Nanotechnology : Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv University : TAU Research Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Benj — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:48:05 +0000

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http://nanotau.org.il/

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nanotech@tauex.tau.ac.il

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, P.O.Box 39040

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69978

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972-3-6405618

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972-3-6405612

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Furthermore, there is ongoing intensive industrial collaboration, with leading national and international companies such as Intel, Tower Semiconductors, Clal Bio-technology Industry, Fiat, governmental institutes and major hospitals in Israel, Europe and the U.S.
These nano projects spring out of four faculties – Engineering, Exact sciences, Life sciences and Medicine - and include projects from all three main domains of research, development and applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology, Fabrication & application, Theory & modeling and Characterization.

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KiloLambda Technologies, Ltd.

Benj — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:57:36 +0000

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http://www.kilolambda.com/

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info@kilolambda.com

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22a Raoul Wallenberg St., Zamir House, 2nd floor, Ramat-Hachayal Industrial Park, P.O.Box 58089

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61580

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+972 3 6497662

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Doron Nevo

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The term "Nanotechnology" refers to the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. At the nano-scale, the optical properties of materials differ in fundamental and valuable ways from the properties of individual atoms and molecules or bulk matter.

KiloLambda's mission is to create improved materials, structures, devices, and systems that exploit these new optical properties.KiloLambda has two core proprietary technologies, on which its product development is based.

The characteristics of these technologies are:

* Threshold based light blocking
* Threshold based light limiting

With a diverse and powerful team of optics professionals with a wide variety of expertise, the company focuses on the common goal of providing timely, high-quality innovative products to the market.

KiloLambda is concentrating efforts on those markets where applying its technology is expected to yield the highest profitability. Today, the company provides solutions to the telecommunication market as it migrates to all optical fiber, wavelengths switched network and the market for laser protection filters which consist mainly of defense, industrial and medical applications. KiloLambda plans to further extend its technology so it will meet the needs of additional and bigger markets: the semiconductor market towards its imminent migration to silicon photonics and the cameras, windows, mirrors and eyeglasses markets with their unsatisfied needs for better sunlight screening and filtering.

KiloLambda's relative advantage is in developing and providing innovative and unique solutions to optical power control needs. Each of the company's products is usually one component or subsystem, integrated with others. Accordingly, KiloLambda is striving to form strategic alliances , that is, arrangements covering joint product development, production and marketing , with producers of the integrated product.

The partnership KiloLambda formed in 2003 with world leader Molex ("MOLX") represents the type of alliances KiloLambda aspires to form in the future in other markets. Molex and KiloLambda were successful in winning external governmental research and development funding for a joint product development project, in which KiloLambda's novel technology will be incorporated in Molex connector products. The resulting family of products, jointly owned by the two companies, will function as safety devices in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and Metro infrastructure applications. Molex capabilities in mass production will drive the manufacturing costs to a minimum resulting in affordable end user prices for the products. Initial sales through the worldwide marketing and sales organization of Molex, are expected by the end of 2007.

KiloLambda considers its optical power control technology to be the main source of its future business success. While pursuing its goals regarding the core power control technology, KiloLambda is engaging in immediate revenue generating activities, based on the company's peripheral technological achievements.

Today these activities include development of Optical Proximity Sensors and High Energy Lasers for defense applications. Revenues from these activities will support KiloLambda's main effort regarding its core technology in face of diverse possible conditions of capital and product markets.

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Millennium Materials Technologies (MMT) funds

Benj — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:58:04 +0000

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http://www.mmtfund.com/

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40 Einstein St., 8th floor, Ramat Aviv Tower

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972-3-6439986

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972-3-6439987

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MMT Fund I Established in 1998 and capitalized at $11 million - fully invested in 9 portfolio companies

MMT Fund II Established in 2000 and currently capitalized at $ 40 million currently invested in 14 portfolio companies (of which 3 are follow-on investments to MMT I)

Millennium Materials Technologies Fund II L.P. was formed as a follow on to Millennium Materials Technologies Fund L.P., both of which are fully committed to strategically investing capital in portfolio companies. The objective of Millennium Funds is to maximize capital appreciation for its Investors through financing development-stage high technology companies engaged in the research and development of advanced materials.

The MMT Funds draw upon the unique experience and proven talent of the executive team in investing and managing high technology ventures in the field of advanced materials. The Funds have developed unique expertise in identifying and evaluating potential opportunities and, following an investment, closely assisting the portfolio companies in developing and focusing their business strategy aligned with short and long term goals to enhance shareholder value.

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The Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative ( INNI )

Benj — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:18:51 +0000

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http://www.nanoisrael.org/

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Industry House, 11th Floor, 29 Ha-Mered Street, P.O. Box 50364

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61500

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A primary task for the INNI is to promote fruitful collaborative between Israeli and global nanotechnology stakeholders, particularly for projects that lead to continuing success in academia and industry.

To achieve this task, INNI activities include:

* Establishing a national policy for resource allocation in nanotechnology, with the aim of optimizing resources for faster commercialization.
* Formulating long-range nanotechnology programs for scientific research and technology development in academia and industry, and promote development of a world-class infrastructure in Israel to support them.
* Leading in the creation of projects that promote agreed national priorities; allocate their budgets and review development progress.
* Actively seeking funding resources from public and private sources in order to implement the selected projects.
* Promoting development of innovative local nanotechnology industries which will strongly impact Israeli economic growth and benefit investors.

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Israeli Europe Research and development directorate (ISERD)

Benj — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:31:08 +0000

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http://www.iserd.org.il/

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iserd@iserd.org.il

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Industry House, 29 Hamered St

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+972 3 5118118

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+972 3 5170020

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Nanotechnology:
The primary objective of this thematic area is to promote real breakthroughs, based on scientific and technical excellence.

Transformation of industry towards high-added value organisations necessitates real integrated approaches, either vertical, combining materials sciences, nanotechnologies and production technologies, as well as other technologies based e.g. on information technologies or biotechnologies, or horizontal, combining multi-sectoral interests.

Particular attention will be given to the strong presence and interaction of innovative enterprises, universities and research organisations in research actions. The integration of education and skills development with research activities will play an important role in increasing European knowledge, in particular in nanosciences and new technologies and opening opportunities for industrial applications.