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lol, that's a two'fer
things seems to be heating across a large spectrum and info flow getting faster. All good signs imo
Warning post contains Forward Looking Information
New Report Sheds Light on Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics
Published on April 19, 2012 at 4:44 AM
By Cameron Chai
Reportlinker.com has announced the addition of a new report titled ‘Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2012-2022’ from IDTechEx to its offering.
According to IDTechEx, the market for printed electronics is expected to reach $45 billion in 2022 and that market is predicted to be more or less evenly represented by organic or inorganic materials.
The new report discusses the market potential of composite and inorganic chemicals in the printed electronics industry. Inorganics include different metal oxides and metals as transistor materials or transparent conductors and nano-silicon or silver and copper inks either in flake or particle form. Moreover, there are carbon structures, including buckyballs, nanotubes, graphene, and inorganic quantum dots.
Since the performance of organics is not satisfactory in certain aspects, a lot of research is being carried out in printed inorganics. Researchers are seeking new inorganics to produce superior printed batteries, to make transistor semiconductors and quantum dot devices with ten-fold increase in mobility, and to develop conductors with better cost and conductance. This report provides the comparison data pertaining to the trends, the options and the applications. The focus is on the major players, commercialization and technology basics.
The comprehensive report is helpful to companies involved in or interested in the potential of thin film or printed electronics materials, production technologies or total device production and integration. It predicts that the preference for inorganics will be increased in the next decade in most conductors for applications such as interconnects, touch buttons, antennas, electrodes and much more.
Applications of inorganic printed and thin film electronics covered in the report include batteries, photovoltaics, memory, conductors, sensors, semiconductors, lighting and displays. The report also covers the application of other types of technology such as silicon chips and organic electronics.
Source: http://www.reportlinker.com
http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=32691
......this whole thing is of interest to me and represents positive forward momentum building. I think things are coming together and getting closer. Evidence of things like this seem to support that line of thinking.
I have no clue with what deals if any may be going on. I suspect it'll be similiar to solar first coming out. A lot of companies got in and some are now being shaken out.......things are that much tougher for those that want to compete in the solar arena. If they can't perform they'll be looking at failure. I don't kid myself, any investment is a calculated risk.
I was in NanoLogic. I switched before their move up because their focus kept changing. I consolidated to QMC because the msg and research was more congruent.....that's just me.
Like a tide that lifts all things that will float I expect that the growing momentum will also move the markets and eventually that too will be shaken out......and so it goes.
For those that only want hard tangible facts, the best I know is usually the company website(s). They usually have notices of Q's, K's, and PRs there or ck Edgar.
I apologize if any take this as trying to be smart, (make no claim in that regard), but I am acknowledging that any information we access involves a certain amount of conjecture, either pro or con.
I have been called a cheerleader by some. If QMC accomplishes 1/2 of the potential I think they will be capable of, I will gladly wave the poms.....even if they don't rise that far, I will still have pride in investing in technology to help the world become a better place.
I hope each of you have the same kind of pride in stock that you choose to invest in.
GLTA, I'm Looking Forward.....
lol, wisdom in staying focused on continued DD.
Moving Forward
Research and Markets Adds Report: Nonlinear Laser Dynamics: From Quantum Dots to Cryptography
http://www.techzone360.com/news/2012/04/17/6263120.htm
Novel Fluorescence Method for Detection of a-l-Fucosidase Based on CdTe Quantum Dots
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac300166n
Nanoparticle Coating Makes Paper Magnetic, Waterproof, and Antibacterial
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/nanoparticle-coating-makes-plain-paper-magnetic-and-waterproof
Splitting up the indivisible: quasiparticles separate an electron's spin, charge, and orbit
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/electrons-like-gaul-come-in-three-parts.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
Nanodot-based memory sets new world speed record
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-04/aiop-nms041812.php
......interesting stuff happening at a rapid rate.....news in post is less than 12hrs old
Moving Forward, here's an interesting article about upconversion, comments following and other articles that may be of interest to some
Australian scientists report breakthrough in solar cell efficiency
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-australian-scientists-breakthrough-solar-cell.html
Though the following article is somewhat older, I think some of the issues remain.
A shake-up in solar sector has bright spots for the UAE
Vahid Fotuhi
Oct 4, 2011
This has not been a good month for the solar power industry. In recent weeks four international solar power companies have gone bust.
Among them is Solyndra, which collapsed amidst great fanfare. The California-based company had been a sweetheart of the US clean energy movement, and had received US$1 billion (Dh3.67 billion) in venture funding and over $500 million in US government-backed loans.
Yet, despite all this cash, it was not able to stay afloat. As it sank 1,100 jobs went down with it.
This flurry of bankruptcies has led some observers to suggest that dark clouds are hovering over the solar industry. But is it all doom and gloom for solar power?
Not quite. While some companies, particularly high-cost manufacturers such as Solyndra, have collapsed, other companies have jumped forward to fill the void. As Jeremy Leggett of Solar Century, a UK solar equipment maker says: "It is the inevitable shake-out of an industry that is coming of age."
This shake-out boils down to one thing: price. American and European manufacturers of photovoltaic solar panels have historically been market leaders. But recently they have failed to keep up with their cheaper Chinese competitors. Backed by strong government support and lean production costs, Chinese manufacturers have marched into the solar arena and taken over the show. In the process, the market has gotten bloated with low-cost solar panels.
The result has been an unprecedented drop in prices. In the past 18 months alone, prices have shrunk by a whopping 42 per cent. No other energy sector has experienced such dramatic volatility. Solar panels that were being sold for projects in the Gulf at $1.85 per watt last year are now available at around $1.10 per watt, as suppliers search for a home for their titanic inventory.
And the downward price pressure shows no sign of relenting. A recent report by Ernst & Young suggests that prices are likely to sink by 50 per cent from now to 2013 as global manufacturing capacity continues to ramp up.
This is bad news for manufacturers. But it's good news for consumers. Every time prices fall to a new low it opens up a new layer of demand. Companies that couldn't afford solar systems last year might now find that their solar dreams are within reach.
Even utilities such as Dubai Electricity and Water Authority are now finding themselves able to start pushing forward with large-scale projects, emboldened by the improved economics of solar projects.
The shake-out is also good news for small businesses. As more and more consumers turn to solar there will be increased demand for local companies that have the necessary expertise to install and maintain such systems.
Enviromena is a good example. This entrepreneurial company started up in Abu Dhabi in 2007 and today, thanks to a team of 30 skilled local employees, has successfully installed several solar systems in the country, including a 10 megawatt grid-connected system at Masdar City, the largest of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. Their success is based on the ability to marry foreign technology with local expertise to help make the UAE more energy sustainable. And we find similar examples across the Gulf, from Sun + Life in Saudi Arabia to GreenGulf in Qatar.
But despite the perfect storm of cheap solar panels and readily available local expertise, the UAE solar industry remains in its infancy. Why? The answer is simple: there is no framework.
For the industry to take off there need to be clear rules and regulations governing solar projects. Without this framework, building a viable solar industry would be like trying to dance without music.
Abu Dhabi has taken the first step by setting a target - 7 per cent of renewable energy by 2020, equivalent to roughly 1,500 megawatts.
The next step is implementation. Once the regulatory framework is unveiled the music will finally start to flow through the corridors of our solar community. And that's when we will see the true brilliance of what solar power can achieve for the UAE, in terms of job creation, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Let the sun shine in.
Vahid Fotuhi is the chairman of the Emirates Solar Industry Association
http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/a-shake-up-in-solar-sector-has-bright-spots-for-the-uae
check also trevorbc's post #5742 Vahid Fotuhi, Director, BP Solar Middle East .....from Dock's post # 11367 Vahid Fotuhi, Director of MENA, ESIA .....this man wears a lot of hats.
.......it seems to be a small world if one keeps looking, but no one is talking.....one can gather that things are going on, but I don't believe anyone will know what or with who until terms and contracts are agreed upon, (foolish to do so, before contract in hand, imo).
The above article highlights some issues, but I seem to recall SA doing a 2 year testing of cells in conjunction with further research.....Everything takes the time it takes.
canny person, I see you've got an eye open always looking forward.
Targeted Nanoparticle Tested in Patients with Cancer
Artist's rendering of BIND-014. (Illustration by Gaël McGill, Digizyme, Inc.)
The first trial to test a targeted nanoparticle capable of controlling a drug's release is now under way in humans. By packaging molecules of the chemotherapy drug docetaxel in nanoparticles, researchers aim to deliver a higher dose of the drug directly to tumors and to reduce the toxicity to patients. In animal studies performed before the trial, the nanoparticle delivered a greater amount of the drug to tumor cells than could be achieved with the unpackaged (or free) drug. In addition, the nanoparticle did not show any more toxicity than docetaxel on its own.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, BIND Biosciences, Inc., and their colleagues reported the development of the nanoparticle, called BIND-014, in the April 4 Science Translational Medicine.
"Normally, when you give cancer drugs they go through the whole body, and they cause really bad side effects. And only a certain amount goes to the tumor," said Dr. Robert Langer of MIT, one of the senior authors of the study. "This trial has given us an initial indication that this nanoparticle approach is safer and much more efficacious."
Preclinical Promise
In a mouse xenograft model studied before the trial, the amount of docetaxel delivered to tumors was seven times higher in mice infused with the nanoparticle compared with mice that received unpackaged docetaxel. In addition, the researchers saw a greater reduction in tumor mass in mice that received the targeted nanoparticle compared with mice that received a nontargeted version of the nanoparticle. The reduction in tumor mass seen with the targeted nanoparticle was even greater when compared with free docetaxel. Side effects were no worse with the nanoparticles than with the unpackaged chemotherapy drug.
In other animal studies, the researchers found that docetaxel packaged in nanoparticles circulated in the bloodstream much longer than the unpackaged drug, and the drug remained safely encapsulated inside its shell while in the bloodstream. Also, BIND-014 did not accumulate in the liver, an unwanted occurrence that is almost always seen with other nanoparticles.
Based on these promising results in animals, the researchers have launched the phase I clinical trial to find the maximum tolerated dose in people with solid tumors that have not responded to a range of other chemotherapies. Although the trial is ongoing, the researchers reported initial clinical results in the Science Translational Medicine paper and provided additional data for the first 17 patients in a poster presented April 4 at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting .
Early data from the trial show that BIND-014 exhibits antitumor activity and is generally well-tolerated. Of note, tumors shrank in a patient with metastatic bile duct cancer and a patient with tonsillar cancer. Both responses occurred at doses substantially lower than those given for unpackaged docetaxel, which is consistent with the preclinical finding that BIND-014 can accumulate in tumors more effectively. Another patient with cervical cancer had a durable reduction in tumor size for more than 6 months and currently remains on the treatment.
New Process
To create a nanoparticle that could safely carry docetaxel through the bloodstream and deliver the drug directly to tumors, the researchers developed a new process for designing nanoparticles. Typically, researchers have created a prototype nanoparticle and then tried to modify its characteristics by, for instance, attaching molecules known as ligands for tumor cell binding, explained Dr. Omid Farokhzad of Harvard Medical School, another senior author of the study.
Early data from the trial shows that BIND-014 exhibits promising antitumor activity and is generally well-tolerated.
The problem with this process, said Dr. Farokhzad, is an inherent lack of reproducibility for small changes in design. "You're going to get batch-to-batch variability, and with that variability we could not create nanoparticles that differed from each other very narrowly, to find the one nanoparticle that had exactly the right pharmacologic and pharmaceutical parameters we were looking for."
To address this problem, the researchers created a library of more than 100 novel self-assembling nanoparticles. These nanoparticles start out as a long string of molecules, each with different functions—for example, holding and releasing the chemotherapy drug, hiding the nanoparticle from the immune system, or binding to tumor cells.
Small changes can be made to any of the molecules in the string before self-assembly, creating subtle variations that can be screened for the desired properties of a drug-delivery vehicle. When the desired properties are added to the string, they are dropped into a water-solvent solution containing the chemotherapy drugs to create a precisely designed nanoparticle.
Since some of the molecules in the string are repelled by water and some can mix with water, the nanoparticle folds in on itself and around the drug in a predictable, reproducible fashion, creating the final product. "We can now create nanoparticles with narrowly different biophysicochemical properties in a highly reproducible way. They will look the same every time, and we can test for the best nanoparticles in this library," said Dr. Farokhzad.
"We had done a lot of self-assembly work in our lab, so to us it was a natural approach to take for making nanoparticles, though the key here was the combination of self-assembly and use of this approach to make highly reproducible libraries of nanoparticles," added Dr. Langer.
A Firm Foundation
The initial work on the library was funded by a Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence grant from NCI's Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. Hoping to rapidly advance their work to the clinic, in 2007 the researchers applied for and received an NCI Small Business Innovation Research grant to form BIND Biosciences, Inc., an independent company.
The scientists from BIND went on to screen their entire library in vitro to measure the rates of drug release and to test the stability of the nanoparticles. The most promising nanoparticles advanced to pharmacokinetic studies in rats. The researchers selected BIND-014 for further testing and manufacturing. (BIND-014 targets a protein called prostate-specific membrane antigen, which is found on the surface of prostate cancer cells and on the blood vessels feeding most other types of solid tumors.)
"This collaboration shows what can happen when you take nanotechnology forward and develop a really robust platform and product candidate, and get it into the clinic," said Dr. Jeffrey Hrkach, senior vice president, Pharmaceutical Sciences at BIND Biosciences and lead author of the study.
"Hopefully, nanomedicines like this will lead to more manageable and more effective chemotherapies," said Dr. Piotr Grodzinski, director of NCI's Office of Cancer Nanotechnology Research, which operates the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. "Perhaps we can even revisit drugs that failed in clinical trials in the past because they were too toxic, if nanoparticles allow us to deliver these drugs in a safer way."
—Sharon Reynolds
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/041712/page2
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.....while I haven't found any linkage to QMC, (direct or indirect) this is still wonderful news......better health benefits for cancer patients and a great step toward public awareness and acceptance.
To me, the date when reported Apr 4 seems to indicate two things;
1. It highlights the lag time from when hear about something and where they're actually at,(progress seems to be happening at a faster rate)
2. I get the impression the Gov. is fast tracking the technology
It takes the time it takes
seems to have very positive indicators,... flexible zinc oxide, magnitude of enhanced performance, ito, expanding market growth rate.....
Good find, keep'em coming.
Peripheral Functionalization of Dendrimers Regulates Internalization and Intracellular Trafficking in Living Cells
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bc300079h
.......biomed, one of four mentioned in tweet
Top Micro Cap Biotech Stocks Being Accumulated By Legendary Fund Managers
In this article, via an analysis based on the latest available Q4 institutional 13-F filings, we identify the microcap biotech stocks that are being accumulated and those being distributed by legendary or guru fund managers, such as Warren Buffet, George Soros, Carl Icahn, Steven Cohen and Mario Gabelli, that are well-known for their savvy in picking winning stocks year after year. Taken together, these guru managers are bullish on the biotech group, adding a net $797 million in Q4 to their $5.53 billion prior quarter holdings in the group (for more general information on these guru funds, please look at the end of the article).
http://seekingalpha.com/article/502651-top-micro-cap-biotech-stocks-being-accumulated-by-legendary-fund-managers?source=feed
hmmm.......interest is increasing and $$ moving, the full article reminds me of a Big Boys playground.
Nanoparticle may advance surgery
The imaging could hold benefits both before and after surgery, as well. According to Gambhir, molecular-level awareness of cancer cells could also streamline treatment through more precise planning and more accurate evaluation of results.
Many obstacles still remain before these ideas can become a reality. The imaging has so far only been tested on human cancer cells growing in animals. Gambhir said that before the studies can move to a human brain, researchers would have to evaluate possible effects that gold particles could have on a person.
Gambhir noted that he is already working with the Food and Drug Administration to approve testing in a human bowel. He estimated that the first human pilot of a nanoscale-imaging procedure is around three years away, and if that pilot is successful, routine use could be around five years away.
“Why should surgery be limited to what the human eye sees?” Gambhir asked. “What you really should be seeing are microscopic molecular events.”
The study is significant not only for its potential medical applications, but also as collaboration between nanotechnology engineering and medicine, which are often disconnected fields.
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/04/17/nanoparticle-may-advance-surgery/
.........future downline maybe
Potential New Treatment For Kidney Cancer By Specific Inhibition Of Autophagy
UC) suggests that kidney cancer growth depends on autophagy, a complex process that can provide cells with nutrients from intracellular sources. Researchers say in certain circumstances autophagy can protect tumor cells from chemotherapy, allowing them to survive for long periods of time in a hidden, dormant, metastatic state.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244168.php
Hydroxyapatite/platinum bio-photocatalyst: a biomaterial approach to self-cleaning
A bio-inspired approach to photocatalysis with a selection of biologically acceptable building blocks that can be activated by non-toxic visible light is a direction of research for the design of advanced, biomaterials that are able to induce self-cleaning. Here we show that a combination of hydroxyapatite (HAp) with platinum (Pt0 and Ptn+) is suitable to form a novel photocatalytically active material. The so-formed hybrid semiconductor/metallic nanocomposites made of apatite plates with Pt metallic nanoparticles attached to their surface and two different types of surface-adsorbed Pt-complexes are an innovative solution for the design of functional bioactive materials. This material can be activated by exposure to either ultraviolet (UV) or visible (Vis) light. UV activation is allowed by the semiconductor HAp phase, while the activity induced by Vis light is related to complexes adsorbed onto the HAp surface. Pt metallic nanoparticles have the ability to trap electrons, which provides an extension of the material's activity during the period when it is kept in the dark.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/JM/C2JM00136E
......novel means and process are being explored to meet needs.
Organic polymers may lead to better electronics print devices
16 Apr 2012, 1628 hrs IST
http://www.keralanext.com/news/2012/04/16/article242.asp
New material brings semiconducting to the graphene party
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/17/new-material-brings-semiconducting-to-the-graphene-party/
Towards enhancing light harvesting—subphthalocyanines as electron acceptors
One carbon atom is too many. Two subphthalocyanine-extended TTF electron donor–acceptor conjugates were synthesized and characterized. Their photophysical properties prompt the remarkable impact that one extra carbon between the two constitutents exerts on photoinduced processes, that is, charge recombination dynamics in the normal versus inverted region.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CC/C2CC31167D
First Solar to cut factories, trim 2,000 jobs
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-first-solar-20120417,0,6884839.story
.....subsidy down has a tendency to level the playing field so the technology that can compete w/o one will stand out, imo.
I agree with Ripster in that the flow of new information from research is increasing dramatically. Most of what I've posted is just hours old, (and I think all within the last 2 days).
Looking Forward....
sounds like good areas for research, wonder if in order of impt??....there goes that wandering mind again.....
Glad you like the info.
We like what you bring to the table too. It helps us all.
Keep'em coming.
seems to pretty much be an exchange of some wanting out and those wanting in, congrats to each.
Looks like we have a few more followers and a warm welcome goes out to them.
Looking Forward....
Knowledge seems to almost be expanding at an exponential rate....exciting times ahead.
......Sand and sunny shores with.......
Quantum Dot Photosensitizers. Interactions with Transition Metal Centers
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/DT/C2DT30465A
.....research is a foundation upon which success is built
Secrets of Molecule that Helped Build the Universe Exposed
http://www.livescience.com/19719-molecule-universe-stars.html
.....check science pics out
Way cool...Dock drool...Sights seen...We dream
check linkage here Concord Eastridge
http://www.silobreaker.com/FlashNetwork.aspx?DrillDownItems=11_316410
.......tight collaborative work, (it seems)
seems pretty good news with loads of potential......Solar market seems to still being shook out......new solar tech here would seem to have a golden opportunity as SA wouuld have the funds to push.......will be glad to get news
Holding steady and Looking Forward....
Oral Cancer Trial Sends Sheffield to the Top of Research League Table
http://www.silobreaker.com/oral-cancer-trial-sends-sheffield-to-the-top-of-research-league-table-5_2265628002060599467
.......check link and dots to Rice....RU seems involved in a lot thigns we've been kicking out lately
Nanotech polymer used to magnetize and waterproof paper
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/nanotech-polymer-used-to-magnetize-and-waterproof-paper-20120416/
......still evolving....what direction(s) next?
ironic oportunity for an oil venture that may be considered green.
They could clean the oceans of the world and sell the oil they collect.......you just never know.
New 3D printing process could lead to DIY drugstores
By adding other chemicals to the gel deposited by the printer, the team have been able to make the vessel itself part of the reaction process. While this is common in large-scale chemical engineering, the development of reactionware makes it possible for the first time for custom vessels to be fabricated on a laboratory scale.
Professor Cronin said: “It’s long been possible to have lab materials custom-made to include windows or electrodes, for example, but it’s been expensive and time-consuming. We can fabricate these reactionware vessels using a 3D printer in a relatively short time. Even the most complicated vessels we’ve built have only take a few hours.
“By making the vessel itself part of the reaction process, the distinction between the reactor and the reaction becomes very hazy. It’s a new way for chemists to think, and it gives us very specific control over reactions because we can continually refine the design of our vessels as required.
“For example, our initial reactionware designs allowed us to synthesize three previously unreported compounds and dictate the outcome of a fourth reaction solely by altering the chemical composition of the reactor.”
Although the technology they are developing is still at an early stage, the team, comprised of researchers from the University’s School of Chemistry and School of Physics and Astronomy, is also considering the long-term implications of developments in 3D printing technology.
Professor Cronin added: “3D printers are becoming increasingly common and affordable. It’s entirely possible that, in the future, we could see chemical engineering technology which is prohibitively expensive today filter down to laboratories and small commercial enterprises.
“Even more importantly, we could use 3D printers to revolutionise access to healthcare in the developing world, allowing diagnosis and treatment to happen in a much more efficient and economical way than is possible now
“We could even see 3D printers reach into homes and become fabricators of domestic items, including medications. Perhaps with the introduction of carefully-controlled software ‘apps’, similar to the ones available from Apple, we could see consumers have access to a personal drug designer they could use at home to create the medication they need.”
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-3d-diy-drugstores.html
.....just sounds like it could be disruptive doesn't it.....do your own drugs
......anyway, it illustrates how fast tech is evolving and growing forward.....from reactionware to designer care.
One can only imagine where nano tech will evolve next.
Good thing MO-MO will continue to grow in awareness and demand....the market is continuing to evolve.
Looking Forward to our slice, (in multiple directions, imo).
"now implementing", (in the process of)
"now comercializing" (process of doing to exploit, or make
for financial gain)
...........Definitely forward looking statements. Hopefully, news will be forthcoming so we can better determine the specific stage the process is in. Wouldn't want to lose the MO-Mo from moving up to QB, but everything takes the time it takes.
The Vision is still intact and I'm still Looking Forward.
Nice find and good work.
The work in regards to ITO seems to fit within the scope of GJ's patent.
Looking Forward
Nanobubbles” advance use of chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells ........and related articles
http://www.gizmag.com/nanobubbles-cancer-treatment-rice/22141/pictures
.........they seem to be fast tracking work on cancer
Structure of Printable Electronics Revealed
ScienceDaily (Apr. 15, 2012) — An innovative X-ray technique has given North Carolina State University researchers and their collaborators new insight into how organic polymers can be used in printable electronics such as transistors and solar cells. Their discoveries may lead to cheaper, more efficient printable electronic devices.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120415150134.htm
........talk about structure here
Synthetic chemists print labware to order
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/April/3d-printer-chemistry-labware-reaction-vessel.asp
....................................talk about print to order here
ok if it has, science of the matter is most need to hear something about 3 times, before they start to remember it. Any time someone puts their best foot forward, I'm of the mind to say Thankyou......keep'em coming
Hopefully, we'll encourage others to help us find even more tidbits. We have a Hawk and others on the board that like'em :)
Good to see you having fun. Appreciate it.
lol, appreciate your vote of confidence......always my experience someone knows more....ok with me, I just keep looking and maybe some of it'll rub off on me :)
You're working it. Seems team and board are energized.
Might consider a list of favored search sites....and email/tweet/facebook address of company people to contact or follow, (as the case may be).
Think others may soon be coming to this board. Seems more protocol and places for people to expend energy while learning, the easier the board will be to maintain control....also increase information available to all.
I like the idea to encourage others to help rather than waiting on a few to do it all.....besides, good training for eventual replacements.
As far as I'm concerned, your turf, your call....besides you're already doing a good job, Thanks.
a little futher search in conjunction w/GJ
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ACGW_enUS343US344&q=asia+pacific+pte+ltd#hl=en&sugexp=frgbld&gs_nf=1&tok=wQFk51sDv9hxasigCufRyw&pq=asia%20pacific%20pte%20ltd&cp=24&gs_id=4a&xhr=t&q=Shimadzu%2FGhassan%20Jabbour&pf=p&rlz=1T4ACGW_enUS343US344&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Shimadzu/Ghassan+Jabbour&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=21ba5269d78bca91&biw=1093&bih=504
.....seems Shimadzu produced some of the equipment used for research and may have other interests which overlap futher.
Don't think anyone will know anything for certain until QMC so advises, but this kind of search does help round out the picture.
The saying about smoke and fire comes to mind. When one comes across enough plausible could be's, it kinda builds confidence that at least one eventually will be......and then others, (maybe).
Nothing is certain, until it is so. I'm looking forward to that time.
Looking Forward ;)
lol, another thought about birds of a feather flock together....along the same line of logic,... if a group were in bed together, it wouldn't be unrealistic to find that some got a little closer.....Happy Hunting All
Ditto, reason I called some stalwart warriors was because of value of insight and information. It's been a big help to me, as I've never claimed to know much.
Thanks to all that add input to help.
don't know either, (there's been a lot of flow through).
Appreciate your input and board support looking for new information.
Think, (if valid, that it would have been via Andrew Robinson).
Googled Asia Pacific PTE......could go from there in several directions, (or up in smoke)....that said I found this one that given subject matter seemed a viable candidate to dig for futher nano research. Definitely not an exact science, but leads one in different directions to stumble upon new discoveries.....even so, it's amazing how many times information seems to overlap.
http://www.shimadzu.com.sg/
...Let your intellect or intuition be your guide and Happy Hunting.
Ditto
Like the you think and agree with the sentiment.
Select Biosciences Release: a Nano Approach for ELA 2012
4/13/2012 11:20:55 AM
Sudbury, UK (13th April 2012) – Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, is pleased to announce that a new conference stream, dedicated to the issues and technologies associated with the rapidly developing Nano and Microfluidics field, will form one of the eight topical conference streams. The use of nano and microfluidics has greatly expanded over the last few years, and this stream aims to provide delegates with an overview of the field, with talks on the advances in microfabrication and applications of nano and microfluidics. These will be addressed by the renowned keynote speakers Andrew deMello of ETH Zurich, Abraham Lee of the University of California and Jean-Louis Viovy of the Curie Institute.
The ELA conference will be held at the Congress Center Hamburg, Germany from 30th-31st May, and will include an exhibition showcasing the latest in automated instruments and workflows. Registered delegates will also have access to all of the eight conference streams. For more information on this stream or the other seven streams available please email s.marsden@selectbiosciences.com or visit www.EuroLabAutomation.com.
Established in 1999, Select Biosciences provide event planning and consultancy services for the life science sector. A recipient of the 2010 Queens Award for International Trade, they provide a portfolio of over 40 events per year, focusing mainly on the drug discovery and development sectors.
http://www.biospace.com/News/select-biosciences-release-a-nano-approach-for-ela/256405
....a person in the RV business, (not into stocks) was telling me that nanotechnology was where it's at. Could social awareness be on the rise?
Cost of materials could close some contracting businesses, group says
The cost of construction materials jumped in March, even as the amount contractors charge to complete projects remained stagnant, according to an analysis of data by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Officials with the national trade group noted that the spike in materials prices continues despite relatively weak overall demand for construction. They cautioned that current market conditions could force some firms out of business.
“Price shocks for a number of key construction materials may have caught contractors by surprise in a period when overall inflation remained very moderate,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Even though the increases are generally small compared to the high levels of last March, contractors have not been able to pass along these new costs, putting firms at risk of insolvency.”
Simonson cited increases in March for diesel fuel, up 3.5 percent for the month after rising 3 percent in February; gypsum products such as wallboard, up 2.2 percent after increasing 5.1 percent in February and 5.9 percent in January; and aluminum mill shapes, up 1.2 percent after a 1.9 percent rise the previous month.
"Contractors are paying peak market prices for construction materials even as they charge bottom market prices to build new structures," said Stephen Sandherr, the association's chief executive officer. "Needless to say, many firms won't be doing much hiring if they have to continue to cope with higher costs, less income and little demand for work."
http://siouxfallsbusinessjournal.argusleader.com/article/20120412/BJUPDATES/304120050/Cost-materials-could-close-some-contracting-businesses-group-says?
.........while this may help with a bottom in the decline of the housing mkt, it could also indicate a double dip recession or inflationary time ahead. I think such an impact would be mixed on nanotech; min if an added indegredient, somewhat more if large material infrastructure support required, (ie solar). Good thing in SA they have the means and attitude to push it forward.
Speaking of Saudi Arabia, the following may provide insight
Umm Al-Qura University launches innovation incubator for geographical information
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Last year, the university announced its decision to establish a techno valley scheme with the objective of facilitating the Kingdom’s transition to a knowledge-based economy by establishing cooperation between research institutes, organizations and investors.
Koshak said the new company would establish technological incubators in addition to making investments in a variety of knowledge-based financial and industrial projects.
According to Koshak, the innovation incubator would carry out studies and practical research with the active participation of students and teachers. “The incubator system, which is based on knowledge-economy and innovations, would enable students to set up commercial projects that will generate job opportunities for young Saudis. The ambitious project would even enable these students to seek employees for their firms or companies,” he said.
Apart from facilitating the establishment of innovation and business incubators, Koshak said the company would also set up knowledge parks in collaboration with local and international industrial companies.
“Efforts are underway to establish an incubator for manufacturing with the support of computers and another one related to sustainable energy. These incubators will be funded by leading industrial companies,” he said, adding that the newly launched incubator would take up three research projects funded by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
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http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/umm-al-qura-university-launches-innovation-incubator-geographical-220214291.html
......think it falls under the dominion of KAUST
US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings
14 April 2012
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/04/jcerdc-20120413.html
.....don't know but imagine other consortums of like minded nano tech are emerging around the world.
'14 innovation universities to be set up in India'
http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/14-innovation-universities-set-india-150258077.html
...........It seems Innovation Centers are KEY to Future Economic Growth.....is the US helping to build everyone's economy except for the US???
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Sipchem, KAUST sign cooperation deal
By Jubail: Ibrahim Al-Ghamdi arab news staff | Arab News (SRPC) – Sun, Mar 25, 2012.. .
JUBAIL: The Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem) has announced the signing of a three-year cooperation agreement with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to be listed as a strategic partner of the University Industrial Cooperation Program (KICP) within the framework of economic development programs of KAUST.
Trevor Hutley, general manager of R&D Center at Sipchem, and Imad K. Abukhalaf, manager, industry collaboration program at KAUST, signed the deal.
By joining membership of the university industrial cooperation program and its constant investment in R&D, Sipchem endeavors to maintain its leadership position and innovative and competitive edge in the petrochemical industry.
Joining the KICP keeps Sipchem and other members abreast of the latest technologies in their fields of interest and fosters effective industrial cooperation within the Kingdom and internationally.
Working with key partners who have the production and innovative capabilities to spread scientific and technical culture and common interest, the agreement aims to help transform the scientific articlebody of knowledge into ways and means to promote economic growth and create job opportunities.
Sipchem has also participated effectively in the Career Day III at KAUST, which is attended exclusively by partners of the university's economic cooperation program.
This event provided an opportunity for participating companies to communicate with the abundant articlebody of scientific talents at the university and to identify the students' abilities and potential for future cooperation including recruitment, training or consultation.
Sipchem's booth at the exhibition was visited by a large number of scholars and students.
http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/sipchem-kaust-sign-cooperation-deal-230307682.html
..........Businesses continue to position for future economic growth in SA.....strategy seems pretty straight forward as new ideas are always on the leading edge
Published Mar 01 2012 by OMNexus
SABIC to Use Mitsui's TDI & MDI Manufacturing Technology to have a Strong Hold Over Polyurethane Market
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has signed a TDI and MDI technology license agreement with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., in keeping with the company's strategic plan to be a global leader in polyurethane and serve its customers with value-added services, solutions and products.
http://www.silobreaker.com/sabic-to-use-mitsuis-tdi--mdi-manufacturing-technology-to-have-a-strong-hold-over-polyurethane-market-5_2265524278600401024
.......jumping here, but I wonder if Mitsui has any connection to QMC??? SABIC also has tenuous thread to a small PV mfg w/funding via a chinese co.
I use the SiloBreaker site to look at possible links, (be careful as sometimes the only connections seems to be a word out of context....good thing, highlight dots, etc. tells context used).
Some of the reasoning goes like this, If I was a business over there and the host country is trying to support the local economy what kind of businesses and infrastructure would I need and how far away is reasonable. The Links can be adusted to highlight businesses/organizations and etc in the network.....also word search subject matter of interest to help find overlapping supportive data or new leads.
The words like nanoparticle, quantum dots and etc. highlighted bring up current information on the subject matter.
Have fun and feel free to think out loud, (with supportive material) either for or against, (keeping in mind to be civil and no intentional harm to any).
Looking Forward
GLTA
was thinking along similiar lines.....new news and that which affects the future, (of which the QMC vision is a fundamental foundation and good to introduce newbies too, imo).
You've been busy today, think you must be getting reinspired.
SE, you've been rockin' it, so has QMC. PN on the 10th, QB on the 13th......
Looking Forward
Silver-loaded cellulose fabric improves symptoms of atopic dermatitis
By Helen Albert
13 April 2012
http://www.medwire-news.md/66/98784/Dermatology/Silver-loaded_cellulose_fabric_improves_symptoms_of_atopic_dermatitis.html
Aerogels from Crosslinked Cellulose Nano/Micro-fibrils and Their Fast Shape Recovery Property in Water
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/JM/C2JM30688C
Nanofibers
Research Results from Tianjin University Update Understanding of Nanofibers
Published in Biotech Business Week, April 16th, 2012
http://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Biotech-Business-Week/2012-04-16/504162012107BB.html
Weekend Solar ride....maybe for some in the future
Around the World Without a Drop Of Gasoline – Solar-Powered Catamaran Nears End Of More Than Two Years At Sea
http://singularityhub.com/2012/03/07/around-the-world-without-a-drop-of-gasoline-%e2%80%93-solar-powered-catamaran-nears-end-of-more-than-two-years-at-sea/
......a fun site to kick around in
.....Bot-Man, ck this article and link out
3D Printer Cranks Out Exquisite Structures Smaller Than Dust Mites And Sets A New World Record
Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology have refined a 3D printing technique to make incredibly small structures at record-breaking speeds. The technique, called two-photon lithography, allows the sculpting of intricate objects with micron precision at a rate of 5 meters per second, which is 50,000 times faster than typical processing speeds. The team demonstrated the fabrication from CAD files of St. Stephen’s cathedral, the London Tower Bridge, and even a race car that measures about 300 micrometers long, just under the size of a dust mite barely visible to the human eye. The momentum for developing 3D printing techniques continues to build, so the pressure is on to produce complex structures at lightning fast speeds that can be commercialized for electronics, biomedicine and nanotechnology.
http://singularityhub.com/2012/03/22/3d-printer-cranks-out-exquisite-structures-smaller-than-dust-mites-and-sets-a-new-world-record/
........am ready for QMC product to juice it up
Sub, glad you found enough info to decide and get a position.
Thanks Stone and back at ya, also appreciate the word out.
Free, apreciate assessment of information.
....."KAUST LAB of the YEAR"......lol, "Here's your sign"
Also congrats to all on their change of shares...definitely a different pov, but a good day for balancing and repositioning.
Looking Forward....
GLTA
Patents, yes.
Michael S Wong, Rice ...TQD process
Ghassan E. Jabbour, (currently KAUST)...Printing processes
status pending on one....Hawk is most apt to be current with current status and intel, (possibly with links and pat #'s).
...Free has most pertinent info on intro page
firm assets....need more information.
Sounds like you're digging, keep up the good work.
Good post. In regards to upward, upconversion is being researched, (2nd link).
Boosting the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells through Modulation of Interfacial Charge Transfer
The demand for clean energy will require the design of nanostructure-based light-harvesting assemblies for the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy (solar fuels) and electrical energy (solar cells). Semiconductor nanocrystals serve as the building blocks for designing next generation solar cells, and metal chalcogenides (e.g., CdS, CdSe, PbS, and PbSe) are particularly useful for harnessing size-dependent optical and electronic properties in these nanostructures.
This Account focuses on photoinduced electron transfer processes in quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSCs) and discusses strategies to overcome the limitations of various interfacial electron transfer processes. The heterojunction of two semiconductor nanocrystals with matched band energies (e.g., TiO2 and CdSe) facilitates charge separation. The rate at which these separated charge carriers are driven toward opposing electrodes is a major factor that dictates the overall photocurrent generation efficiency. The hole transfer at the semiconductor remains a major bottleneck in QDSCs. For example, the rate constant for hole transfer is 2–3 orders of magnitude lower than the electron injection from excited CdSe into oxide (e.g., TiO2) semiconductor. Disparity between the electron and hole scavenging rate leads to further accumulation of holes within the CdSe QD and increases the rate of electron–hole recombination. To overcome the losses due to charge recombination processes at the interface, researchers need to accelerate electron and hole transport.
The power conversion efficiency for liquid junction and solid state quantum dot solar cells, which is in the range of 5–6%, represents a significant advance toward effective utilization of nanomaterials for solar cells. The design of new semiconductor architectures could address many of the issues related to modulation of various charge transfer steps. With the resolution of those problems, the efficiencies of QDSCs could approach those of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) and organic photovoltaics.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ar200315d
Nanomaterials: Making a Bluer Light
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — A new design for nanoparticles that absorb low-energy light and emit high-energy light may find use in biological imaging.
The light that a luminescent particle emits is usually less energetic than the light that it absorbs. Some applications require the emitted light to be more energetic, but this so-called upconversion process has been observed in only a small handful of materials. Xiaogang Liu at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and co-workers have now succeeded in expanding the list of upconversion materials, easing the path to new applications.
Traditional upconversion particles are distinguished by their evenly-spaced or 'ladder-like' energy levels which their internal electrons can take on. The even spacings allow an electron to be promoted up in energy many times consecutively, by absorbing many photons of the same color. When an electron that has been promoted to a high energy finally relaxes back to the lowest-energy state, it emits a photon which is more energetic than the photons that excited it to begin with.
Nanoparticles doped with elements from the lanthanide group of the periodic table are capable of upconversion, and are useful for biological imaging because their high-energy emission can be clearly distinguished from background noise. However, only three elements from the lanthanide series are efficient at upconversion: erbium, thulium, and holmium. This list is so short because of the simultaneous requirements that an upconversion particle exhibit a ladder-like electronic energy structure, and also efficient emission.
Liu and colleagues solved this problem by using different lanthanides to perform different stages of the upconversion process. Sensitizer elements absorb incident light, and transfer the absorbed energy to nearby accumulators, whose electrons rise to high energy levels. Then, the energy stored in accumulators transfers by hopping through many migrators, until an activator is reached. Finally, the activator releases a high-energy photon.
By assigning different elements to each of these four functions, the researchers were able to ease the requirements on any individual element. In addition, unwanted interactions among different elements were avoided by separating them spatially inside a single spherical nanoparticle that has sensitizers and accumulators in the core, activators in the shell and migrators in both the core and the shell.
This design allowed Liu and his team to observe a spectrum of colors from the upconverted emission of europium, terbium, dysprosium and samarium (see image). The same approach may also allow other elements to emit efficiently. "Our results may lead to advances in ultrasensitive biodetection," says Liu, "and should inspire more researchers to work in this field."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120412105102.htm
........upconversion seems to be a new and interesting twist
Oxide Films for Displays and Solar Cells
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — A low-temperature method could be used to 'grow' transparent zinc oxide films for use in displays and solar cells.
The displays on flat-screen TVs and smartphones, as well as the panels on solar cells, all require materials that not only conduct electricity but are also highly transparent to visible light. One transparent electrical conductor that is typically used in the industry is indium tin oxide (ITO). Unfortunately, ITO is not only expensive but also toxic to the environment.
In a significant step forward in the field, researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and the A*STAR Data Storage Institute have now pioneered a low-cost methodology for the fabrication of zinc oxide thin films. "These zinc oxide thin films are highly regarded as a promising material for replacing ITO," says Nancy Wong, a principal investigator in the research team.
Zinc oxide is a cheap and abundant material that is widely used in cosmetics such as sunscreens or baby powders. Its transparency to visible light is similar to that of ITO, but the fabrication of zinc oxide thin films on an industrial scale is considerably more challenging. In particular, to achieve the necessary electrical conductivity, small amounts of gallium need to be incorporated during growth of the films. Gallium has an additional outer electron in comparison to zinc, which is essential to achieve the necessary electrical conductivity. To date, such gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) films have only been realized by high-temperature processing methods.
The method developed by the A*STAR researchers involves the use of pulsed laser deposition. In this room-temperature process, an intense laser beam is used to evaporate zinc and gallium atoms. The atoms move towards a substrate that is also placed within the stainless steel chamber. They then react with oxygen gas also supplied to the growth chamber to form a zinc oxide film on the substrate. Ideal growth compositions were then found by a systematic variation of parameters such as oxygen gas pressure and substrate temperature. The best films grown achieve an optical transparency as well as electrical conductivity that match that of ITO.
Given such advantages, these GZO films could have significant commercial potential. The films may be particularly well-suited for solar panel development, as cost-reduction is a crucial factor for the solar panel industry. "The deposition can be carried out at room temperatures, which reduces the tendency to damage layers underneath, for example, in the plastic substrates applied in organic solar cells and other flexible electronic devices," says Wang. "Entirely new applications beyond ITO could emerge this way."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120412105100.htm
......the articles to the right, (on site and the history thereof) kinda gives one an idea about the time concept involved and the wave of innovations coming. It seems before some new tech is established, the following generation of advancements are already on its' heels. Some will collaspe, while other technology will overtake and become new leaders of tomorrow.