Nanotechnology : Raleigh

Protochips

vinay1210 — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:20:28 +0000

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http://www.protochips.com

Contact Email

contact@protochips.com

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Street address

840 Main Campus Drive

Zip or postal code

27606

Telephone

919.341.2612

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919.341.2748

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Protochips creates the world's most advanced specimen supports for electron microscopy. Our products enable the highest resolution imaging of nanostructures in their native environments and have proven themselves to be of enormous value in Life Science and Materials Science applications all the way from R&D through product Q/A.

If you are interested in observing and understanding the function of nanostructures in their native environments, then we invite you to use our products to “see smaller” than what competing products allow.

Our two leading product lines include C-flat™ and DuraSiN™.

C-flat™ is the premier holey carbon film for cryo-transmission electron microscopy.

DuraSiN™ is the market leading specimen support in materials science applications for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray microscopy

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North Carolina Nanotechnology

Benj — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:21:15 +0000

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http://www.ncnanotechnology.com/

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North Carolina Department of Commerce, 301 North Wilmington Street, 1326 Mail Service Center

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27699-1326

Telephone

919-733-6500

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919-733-8356

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Over the coming decades, North Carolina can create more new, high-wage jobs for its citizens from the effective use of science and technology-based economic development policy than from any other source. Nanotechnology is vital to building and sustaining North Carolina’s reputation as a frontrunner in science and technology.

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Nanolytics Inc. (2007 : Acquired by Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. )

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:41:49 +0000

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http://www.nanolytics.com/

Contact Email

info@nanolytics.com

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Street address

5905 Triangle Dr

Zip or postal code

27617

Telephone

(919) 782 1722

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(919) 782 1723

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There were over three billion biochemical assays performed in the United States, European Union and Japan in 2000 that cost over $24 billion(B) to perform. Most were done in 96 or 384 well plates in 50-299 microliter(uL) volumes. These relatively large volumes necessitate the creation of extensive infrastructures for generating, storing and disposing of the required reagents and labware. Attendant problems include evaporation, air bubbles, long incubation times and reagent stability all of which limit boththroughput and quality of data.

Nanolytics' proprietary technology eliminates all of these problems. We provide an open platform for controlling precisely the dispensing, movement and positioning of nanoliter scale droplets (nanodroplets). Theextant platform consists of a biochip containing 10,000 "virtual" wells each of which defines a nanodroplet, and a computer-controlled microactuator to move and position the nanodroplets independently. "Open platform" means it is compatible with any current assay protocol, it is capable of running multiple protocols on the same chip and it can be reconfigured "on-the-fly". The use of nanodroplets means that compared to that of traditional plates, assay density is increased by 50-200 fold, incubation times are decreased by 100 fold, and all reagents can be decreased by 1000 fold. These advantages mean that assay throughput is increased 5,000-20,000 fold. Coupled with the fact that our platform is compatible with existing assay facilities and instrumentation, it is clear that Nanolytics has the ability to change dramatically the way all assays will be done for the foreseeable future.

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North Carolina State University: Analytical Instrumentation Facility

Benj — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:52:40 +0000

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http://www.ncsu.edu/aif/

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Campus Box 7531 Room 318 EGRC, 2410 Campus Shore Dr.

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27695

Telephone

(919) 515-7501

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(919) 515-6965

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The NCSU Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) was established in 1923 as Enginnering Research Services and is the oldest University center in existance in North Carolina. The AIF serves as a North Carolina State University resource for materials characterization. AIF operates a number of major analytical instruments and numerous other instruments providing quality analysis for all who require it. These instruments are operated and maintained by a staff specialized in the methods of materials characterization who are experienced in the design and implementation of materials characterization experiments. For those who desire hands on involvement in their analyses, AIF staff trains users to operate facility analytical instrumentation, to design efficient analytical experiments, and to properly interpret the resultant data. In addition, AIF staff is involved in the development and/or enhancement of analytical techniques in a continuing effort to provide the level of capabilities required by the ever evolving needs of the NCSU research community. AIF provides short courses as well as formal classroom instruction to insure that NCSU's future engineers and scientists can upon graduation take with them an understanding of modern analytical techniques and the instrumentation required to implement them.

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American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE)

Benj — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:27:23 +0000

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http://www.aspe.net/

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Street address

P.O. Box 10826

Zip or postal code

27605-0826

Telephone

(919) 839-8444

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(919) 839-8039

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In short, ASPE is dedicated to the continuous pursuit of the next decimal place. ASPE provides a forum to encourage and enable the open exchange of ideas and information between industry, academia and government laboratories by providing the following: annual and topical meetings, continuing professional education and training, publications dedicated to encouraging, sharing and preserving new advances in precision engineering principles and opportunities for direct contact with expert practitioners in the field. To join this dynamic technical society, simply complete a membership application form. Two categories of Corporate Sponsorships are available. We also have an ASPE student chapter at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. You can visit that web site at www.uncc.edu/cpm/aspe.

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Triangle National Lithography Center (TNLC)

Benj — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:13:41 +0000

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http://www.tnlc.ncsu.edu/

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NC State University, 2410 Campus Shore Drive, Room 339

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27695-7920

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NCSU Nanofabrication Facility (NNF)

Benj — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:12:37 +0000

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http://www.nnf.ncsu.edu/

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NC State University, 2410 Campus Shore Drive, Room 339

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27695-7920