Applied Nanotechnologies, Inc. has changed its name to Xintek, Inc. as of March 1 of 2004.

The company was initially established in October 2000 to develop and commercialize applications of carbon nanotubes in various industries such as telecommunications, electronics and medical imaging systems. The Company also fabricates carbon nanotubes for use in the above-mentioned industries and the research community.

The Company obtained the exclusive license of proprietary technologies developed by the Companys co-founder Dr. Otto Zhou and his collaborators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). Dr. ZhouТ’s research at UNC-CH has been supported by the federal agencies including the Department of Defense, NASA and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Zhou is the director of the North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials with participants from UNC, Duke and NCSU.