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Monday, December 09, 2013 3:58:02 PM
Here you go all the DD you need backed up with FACTS 100% truth
(NNAN) List of DD, this alot more to much to list,IMO the patents alone that NNAN hold are worth BIllion of dollars , NANO Tec is about to be the hottest sector for Jan 2014 .
Scientific Advisory Board (NNAN)
David J. Arthur
SouthWest NanoTechnologies
Mr. Arthur has more than 25 years experience commercializing products utilizing advanced materials, working at Rogers Corporation, AT Cross Company, TPI Composites, Helix Technology Corporation and Eikos, Inc. He is co-founder of Chasm Technologies, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in helping start-up companies commercialize nanotechnology. He is also CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc., a manufacturer of single wall carbon nanotubes. Mr. Arthur has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, a MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, and an MBA from Northeastern University. He is a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Materials Research Society, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, and Society for Information Display. Mr. Arthur is an inventor on more than 25 patents.
Okay let's start with some DD on SouthWest NanoTechnologies that's partners with (NNAN) and CEO sits on the Scientific Advisory Board.
http://www.swentnano.com/index.php
Investors and Sponsers for SouthWest NanoTechnologies
NASA,US DEPARTMENT of ENERGY, i2E, CONOCO PHILLIPS ETC...
http://www.swentnano.com/about/investors.php
Also SouthWest NanoTechnologies has many contracts out there , just type in SouthWest NanoTechnologies contracts or navy , or military you will find alot. To many to post.
Robert Corkery, Ph.D.
YKI, Ytkemiska Institute AB-Institute for Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Corkery is globally recognized as a key physical chemistry and materials science problem solver. He has been granted patents in nanozeolite chemical technology and porous materials technology with four patents pending in materials science technology. Dr. Corkery is the Area Manager for Nanostructured Materials at the YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry in Stockholm, Sweden, one of the leading surface chemistry institutes in the world. Dr. Corkery’s research is aimed at technical understanding and breakthrough, new materials discovery and industrial innovation in the areas of nano- and bio-nanotechnologies. He was formerly a research scientist with The Procter & Gamble Company and was leader of the company’s corporate colloid laboratory. He was responsible for developing nanostructure, biomembrane and complex fluid technologies. Dr. Corkery received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Geophysics from the Australian National University as well as his Ph.D. in Physical and Materials Science where he was devoted entirely to nanotech and included extensive experimental and theoretical work on nanostructured clays, including halloysite. Dr. Corkery carried out postdoctoral research at the Australian National University as well as at the University of Lund in Sweden.
1. Robert Corkery - Zero Gravity Solutions Inc
www.zerogsi.com/corporate/scientific-advisory.../511-robert-corkery?
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Robert Corkery, Ph.D. Robert Corkery, Ph.D. Dr. Corkery is a pioneer in industrial innovation in the areas of nano- and bio-nanotechnologies with particular ...
http://www.zerogsi.com/corporate/scientific-advisory-board/511-robert-corkery
ZERO GRAVITY is a publicy traded company $3.00 a share
http://www.zerogsi.com/
John R. Hickman
Plastech Consulting, Inc.
John R. Hickman is founder, president and chief executive officer of Ohio-based Plastech Consulting, Inc. (PCI). Founded in 1988, PCI is a full service productivity-based engineering firm providing state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges of today’s plastic products. Mr. Hickman has over 34 years in the polymer industry in management, engineering, and consultation. He has held key engineering and management positions with Weatherchem Corporation, Scott & Fetzer, Carlisle and ITT before founding PCI. Mr. Hickman has over 30 trade secrets and four polymer component patents currently in practice, with several pending. He has been involved in multiple turn-around situations, most involving polymer-based companies. One such company under his management, Weatherchem Corporation, was recognized by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management as being one of the 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Hickman has significant hands-on experience with nanocomposites, productivity programs, product design/development, concurrent engineering, team building, labor partnerships, engineering value assessments, market analysis, management evaluations and advanced manufacturing and total business evaluations. Mr. Hickman has a background in chemical engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, with management courses beyond the Master's program. A significant portion of Mr. Hickman's experience in the polymer industry was obtained on the manufacturing floor, directing a problem-solving environment. In addition, Mr. Hickman completed several assignments as an executive advisor to students in the nationally recognized MBA program at Case Western and served as the Co-Chairman of the Technology Committee on the PolymerOhio, Inc. board; currently a trustee on the board. Mr. Hickman participates on various boards of directors for privately held companies and teaches several plastic-related courses for the Akron Polymer Training Center as well as other clients. Recently, the Akron Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers inducted Mr. Hickman into the Plastics Hall of Honor located at the University of Akron.
http://pc-plastics.com/
And now the big GUN
WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY AND WE HAVE HIM ON BOARD WITH NNAN HUGE.
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
With this link below its enough said IMO....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Harold_W._Kroto
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).
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
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
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
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
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
(NNAN) List of DD, this alot more to much to list,IMO the patents alone that NNAN hold are worth BIllion of dollars , NANO Tec is about to be the hottest sector for Jan 2014 .
Scientific Advisory Board (NNAN)
David J. Arthur
SouthWest NanoTechnologies
Mr. Arthur has more than 25 years experience commercializing products utilizing advanced materials, working at Rogers Corporation, AT Cross Company, TPI Composites, Helix Technology Corporation and Eikos, Inc. He is co-founder of Chasm Technologies, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in helping start-up companies commercialize nanotechnology. He is also CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc., a manufacturer of single wall carbon nanotubes. Mr. Arthur has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, a MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, and an MBA from Northeastern University. He is a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Materials Research Society, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, and Society for Information Display. Mr. Arthur is an inventor on more than 25 patents.
Okay let's start with some DD on SouthWest NanoTechnologies that's partners with (NNAN) and CEO sits on the Scientific Advisory Board.
http://www.swentnano.com/index.php
Investors and Sponsers for SouthWest NanoTechnologies
NASA,US DEPARTMENT of ENERGY, i2E, CONOCO PHILLIPS ETC...
http://www.swentnano.com/about/investors.php
Also SouthWest NanoTechnologies has many contracts out there , just type in SouthWest NanoTechnologies contracts or navy , or military you will find alot. To many to post.
Robert Corkery, Ph.D.
YKI, Ytkemiska Institute AB-Institute for Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Corkery is globally recognized as a key physical chemistry and materials science problem solver. He has been granted patents in nanozeolite chemical technology and porous materials technology with four patents pending in materials science technology. Dr. Corkery is the Area Manager for Nanostructured Materials at the YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry in Stockholm, Sweden, one of the leading surface chemistry institutes in the world. Dr. Corkery’s research is aimed at technical understanding and breakthrough, new materials discovery and industrial innovation in the areas of nano- and bio-nanotechnologies. He was formerly a research scientist with The Procter & Gamble Company and was leader of the company’s corporate colloid laboratory. He was responsible for developing nanostructure, biomembrane and complex fluid technologies. Dr. Corkery received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Geophysics from the Australian National University as well as his Ph.D. in Physical and Materials Science where he was devoted entirely to nanotech and included extensive experimental and theoretical work on nanostructured clays, including halloysite. Dr. Corkery carried out postdoctoral research at the Australian National University as well as at the University of Lund in Sweden.
1. Robert Corkery - Zero Gravity Solutions Inc
www.zerogsi.com/corporate/scientific-advisory.../511-robert-corkery?
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Robert Corkery, Ph.D. Robert Corkery, Ph.D. Dr. Corkery is a pioneer in industrial innovation in the areas of nano- and bio-nanotechnologies with particular ...
http://www.zerogsi.com/corporate/scientific-advisory-board/511-robert-corkery
ZERO GRAVITY is a publicy traded company $3.00 a share
http://www.zerogsi.com/
John R. Hickman
Plastech Consulting, Inc.
John R. Hickman is founder, president and chief executive officer of Ohio-based Plastech Consulting, Inc. (PCI). Founded in 1988, PCI is a full service productivity-based engineering firm providing state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges of today’s plastic products. Mr. Hickman has over 34 years in the polymer industry in management, engineering, and consultation. He has held key engineering and management positions with Weatherchem Corporation, Scott & Fetzer, Carlisle and ITT before founding PCI. Mr. Hickman has over 30 trade secrets and four polymer component patents currently in practice, with several pending. He has been involved in multiple turn-around situations, most involving polymer-based companies. One such company under his management, Weatherchem Corporation, was recognized by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management as being one of the 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Hickman has significant hands-on experience with nanocomposites, productivity programs, product design/development, concurrent engineering, team building, labor partnerships, engineering value assessments, market analysis, management evaluations and advanced manufacturing and total business evaluations. Mr. Hickman has a background in chemical engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, with management courses beyond the Master's program. A significant portion of Mr. Hickman's experience in the polymer industry was obtained on the manufacturing floor, directing a problem-solving environment. In addition, Mr. Hickman completed several assignments as an executive advisor to students in the nationally recognized MBA program at Case Western and served as the Co-Chairman of the Technology Committee on the PolymerOhio, Inc. board; currently a trustee on the board. Mr. Hickman participates on various boards of directors for privately held companies and teaches several plastic-related courses for the Akron Polymer Training Center as well as other clients. Recently, the Akron Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers inducted Mr. Hickman into the Plastics Hall of Honor located at the University of Akron.
http://pc-plastics.com/
And now the big GUN
WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY AND WE HAVE HIM ON BOARD WITH NNAN HUGE.
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
With this link below its enough said IMO....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Harold_W._Kroto
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).
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
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]
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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.
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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 ...
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Also published as US20070292459
Inventors Angelica Amara, Sarah M Cooper
Applicant Angelica Amara, Sarah M Cooper, Technology Innovations Llc
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Sarah Cooper
VP Business Development at m2mi Corporation
San Francisco Bay AreaComputer Software
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Education
University of Sydney
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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.
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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
// DrugSense Drug War Clock
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