Nanoparticle News Review, 2008

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Nanotechnology
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticle News Review

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Advanced Materials
NanoMaterials
Nanoparticle News Review

Nanoparticle News Review

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GB-NAN004J

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BCC

Date of Publication:

January 2009

Summary

The scope of Nanoparticle report is broad and includes an in-depth assessment of the investment patterns in the global nanotechnology industry and provides emerging technologies within the nanotech field. This report also describes the most active organizations within the industry and applications achievable within the next 5 years and the recent commercial developments shaping activity within the industry.

Report Highlights:

The global market for nanotechnology increased from $11.6 billion in 2007 to $12.7 billion in 2008. It should reach $27 billion in 2013, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.3%.
Nanomaterials dominated the market in 2007, accounting for 87% of the total market. This is expected to decrease to 69.2% by 2013.
Electronics, biomedical and consumer applications have high projected growth rates of 30.3%, 56.2% and 45.9% over the next 5 years.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter- 2: OVERVIEW

PROGRESS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY	1
TABLE 1 NANOTECH INVESTMENTS REPORTED IN 2007	2
TABLE 2 NANOTECHNOLOGY DRIVEN PARTNERSHIPS, 2007	2
TABLE 3 EMERGING NANOTECHNOLOGY MARKET ACTIVITIES, 2007	4
TABLE 4 CARBON NANOTUBE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 2007	5
TABLE 5 SELECTED NANOMATERIAL PRODUCTS COMMERCIALIZED, 2007	5
MARKET ASSESSMENT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY	6
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS	7
FIGURE 1 GLOBAL NANOTECHNOLOGY MARKET, THROUGH 2007-2013	8
QUANTUM DOTS: TECHNICAL STATUS AND MARKET PROSPECTS	8
FIGURE 2 GLOBAL MARKET GROWTH FOR QUANTUM DOTS IN PROMISING COMMERCIAL MARKET SECTORS, 2008�2013 ($ MILLIONS)	9
NEW FUNDING FOR TELECOMMUNICATION QD LASER PRODUCTS	10
FUNDING BOOSTS QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELL PRODUCTS	11
NEWER CARBON NANOTUBES AND QUANTUM DOT PRODUCTS	12
NANOPARTICLE TARGETING CANCER	13

Chapter- 3: PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION

NANO-LIMITS IN TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY	15
TRANSMISSION NANOSCALE IMAGING DYNAMICS	15
IMAGES OF GRAPHENE	16
FIGURE 3 TEAM IMAGE OF GRAPHENE	16
FABRICATION METHOD FOR GRAPHENE NANOELECTONICS	18
CARBON NANOTUBE-GRAPHENE COMPOSITE	19
FIGURE 4 CNT-GRAPHENE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE	20
GRAPHENE BASED NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES	21
INSIGHTS INTO GRAPHENE�S PROPERTIES	22
FIGURE 5 GRAPHENE�S UNIQUE LATENT PROPERTIES	23
ELECTROWETTING IN NANOFLUIDS	24
FIGURE 6 NANOPARTICLES MODIFY ELECTROWETTING	24
COPPER NANORODS INCREASE BOILING EFFICIENCY	25
NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY ATTRACTS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT	26
HIGHER RESOLUTION IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY	27
3D IMAGES OF COMMON VIRUS STRUCTURE	28
FIGURE 7 CRYO-EM IMAGE OF A COMMON VIRUS	28
3D TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGING�S COMMERCIAL REALITY	29
TRUE COLOR ADDED TO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY	30
FIGURE 8 STEM/ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY	31
NANOFIBERS AND 3D STRUCTURES	32
MORE APPLICATIONS OF NANOEMULSIONS	33
MEASURING NANOSCALE LIQUID VISCOSITY	34
FIGURE 9 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY LIQUID RHEOMETER	35
FIGURE 10 MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS OF QUANTUM DOTS	36
SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLE FOR BIOCHEMISTRY	37
FIGURE 11 LAB-ON-A-CHIP MICROFLUIDICS NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS	38
SELF-ASSEMBLY SINGLE�WALLED NANOTUBES	39
NANOPARTICLE COLLOIDAL STABILIZATION	40
MAGNETIC SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY	41
FIGURE 12 SEM OF POLYCRYSTALINE SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY	41
CONDUCTIVE NANONETS MAY IMPROVE WIRES	42
PROGRESS IN INSTRUMENTATION	43
HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION MICROSCOPY CAPTURES FULLERENE GROWTH	44
CHEMICAL FORCE MICROSCOPY MEASURES CARBON NANOTUBE INTERACTIONS	45
PROCESS FOR NANOFIBER POLYMER COMPOSITES	46
LIQUID REPELLANT COATINGS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS	47
SUPER WATER REPELLENT COATING	47
SUPER OIL REPELLENT COATING	48

Chapter- 4: ELECTRONICS, OPTICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS

HIGHER RESOLUION OPTICAL IMAGING	50
FIGURE 13 SCHEMATIC OF NANOWIRE METAMATERIAL	51
FIGURE 14 POROUS METAMATERIAL	52
SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRONICS	52
CARBON NANOTUBE TRANSISTOR COATING PROCESS	53
GIANT NANOCAPACITOR MEMORY	54
CARBON NANOTUBE LOGIC CIRCUITS	55
NANOSCALE SWITCHABLE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES	56
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS ON POLYMER SHEETS	57
NANOTUBES ON PAR WITH COPPER INTERCONNECTS	58
IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY DEMONSTRATIONS	59
EASE OF FABRICATION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES	61
EASIER SORTING BRINGS NANOELECTRONICS CLOSER TO REALITY	62
FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS�CLOSER TO REALITY	63
FIGURE 15 FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS CREATED USING CARBON NANOTUBES	64
POLYMER-BASED LITHOGRAPHY IMPROVES DEVICE MINIATURIZATION	65
THEORY SUGGESTS NEW GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS	66
FIGURE 16 POSSIBLE NEW GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS	67
PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CREATES LOW POWER OPTICAL MEMORY	68
FIGURE 17 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MEMORY: STRUCTURE OF NEW INGAASP PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DEVICE	69
PARTICLE SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESS AIDS OPTICAL MATERIALS	70
FIGURE 18 FABRICATION OF A NEAR PERFECT 2D COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL	70
MODEL TO UNDERSTANDING LASING WITHOUT INVERSION	71
ADVANCES IN CONVENTIONAL MICROPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY	72
NANOSCALE DETAILS IN PHOTORESISTS	73
FIGURE 19 SCHEMATIC OF THE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS	74
SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES DIRECTED ASSEMBLY	74
AT SEMICONDUCTOR SWNT-BASED TRANSISTOR EVALUATED	76
SYNTHETIC DIAMOND DEVICE FABRICATION	77
VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES CREATE THE DARKEST MATERIAL	78
SILICON TRANSISTORS BENEFIT FROM QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS	79
PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN METAMATERIALS	80
NEGATIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION	80
FIGURE 20 SCHEMATIC OF ARTIFICALLY STRUCTURED METAMATERIALS INDEX OF REFRACTION	81
3D GOLD PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS	82
FIGURE 21 3D GOLD PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS	83
NANOLASER PROMISES MEMORY CAPACITY BREAKTHROUGH	84
FIGURE 22 NANOLASER-BASED MEMORY SCANNING	84
PROCESS FOR FLEXIBLE SILICON ICS HERALDS NEW APPLICATIONS	85
FIGURE 23 PROCESS FOR FLEXIBLE SILICONICS HERALDS NEW APPLICATIONS	86
NANOWIRES KEY TO NEW GENERATION OF AMOLED DISPLAYS	87
MANIPULATING BLOCK COPOLYMERS	88
FIGURE 24 INDUCING ORDER IN POLYMER DISORDER	89
SEMI-TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE CNTS DEMONSTRATE TUNABLE COLOR	90
RISK ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURED CNTS	91
SYNTHESIZING MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES NATURALLY	92
FIGURE 25 BACTERIA INDUCE ORDER IN MAGNETIC NPS	93
MODEL PREDICTS DEFECT FREE NANOPARTICLE SELF-ASSEMBLY	94

Chapter- 5: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

TUNGSTEN OXIDE NANOTUBES AS INDOOR PHOTOCATALYSTS	96
FIGURE 26 HIGH SURFACE AREA TUNGSTEN OXIDE NANOTUBES	96
FIGURE 27 PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY UNDER VISIBLE LIGHT IRRADIATION	97
NANOFIBER-NP FABRICS TARGET TOXIC CHEMICAL PROTECTION	98
FIGURE 28 NYLON NANOFIBERS COATED WITH METAL NANOPARTICLES	98
RESEARCHING LOWER COST COPPER-INDIUM-GALLIUM-SELENIDE SOLAR CELLS	99
NANOSOLAR ACHIEVES HIGH CIGS THROUGHPUT	101
NANOMATERIALS PROMISE ENHANCED ENERGY HARVESTING	101
NANOPARTICLES MAY AID LARGE COOLING SYSTEMS	101
SURFACE TEXTURING IMPROVES SOLAR EFFICIENCY	103
NANOROD SYNTHESIS PROMISES THERMOELECTRICS IMPROVEMENTS	104
CNTS HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITY EXCEEDS DOE GOAL	105
KONARKA DEMONSTRATES INKJET PRINTED SOLAR CELLS	106
SAUDI�S AND IBM CREATE NT SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES CENTER	107
DIESEL EXHAUST PUTS NANOPARTICLES IN LUNGS	108
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON CAPTURE	109
ENZYME-LADEN NANOPARTICLES SEQUESTER GREENHOUSE GASES	110
SYNTHETIC ZEOLITES OFFER CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE	111
RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH NANO- WIRES YIELDS PORTABLE POWER	112
CARBON AEROSOL NANOPARTICLES HELP IN CLIMATE FORECAST	113
EFFICIENT THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS	114
THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE OF ROUGH SILICON NANOWIRES	114
FIGURE 29 THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL COMPRISING ROUGH SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS	115
ENERGY-EFFICIENT RECTANGULAR SILICON NANOWIRES	116
NANOCATALYST AIDS HYDROGEN FUEL CELL EFFICIENCY	117
FIGURE 30 SCHEMATIC STRUCTURE FORMED BY SURROUNDING RU NANOPARTICLES	118
MESOPOROUS METAL OXIDES SYNTHESIS	119
FIGURE 31 NOVEL MESOPOROUS METAL OXIDE SYNTHESIS	120
WATER PROPERTIES DICTATE FATE OF NANOPARTICLES	121
NANOWIRE-POLYMER MAY BOOST SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY	122
FIGURE 32 NOVEL NANOWIRE-POLYMER SOLAR CELL	123
CANADA INVESTS IN FUEL CELL INDUSTRY	124
RESEARCH ON HYDROGEN STORAGE IN NANOPARTICLES	125
FIGURE 33 SCHEMATIC DEPICTION OF H2 (GREEN) STORAGE	126
EFFICIENT SILICON NANOWIRE SOLAR CELL	126
RIT�S RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY BOOSTED	127
FLEXIBLE NANOANTENNAS AID SOLAR HARVESTING	128
FLEXIBLE NANOANTENNAS PROMISE	129
FIGURE 34 PLASTIC SHEET OF NANOANTENNA ARRAYS	129
CNT X-RAY SOURCE TO UNDERGO AIRPORT EXPLOSIVES SCREENING	130
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLE VEHICLE EMISSIONS	131
FIGURE 35 IMPACT OF FREEWAY AIR POLLUTANT PARTICLES	132
PAINT NANOPARTICLES SCAVENGE POWER PLANT MERCURY EMISSIONS	133
HIGHER SURFACE AREA SHOULD BOOST SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY	134
FIGURE 36 DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS	135

Chapter- 6: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND DRUG DELIVERY

STRONG ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS PROMISE WIDESPREAD USAGE	137
FIGURE 37 COMPOSITE STRUCTURE	137
NANO EMULSION VACCINES SHOW POTENTIAL	138
FIGURE 38 DISPERSION OF OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION-CONTAINING VACCINES	138
NOVEL CELL IMAGING FOR CANCER/DRUGS	139
QUANTUM DOTS IN FOOD CHAIN MAY NOT POSE HIGH RISK	140
FIGURE 39 QUANTUM DOTS IN FOOD CHAIN AQUATIC ORGANISMS	141
COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS PROMISE ADVANCES IN NANOMEDICINE	142
SMALLER MAGNETIC NPS IMPROVE CANCER DETECTION	142
FIGURE 40 NEW SMALLER MAGNETIC NPS ENHANCE CANCER DETECTION	143
NANOPARTICLES IMAGE, TARGET, AND TREAT TUMORS	144
MASS-PRODUCTION OF TUNABLE MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES	144
DENDRIMER-FUNCTIONALIZED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES	145
POLYMER MICELLES PAVE WAY FOR CANCER TREATMENT	146
FIGURE 41 POLYMER MICELLE AIDS CANCER TREATMENT	147
NANOSUSPENSION FOR DELIVERY OF NON-SOLUBLE DRUGS	148
THE MICROFLUIDICS REACTION TECHNOLOGY PROCESS	149
FIGURE 42 PRINCIPAL OF OPERATION OF MICROFLUIDICS REACTION TECHNOLOGY	151
MRT EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS	151
TABLE 6 CRYSTALLIZATION RESULTS USING MICROFLUIDICS REACTION TECHNOLOGY	152
NANOSUSPENSIONS DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP	152
MRT NANOSUSPENSION PROCESSING SUMMARY	153
TELOMERASE AND ITS POTENTIAL CANCER ROLE	153
IMAGING NANOPARTICLES REVEALS ADVERSE EFFECTS	154
POLYMER PEN LITHOGRAPHY	155
FIGURE 43 PRINTING VIA POLYMER PEN LITHOGRAPHY	156
NANOMATERIALS MAY IMPACT TOXICITY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY	157
QUANTUM DOTS AID GENE SILENCING IN LIVE HUMAN CELLS	157
FIGURE 44 LIVE CELL FLUORESCENT IMAGES	158
LIGHT ACTIVATED CNTS DESTROY ANTHRAX TOXIN	159
FIGURE 45 TEM IMAGES OF CNTS CONJUGATED WITH ANTHRAX TOXIN	160
TUMOR EMBEDDED CARBON NANOTUBES ENHANCE CANCER DESTRUCTION	161
ENHANCING IN VIVO IMAGING	162
QUANTUM RODS TRAVERSE THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER	163
TARGETED PROBES FOR EFFICIENT TRANSMIGRATION	163
ASSAY SCREENING FOR NANOPARTICLE CYTOTOXICITY	164
DEVELOPMENTS IN BIONANOTECHNOLOGY	165
COMMERCIALIZATION OF NANOPORE DNA SEQUENCING	165
FIGURE 46 PROTEIN NANOPORE: SCHEMATIC	166
PROGRAMMABLE-SIZED DNA TUBES MAY AID NANOSCALE MANUFACTURING	167
DEVELOPMENTS IN LAYER-BY-LAYER TECHNOLOGY	168
TWO-PHOTON POROUS SILICON NPS ENHANCE CELL DETECTION	170
FIGURE 47 MONOLAYER- FUNCTIONALIZED POROUS NPS	170

Chapter- 7: CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES

BUCKYPAPER COMPOSITES ENABLED BY TUNABLE MECHANICS MODEL	172
FIGURE 48 ATOMIC FORCE MICROGRAPH	173
FIGURE 49 SCHEMATIC OF MODEL	173
CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS USING THEMOSET RESINS	174
NOVEL NANOPOWER STORAGE AIMS TO TAP NEW MARKET	175
BUCKYPAPER SUPERCAPACITOR SHOWS SIGNIFICANT STORAGE POTENTIAL	175
FIGURE 50 BUCKYPAPER-BASED (SWNT) POLYMER COMPOSITE	176
ELECTROWETTING KEEPS BATTERY GOING	177
THIN-FILM RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES	178
CARBON DIOXIDE -TO-FUEL PROTOTYPE	179
FIGURE 51 INEXPENSIVE BIOCATALYTIC CO2-TO-FUEL PROCESS	180
EUROPE COMMITS TO MAJOR FUEL CELL/H2 INITIATIVE	181
CARBON NANOTUBES-RUBBER COULD BE USED IN ROBOTIC SKINS AND E-DISPLAYS	181
FIGURE 52 RESEARCHER HOLDING A HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTIC SHEET	182
BIOGENIC AS-S NANOTUBES PROMISE GREEN ELECTRONICS	183
DENSE ARRAYS OF LONG CNTS CARBON NANOTUBES	184
FIGURE 53 GROWTH OF STRAIGHT, LONG, DENSE SINGLE�WALLED NANOTUBES	185
CENTRIFUGATION PROCESS SORTS CARBON NANOTUBES	186
FIGURE 54 SORTING CNTS BY LENGTH	187
GRAPHENE ENHANCES POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES	187
MICROELECTRODE PROCESS AIDS USE IN SENSORS AND FUEL CELLS	189

Chapter- 8: ADMINISTRATIVE WATCH
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REGULATORY STAGE FOR NEXT ADMINISTRATION	191
BUDGET REQUEST REFLECTS STEADY GROWTH	192
CANADIAN NANOPRODUCTS STUDY	192
NNI UPDATES STRATEGIC PLAN	194
ENERGY RESEARCH CENTERS AND NT-BASED FUNDING	194
DIRECT CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICITY AND CHEMICAL FUELS	195
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BIOLOGICAL FEEDSTOCKS ARE CONVERTED INTO PORTABLE FUELS	195
ADDRESSING FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN ENERGY STORAGE	195
TRANSFORMING ENERGY UTILIZATION AND TRANSMISSION	196
SCIENCE-BASED GEOLOGICAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION	196
KOREAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. NANOCOMPOSITES RESEARCH	196
REPORT CHALLENGES COMMERCIAL PROLIFERATION OF NANOSILVER	196
NANO FORMS OF CARBON RAISE EU SAFETY CONCERNS	198
CNT MANUFACTURER RECEIVES EPA APPROVAL	198

Chapter- 9: INDUSTRY NEWS

NANOPARTICLES MANUFACTURER MEETS NIOSH GUIDELINES	200
CONSORTIUM TARGETS OPTIMIZED NP DISPERSION PROCESS	201
OXONICA�S WOES DEEPEN FURTHER	202
NANOSAFE�S SAFE TESTED PRODUCT REGISTRY	202
FIGURE 55 NANOSAFE TESTED MARK	203
EU-FUNDED PROJECT TARGETS NTS PROS AND CONS	204
UC DAVIS LICENSES SOLAR KNOW-HOW TO Q1 NANOSYSTEMS	204
UNIDYM RAMPS UP CNT PRODUCTION TO MEET DEMAND	205
CHIP CHARACTERIZATION	206
NANOGRAPHENE PLATELET PRODUCTION SCALES UP	206
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE STRENGTHENS LIGHTWEIGHT PRODUCT PERFORMANCE	208
E-BEAM ON-A-CHIP MOVES TO PILOT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION	209
GLOBAL ALLIANCE PROMISES IMPARTIALITY	210
CNT-BASED COMPOSITE FLIES HIGH IN FIRST AERIAL TESTS	211
FIRST COMMERCIAL BIOMEDICAL DENDRIMER PRODUCTS LAUNCHED	212
GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS POTENTIAL	213
MICHIGAN STATE SCIENTISTS GET AWARD	214
METHOD FOR LARGE-SCALE GRAPHENE SHEETS	215
FIGURE 56 LARGE SCALE GRAPHENE SHEET	216
DIAMONDOIDS LAUNCHED FOR COATING APPLICATIONS	217
CONVENTIONAL TOP DOWN PUSHED TO NEXT LIMIT	218

Chapter- 10: BRIEFLY NOTED

APPLIED MATERIALS EXPANDS MANUFACTURING	219
NANOCOMP AWARDEDBODY ARMOR CONTRACT	219
FEI�S STRONG REVENUE GROWTH CONTINUES	220
IBM EARMARKS $1.5 BILLION NT INVESTMENT	220
MICROFLUIDICS APPOINTS NEW CTO	220
FEI LAUNCH EXTREME HIGH RESOLUTION SEM	221
HITACHI SHOWCASES STATE-OF-THE-ART SEM	221

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