InterNano supports the information needs of the nanomanufacturing community by bringing together resources about the advances in applications, devices, metrology, and materials that will facilitate the commercial development and/or marketable application of nanotechnology.
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Nanomanufacturing is the essential bridge between the discoveries of the nano sciences and real-world nanotechnology-enabled products.
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Deadline Approaches on Nanomanufacturing Funding Opportunity for Universities and Small Businesses
The OSD is accepting proposals for a new STTR solicitation on Nanomanufactured Catalytic Arrays on Patterned Addressable Substrates for Advanced Electronic Device Applications until September 15, 2010. The objective of this solicitation is "To develop nanomanufacturing approaches and tools to deposit large scale and dense arrays of intermetallic catalytic particles of controlled geometries on addressable pre-patterned substrates (metallic, semiconducting and insulating)....
Challenges for Sustaining Leadership in Nanotechnology in the U.S.
The U.S. investment in nanoscience and technology since 2001 through the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) has provided a “catalytic and substantial impact” according to the recent report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), which offered an assessment of the first ten years of the NNI along with recommendations for future investments and directives. The report further acknowledged the NNI investment has met its intended goals and objectives, including U.S. leadership in fundamental research in nanotechnology and economic impact in the form of job creation and establishment of new industries.
Quantum Dots Precisely Placed by Controlled Flow
A key challenge for solution-synthesized nanostructures is to isolate a single particle with desired properties from solution and place it in the active region of a device structure. Ropp et al. present an alternative to optical tweezers and dielectrophoretic devices that uses controlled, electro-osmotic flow (EOF) to achieve nanometer precision placement of single quantum dots. The authors report control of individual ellipsoidal quantum dots as small as 6 nm x 3 nm.
Massachusetts Issues Nano-EHS Guidance Document
Massachusetts’ Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA) recently released its “OTA Technology Guidance Document: Nanotechnology - Considerations for Safe Development” which has been in development for the past couple of years. The document begins by noting the tremendous positive influence nanotechnology is predicted to have in the fields of biomedical devices, electronics, clean energy, and materials engineering, while at the same time acknowledging that “there are indications of potential harm from certain exposures and release of engineered nanoparticles.” OTA also believes that there “is little uncertainty” regarding available means to prevent potential workplace exposure to nanoscale materials. Simply put, despite unknown EHS risks, there is more than adequate knowledge to control potential exposure in OTA’s view.
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