Nanotechnology : Helsinki

European NanOSH Conference

Benj — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:23:28 +0000

Short description

The Conference will discuss global safety issues surrounding nanoparticles and nano- technologies, in occupational safety and health in particular; and will provide an insight into future actions for assuring the safety, and thereby the future success of nanotechnologies.

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Main themes of the Conference
• A global view of the significance and safety of nanotechnologies, particularly in occupational environments
• Toxicity of given nanoparticles, including carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, quantum dots and photocatalytic nanoparticles, and the characterization and evaluation of the critical features of nanoparticles, the so-called ‘metrics’
• Chemical and physical characterization of selected (above) nanoparticles, and how these characteristics affect exposure assessment and its interpretation
• Views on the safety of nanoparticles in different parts of the world.

Who should attend?
Scientists and experts interested in the safety and health effects of nanoparticles; in their characterization and exposure assessment; representatives of the nanotechnology industry; employers and employee organizations: regulators at national, regional and international
levels; organizations funding nanotechnology research; and all other key-stakeholders in this area.

Organizer
The Conference is organized by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Event precise location and contact information

EuroNanOSH Secretariat
Leila Ahlström
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 A a
FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 30 474 2851
Email: euronanosh@ttl.fi

Web site Url link

http://www.ttl.fi/EURONANOSH

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EURONANOSH

KSV Instruments Ltd

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:07:26 +0000

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Web url

http://www.ksvltd.com/

Contact Email

info@ksvltd.fi

Short description

Street address

Höyläämötie 7

Zip or postal code

00380

Telephone

+358-9-54973300

Fax

+358-9-54973333

Foundation date

Ceo, president

Sauli Törmäläl

Number of employees

Long description

KSV Instruments Ltd has more than 20 years of experience in developing and manufacturing instruments for nano- and surface science research. The main products of the company are instruments for surface/interfacial tension and contact angle measurements, as well as so called Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett instruments, which are used for preparing and studying nanometer thick organic layers on air-water interfaces and solid substrates.
Furthermore, KSV also manufactures more specialized characterization instruments such as Brewster Angle Microscopes for thin organic film characterization and Quartz Crystal Microbalances for very small (nanogram) mass changes at interfaces during adsorption/desorption processes or reactions taking place at the interface. KSV is very actively looking for new ideas for instruments to develop in the field of nano- and biotechnology and surface chemistry.

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Patents

Nanotech Northern Europe 2007

Benj — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:42:35 +0000

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Nanotech Northern Europe 2007 takes place in Helsinki, Finland from 27-29 March 2007. As you will see from our website, www.nanotech.net, Nanotech Northern Europe 2007 is the largest nanotechnology event in the region.

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Opportunities to present your work – submit an abstract now

The congress program will cover four areas; nanoelectronics and nanophotonics, nanotechnology instruments and tools, nanomaterials and particles, and nanobiotechnology and diagnostics. We already have leading speakers from academia and industry who will give agenda-setting talks in these areas – now we need your contribution. In 2007 we will have even more opportunities for contributed oral presentations, as well as a larger poster area. We welcome abstracts from both academic and industrial researchers.

Abstracts can be submitted online at www.nanotech.net/call.html, but act quickly – the first selection of speakers will be made after 30 November 2006.

Special partnering programmes

Nanotech Northern Europe 2007 offers a new program for attendees to find project partners. You will be able to apply for a poster stand to promote on-going or future research projects for which you are looking for collaborators. To receive updates about the partnering program, sign up to receive the regular event newsletter at www.nanotech.net/newsletter.htm

Fully-integrated Exhibition

Nanotech Northern Europe is the region’s largest nanotechnology event, and it is therefore a key venue to meet potential customers and partners. The exhibition is fully integrated with the congress, with joint networking events, and coffee and lunch served within the exhibition hall. The exhibition is also co-located with ChemBio ’07, the largest chemistry and biotechnology trade fair in the Baltic Sea region. The previous ChemBio event attracted around 8000 exhibition visitors.

Event precise location and contact information

E-mail: info@nanotech.net
Website: www.nanotech.net/exhibition.htm

Web site Url link

http://www.nanotech.net/exhibition.htm

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Nanotech Northern Europe 2007

Helsinki University of Technology: Materials Physics Laboratory

Benj — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:39:26 +0000

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Web url

http://focus.hut.fi/

Contact Email

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Street address

Zip or postal code

FIN-02015

Telephone

+358 9 451 3153

Fax

+358 9 451 3164

Foundation date

Ceo, president

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Helsinki University of Technology is the leading institute of engineering education and research in Finland. Situated on a campus in Otaniemi (Espoo), some 10 km west of the city of Helsinki, it consists of twelve departments, eleven research institutes and ten separate institutions. The faculties contain approximately 90 laboratories with about 10000 undergraduate and 2500 graduate students.

The Materials Physics Laboratory is one of the seven laboratories of the Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics. The number of undergraduate students enrolled at the department is about 800. The laboratory was established essentially in its present form in 1973.

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Patents

Tekes : FinNano technology programme

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:44:02 +0000

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Web url

http://www.tekes.fi/finnano/

Contact Email

tekes@tekes.fi

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Street address

Tekes, P.O. Box 69 (Kyllikinportti 2)

Zip or postal code

FIN-00101

Telephone

+358-10 521 51

Fax

Foundation date

Ceo, president

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The objective of the programme is to strengthen Finnish nanotechnology research in selected focus areas and to accelarate the commercial development of nanotechnology in Finland. The programme emphasizes effective use of research results and promotes close collaboration between research and industry.

The programme current portfolio includes 40 research and industrial technology development projects. Research is lead by high-level consortia with excellent co-operation with both international research organisations and industry. In total, the programme involves close to 100 companies.

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Patents

Ab Europositron Oy

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:55:49 +0000

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Web url

http://www.europositron.com/

Contact Email

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Street address

Pertunpellonraitti 2

Zip or postal code

00740

Telephone

+358 9 673 224

Fax

+358 9 389 7183

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Ceo, president

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For 200 years the basic theory of obtaining electricity from the energy potential which exists between different materials has been the foundation upon which the advances have been made in technology. It is only because of this simple electrochemical fact that we have an amazing spectrum of products and facilities available to us today. Vehicles, mobile phones, camcorders, watches, laptop computers, cordless tools - the list of consumer applications is endless. Military capability and scientific developments depend upon batteries and space exploration, manned or unmanned would be impossible without them. Over this time, enormous resources of time, research and money have gone into finding the most efficient and viable materials which can give the greater power needed to open the gates for the vast range of products and developments waiting in the wings.

Many different combinations of materials and construction have been investigated and the advances which have been made in the last 30 years have been remarkable, but there is still a demand for even higher power ratings. Some of the combinations have proved effective but have proved subsequently to be dangerous to our environment and have been banned on ecological and environmental grounds.

In 1989, Ab Europositron was founded to pursue a radical new theory which had been propounded by Mr Rainer Partanen concerning one of the materials which had been investigated before but had always run into the same difficulties, namely the apparently insurmountable problem recharging a sealed cell battery using aluminium. Rainer Partanen has progressed the theory to the point of detailed specifications of cell construction, the electrochemistry involved and has registered patents covering all the necessary areas.

The fundamental basis of the Partanen technology can be applied to all formats of batteries, from tiny button batteries to high capacity stand-by power supplies. Using one of the most abundant metals available and incorporating existing manufacturing processes, this is an avenue which demands and deserves investigation to fruition.