Nanotechnology : Pennsylvania

The Nanotechnology Institute

NanoStaff — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:11:27 +0000

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Web url

http://nanotechinstitute.org/

Contact Email

nti@sep.benfranklin.org

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Street address

4800 S. 13th Street, Suite 200

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19112

Telephone

1-215-972-6700

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Anthony Green

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The overarching mission of NTI is to focus on the transfer of nanotechnology discoveries and intellectual knowledge from universities to industry partners, and on the rapid application and commercialization of nanotechnology to stimulate economic growth through:

* Multi-institutional and interdisciplinary research & development to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of discoveries and intellectual knowledge that support rapid application of nanotechnology to the life sciences sector and the creation of new enterprises around this technology
* A Comprehensive Approach requiring the strategic alignment of six programmatic areas
o Industry-focused research and development
o Entrepreneurial business development and commercialization
o Risk capital
o Workforce development
o Economic research
o Community-of-interest networks

The NTI is seeded with a technology grant whose cumulative value is $16.3 million from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, and is administered through the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)

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Hypercat Advanced Catalyst Products ( ACP )

Benj — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:32:38 +0100

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Web url

http://www.hypercat-acp.com/

Contact Email

info@hypercat-acp.com

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Street address

901 S. Bolmar Street, Suite H

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19382

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(610) 692-3490

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(610)-692-3971

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As a leader in the manufacturer of high quality catalyst devices, Hypercat ACP™ custom designs emission control devices and provides coat catalysts at exceedingly competitive prices. Our relationship with Nanostellar gives us a competitive edge in next-generation technology through proprietary synthesis techniques for the rational design and production of various nano-alloys with tailored properties for emissions control. These alloys use non-hazardous materials that are considered to be environmentally safe for emissions control purposes.

Additional Hypercat capabilities include:

* Catalyst System Integration
* Engineering Services
* Equipment Design
* Substrate Supply
* Canning

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Advanced Fibers & Powders LLC ( AFP )

Benj — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:17:54 +0100

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Web url

http://www.afpllc.net/

Contact Email

contact.us@afpllc.net

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Street address

3770 Ridge Pike

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19426-3170

Telephone

610-489-2590

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610-489-3185

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The primary businesses of AFP are high temperature process technology development, the manufacture and sale of advanced ceramic powders and the sale and licensing of speciality process technology. AFP utilizes patented technology for the manufacture of our speciality ceramic powders. Our current high-performance nano-powder products are targeted for use in the high precision polishing, speciality ceramics, solid electrolytic membrane (SEM) and catalyst markets. AFP-s unique precision polishing nano materials allow hard disk drive and integrated circuit manufacturers to increase throughput, reduce defects, and improve profitability. AFP also performs contract research and participates in collaborative research with customers and technology partners to develop new ceramic materials.

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Aerotech, Inc.

Benj — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:26:10 +0100

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http://www.aerotech.com/

Contact Email

sales@aerotech.com

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Street address

101 Zeta Drive

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15238-2897

Telephone

412-963-7470

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412-963-7459

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Aerotech’s precision motion control products provide the critical performance for today’s demanding applications in markets such as: medical device and life sciences, semiconductor and flat panel, photonics, automotive, data storage, laser processing, military/aerospace, electronic manufacturing and test, assembly, research and development, and others requiring high precision, high throughput motion solutions.

Aerotech’s commitment to consistently advancing our product and value-added service capabilities is summed up in our motto, “Dedicated to the Science of Motion”. Always guiding our development efforts is our
commitment to providing our customers with products and services that
provide:

• The lowest cost of ownership
• Highest throughput
• Highest accuracy
• Best return on investment

The results of this commitment can be seen in our Aerotech Timeline.
We are gratified that these efforts have been recognized by our peers and colleagues in the industry through awards we have won.

Our philosophy of building superior motion control systems starts with designing and manufacturing technically superior components. Other suppliers integrate general purpose components into their motion systems and claim to sell you a “superior” system. An Aerotech system begins with Aerotech motion components that are already best in class and specifically designed and optimized for the highest performance, and lowest cost of ownership available.
From technically superior components to high performance sub-assemblies to best-in-class highly integrated motion subsystems, Aerotech can accommodate the requirements of your application and outperform competitive solutions.

The performance of our products is complemented by the depth and breadth of our product line, providing our customers with a “one stop” supplier for a quick and efficient solution for your application.

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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Benj — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:48:59 +0100

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Web url

http://www.airproducts.com/

Contact Email

info@airproducts.com

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Street address

7201 Hamilton Boulevard

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18195-1501

Telephone

610-481-4911

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610-481-5900

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Recognizing that new users of nanomaterials will experience learning curve difficulties relating to handling and formulating nanoparticles, we offer a "solutions" approach to customers. If nanoparticles are not dispersed properly in solution, many of their beneficial properties targeted for the product can be lost. Air Products' Performance Material group has more than 40 years experience in developing chemistries and processes to stabilize the most intricate dispersions. We have applied that knowledge into patented technology to create stable nanoparticle dispersions in aqueous, solvent-borne and 100% solids systems. To assure optimum performance, only the highest quality nanoparticles are used . . . particles that disperse uniformly and are consistently sized. By supplying ready-to-use nanoparticle dispersions, we eliminate the need for customers to disperse the particles themselves, and the hassles of handling dry powders.

Air Products offers a series of standard nanoparticle dispersions specifically tailored for the development of transparent, colorless coatings with antistatic, conductive, fade-resistant and heat-blocking properties. Custom dispersions are also available. Our application engineers look forward to the opportunity to discuss your unique application. They will help determine the right particles and the best dispersing system to add-in needed properties to your system.

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iCeutica, Inc.

Benj — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:45:47 +0100

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http://www.iceutica.com/

Contact Email

info@iceutica.com

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2005 Market Street, Suite 2030

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19103

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iCeutica’s strategy is to share in the value created for pharmaceutical companies when they successfully extend the product life cycle of a blockbuster product. Pharmaceutical companies constantly strive to extend the franchise for their billion dollar revenue compounds as patent expiry looms, by introducing new formulations, combinations with other drugs, or innovative delivery methods, all of which are usually coupled with renewed patent protection, FDA exclusivity periods and enhanced marketing campaigns. iCeutica initially aims to extract upfront payments and ongoing royalties from delivering new formulations and patent coverage to owners of billion dollar revenue products, but will in time seek to reformulate and launch its own reformulations as revenues grow.

The EON™ Platform provides a simple and scalable process to reformulate a range of different drugs which are currently patented, or which generate significant revenues even though they are now generic. iCeutica’s commercial approach aims to capture more of the value delivered to large pharma by their current PLE strategies.

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NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology

Benj — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:05:23 +0100

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Web url

http://grinding.netzschusa.com/

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Street address

125 Pickering Way

Zip or postal code

19431

Telephone

484-879-2020

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610-280-1299

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NETZSCH customers rely on our rigorous standards in design, engineering and manufacturing to deliver products with absolute functional reliability and exceptional quality. NETZSCH service, like NETZSCH quality, is geared to surpass our customers' expectations.

With access to comprehensive global resources in engineering and research and development, NETZSCH brings our customers the optimal benefits of our continually advancing technology. NETZSCH subscribes to recognized worldwide standards in quality certification and process control. Our full capabilities in the functional areas of design, development, production, sales and service meet the highest demands established by the ISO 9001 International Quality Guidelines. Our customers rely on this commitment to deliver products of absolute reliability and exceptional quality.

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Drexel University : Nanomaterials Group ( NMG )

Benj — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:10:50 +0000

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http://nano.materials.drexel.edu/

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Current research topics include:
• Carbide derived carbons with tunable porosity for applications in:
- Supercapacitors and batteries
- Gas (hydrogen, methane) storage
- Biomedical materials (selective adsorption, etc.)
• Carbon nanopipes for nanofluidic devices and fundamental fluid behavior at the nanoscale
• Composites containing carbon nanotubes and diamond nanoparticles
• Detonation nanodiamond – surface modification, properties and applications
• Carbon coatings on SiC fibers and whiskers
• Raman spectroscopy, including in situ studies under pressure, high temperatures and in reactive environments, and surface enhanced Raman
• Environmental SEM and TEM study of nanomaterials and nanostructures
NMG is a part of the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI).

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TrueGage - Surface Metrology Software

pstack12 — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:28:17 +0000

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Web url

http://www.truegage.com/

Contact Email

info@truegage.com

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Street address

8750 Delaware Avenue

Zip or postal code

15642

Telephone

724-515-7476

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724-515-5869

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This includes OEM software solutions as well as upgrades for end users of surface and dimensional metrology equipment. TrueGage software provides the analysis and visualization platform for measured data acquired by contact profilometers, confocal microscopes, AFM images, laser triangulation sensors, and other measurement systems. Software and hardware upgrade packages are also available for the analysis of polar and straightness data acquired by roundness and cylindricity gaging.

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Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007

Benj — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:41:50 +0000

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This conference brings together Fortune 500 companies that can make high volume production of nanomaterials a reality; emerging nanomaterials companies introducing products to the market; university research centers transferring nanomaterials knowledge; and government laboratories supporting the development of nanotechnologies.

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Nanomaterials are receiving increasing attention from the technical community and the public at large. Numerous activities throughout the world are focusing on a wide range of developments, including privately and publicly funded work.
Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007 brings together industrial, government and academic groups focused on producing nanomaterials today.
The purpose of this conference is to discuss the multi-faceted technical, manufacturing and business issues related to the commercialization and rational use of nanomaterials as well as to provide a forum for discussion among all the contributors to this effort. Planned program highlights include:
• Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in today’s materials industry
• Global perspectives on nanomaterial commercialization
• Nanomaterials environmental, health and safety forum
• Nanomaterials enterprise: investors, entrepreneurs and big business

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TMS Meeting Services
184 Thorn Hill Road
Warrendale, PA 15086 USA
Tel: (724) 776-9000 x243
Fax: (724) 776-3770
Email: mtgserv@tms.org

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http://www.tms.org/Meetings/specialty/nano07/home.html

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NanoMaterials 2007

Photon-X, LLC.

Benj — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:57:34 +0000

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Web url

http://www.photon-x.net/

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Street address

283 Great Valley Parkway

Zip or postal code

19355

Telephone

610-613-8793

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866-799-3222

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The company is dedicated to producing high quality, high reliability products for its customers and to providing world-class customer support. By providing exceptional products for its customers, the company is assured of providing an outstanding environment for its employees and an excellent return for its stockholders.

The company was originally founded in 1999 by Prof. Anthony F. Garito of Physics Department, University of Pennsylvania (UPENN). The company maintains complete design, fabrication, and test-measurement facilities in Malvern, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles west of Philadelphia.

Photon-X® LLC is dedicated to provide state of the art customized solutions to achieve dramatic improvements in performance, power, cost, and size of components and modules for RF Photonics, Optical Communication, Bio Photonics and Display Applications. Our innovative optical and electronic designs enable a reduction in optical and electronic components that cuts the size and electrical power consumption significantly below that of conventional designs while providing high performance. Compact, high-performance modules are assembled from discrete building blocks that can be independently optimized. The Photon-X® LLC modular building block approach allows the combination of amplifiers/Lasers with a variety of passive functions discretely or on a single chip, (e.g. athermal arrayed waveguide gratings, splitters, couplers, static filters, and tunable filters).

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Plextronics, Inc.

Benj — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:48:30 +0000

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Web url

http://www.plextronics.com/

Contact Email

sales@plextronics.com

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Street address

2180 William Pitt Way

Zip or postal code

15238

Telephone

(412) 423-2030

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(412) 423-2039

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Active layer technology is the printed semiconductors and conductors that drive device performance. Plextronics has unsurpassed control of polymer design and ink formulation, as well as an intimate understanding of device physics and its impact on device performance. This knowledge is applied to the creation of Plexcore™ technology, which is specifically designed for each application to maximize device efficiency and operating lifetime in a cost effective manner. Plextronics' Plexcore technology was named Frost and Sullivan's 2005 Emerging Technology of the Year: Printed Electronics.

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Nano at Penn state ( Gonano)

Benj — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:28:27 +0000

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http://www.gonano.psu.edu/

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Penn State's investment in facilities, education, and new faculty with strong nano backgrounds and skills, along with its core strengths in traditional sciences and engineering, has positioned the University to make important contributions to what many forecast as the next great technological revolution. With a new Materials/Life Sciences complex scheduled for a spring 2007 groundbreaking, the most ambitious building project in Penn State history will provide a new pallet of tools and techniques at the nanoscale, where living and inorganic molecules intermingle and materials display novel properties.

Please use this portal to explore Penn State's breadth in research and education at the nanoscale, and discover how nanotechnology applications will impact your future.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Benj — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:42:58 +0000

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Web url

http://www.sep.benfranklin.org/

Contact Email

info@sep.benfranklin.org

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Street address

1835 Market Street Suite 1100

Zip or postal code

19103

Telephone

215.972.6700

Fax

215.972.5588

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BFTP/SEP, part of a statewide network supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, provides capital and expertise in technology, finance and business that helps entrepreneurs and established businesses overcome challenges and plan for growth. Through our network of resources, the organization fosters dynamic relationships among companies, institutional and private investors, research institutions and the university community.

In 2001 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Act. The legislation established the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority and charged it with coordination of BFTP programs and investments that advance the competitiveness of Commonwealth companies in the global economy.

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Gelest, Inc.

Benj — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:15:02 +0000

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http://www.gelest.com/

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Street address

11 East Steel Road

Zip or postal code

19067

Telephone

(215)547-1015

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(215)547-1015

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Since the start of Gelest, Inc., the company has continuously added experts in the fields of silanes, silicones and metal-organics. Our technical staff includes individuals with extensive hands-on experience and academic credentials (see Key Personnel below). Our customers and staff have helped increase the product listings from several hundred to the current listings of over 2000 materials.

The company has focused its research efforts toward expanding the offering of Silicon-based, Germanium-based and Tin-based products. Gelest, Inc now offers the most comprehensive selection of silane and silicone materials in the world. The company is currently expanding into a more extensive offering of other metal-organics, particularly metal alkoxides and diketonates.

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Carnegie Mellon Nanofabrication Facility

Benj — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:06:05 +0000

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Web url

http://www.nanofab.ece.cmu.edu/

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Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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15213-3891

Telephone

412-268-2471

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412-268-4323

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The facility includes a cleanroom with 2,600 square feet of class 100 space and 1,200 square feet of class 10 space, as well as three thin film labs. The Nanofab is a self supporting facility managed by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and occupies space on the F level of Hamerschlag Hall and on the 2nd floor of the College of Engineering building, Roberts Hall.

The facility was originally constructed by the university to support the thin film and solid state electronics research conducted primarily by the DSSC and the ECE department. Research requiring the use of the facility is inherently multidisciplinary. Faculty, staff, and students access the labs and collaborate on projects originating from the ECE, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Robotics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, DSSC, MEMS Lab, ICES, CNEXT, and industry. Areas of research include process development of data storage materials and devices, microelectromechanical systems, semiconductor materials and quantum structures, and integrated electro-optics.

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NanoHorizons, Inc.

Benj — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:29:57 +0100

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Web url

http://www.nanohorizons.com/

Contact Email

info@NanoHorizons.com

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Street address

200 Innovation Blvd., Suite 208, State College

Zip or postal code

16803

Telephone

814.861.9909

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814.861.9903

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Ceo, president

Robert Burlinson

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NanoHorizons has developed nano-scale materials and devices in three specific application areas:

Matrix-less laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry targets for drug development research. Our QuickMass™ substrates enable high throughput screening of potential drug combinatorial chemistry products and general small molecule identification. The utility of these substrates has been proven with several mass-spectrometry and pharmaceutical companies. NanoHorizons has built a production facility and is exploring other applications for these substrates such as drug metabolite screening and proteomics.

A breakthrough separation and transfer technology that provides enhanced cost effective production methods for mechanically flexible displays, integrated circuits and sensors. Our PostFlex Process allows high performance microelectronic device (e.g. CMOS logic) to be fabricated on silicon wafers, and then transferred to a flexible substrate (e.g. plastic) which could is compatible with modern high vacuum, high temperature processes.

Sensitive, application specific gas sensors based on proprietary inorganic thin film column – void networks

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Laurell Technologies

laurell — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:32:47 +0100

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http://www.laurell.com/

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Street address

441 Industrial Drive

Zip or postal code

19454

Telephone

215-699-7278

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215-699-4311

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Ceo, president

Kenneth Valeri

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Laurell is poised at the forefront of practical yet affordable tool design, while remaining absolutely dedicated to customer satisfaction. We now have nearly 6000 systems installed worldwide and an excellent reputation for doing exactly what we say...since 1985!

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The Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU)

Benj — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:27:23 +0100

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http://www.cneu.psu.edu/

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101 Innovation Boulevard (Lubert Building), Suite 114

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16802

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The Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU) is the home of the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Center for Nanofabrication Manufacturing Education, an NSF-sponsored regional Advanced Technology Education (ATE) Center. It is also the Penn State home of the NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), the national NSF nanotechnology resource for enabling academic and industry R&D.

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BioNanomatrix ( BNM )

Benj — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:44:21 +0100

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http://www.bionanomatrix.com/

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info@bionanomatrix.com

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Biomedicine is making progress in its understanding of the mechanisms of biology and disease through the gradual transition from an era of genome sequencing and functional annotation towards an era of genome information utilization. However, many pre-genome technologies are encountering problems in answering post genome questions. This has created demand for smaller, faster, cheaper, more accurate and more direct tools to address today's challenges from biopathogen detection, new drug target discovery to system biology, personalized and preventive medicine.

BioNanomatrix (BNM) is a bionanotech designer and maker of nanostructured chips, devices and systems for fast, comprehensive, and low-cost analysis of genomic, epigenomic and proteomic information with sensitivity at the single cell / single molecule level. Currently, BNM develops nanodevices and systems for cancer diagnostics, complex disease therapeutics and personalized medicine on its NANOANALYZER™ platform.

Molecular diagnostics is a 600 million dollar market while complex diseases such as schizophrenia cost 40 billion dollars a year in the US alone.

Borne of a multi-million dollar Department of Defense project funded by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) at Princeton University, BioNanomatrix is currently one of seven platform startups of Princeton University as it builds upon an already strong portfolio of patents and other intellectual property.