companies by providing in-depth business guidance, access to capital, professional services and entrepreneurial education.
About SWeNT
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) is a privately-held specialty chemical company that manufactures high quality single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes, printable inks and CNT-coated fabrics for a range of products and applications including energy-efficient lighting, affordable photovoltaics, improved energy storage and printed electronics. SWeNT was created in 2001 to spin off nanotube research developed at the University of Oklahoma.
http://www.nanomagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=992%3Asouthwest-nanotechnologies-carbon-nanotubes-being-used-in-enhanced-body-armour&Itemid=87
Thank you guys, not a big deal I thank Google.
We should be getting an update from the World CTC with Dr. King, wonder is he made any contacts .
No problem.
FITX Going Explode Boooom Read this.Canada's Medical Marijuana System Overhaul Starts Tuesday
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/canada-medical-marijuana-overhaul-_n_4016598.html
This is just the start.
No problem.
Huge run setting up here, me thinks insiders could be buying up the shares ready to put out BIG news IMO>