Nanoscienceinfo

San Diego, CA, February 4th, 2008
Source: NanoTechnologyNow.com
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=27868

Nacalai USA, the San Diego, California-based life science reagent and chemical company, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Westwood, Massachusetts-based Nano-C, Inc, a leading manufacturer of nanostructured carbon materials, to co-develop industrial scale use of HPLC technology for production of fullerenes and their chemical derivatives. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.  As part of the agreement, Nacalai USA will provide Nano-C with its expertise in liquid chromatographic purification of fullerenes and other nanostructured carbon materials.
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Source: ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2008)
Adapted from materials provided by Naval Research Laboratory, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080207153618.htm

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have successfully produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in high yields in bulk solid compositions using commercially available aromatic containing resins. The concentration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and metal nanoparticles can be easily varied within the shaped carbonaceous solid. Carbon nanotube containing fibers and films have also been formulated from the precursor compositions. The potential range of applications is huge, including structure, energy, sensors, separation/filtration, battery, electronic displays, and nanoelectronic devices.
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source: Netcomposites.com / Feb 19, 2008
http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?4824

Bayer MaterialScience AG and the Toyota Tsusho Corporation have finalised a distribution agreement for Baytubes, Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs).  Toyota Tsusho will act as Bayer MaterialScience’s exclusive distributor responsible for the marketing, sales, technical development and support of the Baytubes business in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. Toyota Tsusho brings to the table extensive experience related to high-grade chemical products, market intelligence about Baytubes markets, market intelligence about the countries and regions mentioned above, sales offices and organization as well as a close link with major Japanese corporations that have a stake in this new technology. (more…)

Develops innovative new systems to automate production of uniform, large-format products
CONCORD, N.H., Feb. 19, 2008
Source: Nanacomp. Technologies press release/Businesswire

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. (www.nanocomptech.com), a developer of next-generation performance materials, today announced it has successfully produced 3-foot by 6-foot sheets of carbon nanotube material. This significant production milestone, the result of the company’s ongoing investment in nanotube growth technology and manufacturing capacity, gives Nanocomp the ability to generate the largest cohesive sheets of nanotube material ever produced.  At the core of Nanocomp’s process is a breakthrough technology for continuous, high-volume output of millimeter-long, highly pure carbon nanotubes that efficiently conduct both heat and electricity. By bringing this technology to practice using proven, scalable industrial processes, Nanocomp can now produce sheets of material at contiguous sizes of tens of square feet.
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R. Colin Johnson
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug 27, 2007
Source: EETimes.com
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201802429

Nanotubes historically have been synonymous with organic carbon nanotubes, but no more.  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) have defined a new class of inorganic nanotube materials that are analogous to volcanically formed minerals found in Japan and New Zealand. By combining aluminum oxide with silicon and germanium, professor Sankar Nair’s group at Georgia Tech claims to have defined a new class of single-walled nanotube that is less expensive to fabricate than carbon nanotubes, offering properties that are easier to control.
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1.   Evident Technologies
216 River Street, Suite 200
Troy, New York 12180, USA
Phone: 518.273.6266
Fax: 518.273.6267
www.evidenttech.com

2.  Invitrogen Corporation (Q-dots)
1600 Faraday Avenue, PO Box 6482
Carlsbad, California 92008, USA
Phone: (800) 955- 6288, Option 3, x46029
FAX: (800) 331-2286
Email: catalog@invitrogen.com
www.invitrogen.com

Here is a short list of vendors of Single Wall (SWNT), double wall (DWNT) & multi wall (MWNT)
carbon nanotubes in USA, Europe and Asia for your quick reference.

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