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Nanotechnology Investment Opportunities
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Nano Energetics
NanoLectrics Nano-enhanced electricity generators. Light-weight, compact, powerful and energy-efficient mechano-electric converters. Benefits are achieved through small nano-composite magnets, quasi-monolith nanocoils, lighter and stronger materials, precise assembly, nanoparticle lubricants, etc.
Status: Developing parts.
BETTERies Nano-enhanced electric accumulator. Light, compact and powerful electricity storage devices. Charge separation is processed by special nanostructured media under applied electric field. Markets: automotive, aerospace, mobile devices.
Status: Developing parts.
Fricticity Tribo-electric generator for micro- and nano-devices. Tribo-electric converter for voltage supply to micro- and nano-devices. An array of such converters could provide macroscale electric voltages generated by friction.
Status: Building an enlarged prototype and researching material properties.
NanoChemLabs Photo-catalytic cell arrays. Planar matrix of chemical nanoreactors which process reactions while being exposed to light of specific wavelengths. Control of light distribution leads to control of chemical reactions. Matrices of similar cells make for solar hydrogen extraction panels, and other chemical energy sources. Matrices of various cells enable chemical-plant-on-a-chip instruments for chemistry, biotechnology, nanotechnology medical diagnostics, custom drug synthesis, and multi-material 3D-printing.
Status: Researching catalytic surface effects and design of optical control system.
MuscleMote Photo-mechanical actuators -- Tiny artificial muscles, able to shrink and expand under changing light conditions. Industries served include MEMS, smart materials, photosensors, micro- and nanorobotics, precise positioning systems, labs-on-a-chip and actuators. Also offers an alternative approach to full-optical routers.
Status: Experimental study of basic principles.
OptiMedia Nonlinear media -- Optically active media based on highly ordered nano-structured lattices. This media should provide interaction of independent photons (or, primary, tiny light rays) through interaction with themselves. Primary applications are optical transistors, computing and routers (for internet acceleration), smart optics and 3D-displays.
Status: Nano-structuring of different candidate materials.
Rays2Volts Nano-enhanced solar cells -- Low-cost light films, able to convert light to electricity at competitive rates. Useful for roofs, walls, aerospace, cars, tourism, and even local power plants.
Status: Studying flexible photonic crystals and methods for fractal nanowire network manufacturing.
NanoJets Chemical micro-engines -- Family of smart microsize chemical engines -including combustion and jet principles- for nanoscale satellites and flying micro-robotics. Target markets are aerospace, household flying robotics, UAVs and even toys.
Status: Building test models.
Thin Air Electricity Wireless mobile chargers -- Tiny devices for wireless charging of mobile device accumulators. This system works by detecting and capturing neighboring electromagnetic field fluctuations. Such are abundant in any modern office or home. Notebook or cell-phone owners can dramatically extend untethered device autonomy.
Status: Experimental prototype under construction.
MicroActuator Precise, light, powerful and low-cost actuators, based on very large scale shape memory effect in the nanostructured metal. Size range from microns to meters provides wide range of applications: linear and angular motors, artificial muscles, robotics, micromanipulators, MEMS and aerospace.
Status: Sales ready (but still primitive) thermal and electrical activated devices in sample quantities.
Nanolaser Micron to millimeter sized, very low-cost, high performance distributed feedback lasers with different discrete wavelengths (from UV to IR). Must use in telecom, data storage, manufacturing, «3D-printing», medicine, nanotech, multimedia, security, gyros and toys.
Status: Advancement of shape control and analysis of different active materials behavior.
NanoMagnet Powerful constant magnets, prepared by compaction of nanopowders under special conditions. These magnets can be used as parts of electric motors and generators, industrial magnetic devices and ultrasmall magnets for micro- nano- bio-technology.
Status: Researching properties of components.
HyperCoils Powerful electrical magnets, based on unique technology of production spins of ordered micro-wires. Resulting quasi-monolithic coils with millions of turns per cubic millimeter can be used as extremely powerful common electromagnets or extremely small electromagnets for micro-machines.
Status: Building and testing prototypes.
PowerMotors Nano-enhanced electric motors -- Light, compact, powerful and energy efficient rotational and linear electric motors. Benefits are achieved from small nanocomposite magnets, quasi-monolith nanocoils, lighter and stronger materials, precise assembly, nanoparticle lubricants, etc.
Status: Developing parts.
NanoMo Family of robust nanoscale rotational and linear electric motors, based on combinations of electrophysical principles. Basic applications are MEMS, micromachine arrays, smart materials, scientific equipment, labs and factories on-a-chip, nanomanipulation and nanorobotics.
Status: Developing parts.
MetaFuelFuel cells -- Compact voltage source uses catalytic oxidization of a wide variety of common combustible materials (like paper, wood, plastic, hydrocarbons, etc). This easy-to-use and lightweight electric cell would bring major benefits to cars, mobile devices, waste recycling as well as for tourists and village inhabitants.
Status: Researching properties of catalytic surfaces.
HydroCapsHydrogen storage -- Composite fuel consisting of microcapsules containing hydrogen under high pressure. When capsules are in the combustion chamber, the shells release the hydrogen and the engine works. This technology allows highly precise hydrogen dosage and competitive hydrogen density, which is of great benefit to mobile devices, UAVs, UGVs, ships, rockets, etc.
Status: Experimental equipment design.
OxyStore Oxygen storage -- Nanostructured composite material to store oxygen in a relatively compact and light manner. This module is a strong base for ultra-portable industrial instruments, rockets, airplanes, flying devices, breathing support systems and tourist lighters.
Status: Experimental equipment design.
Magnetostrictors Magnetostriction actuators -- Powerful precise actuators based on magnetostriction effect. Project includes development and manufacturing of unique nano/micro/bio technology equipment. When developing these devices on the basis of third-party materials, part of the project resources will be devoted to the creation of our own nano-enhanced magnetostriction materials.
Status: Testing properties and applications of existing magnetostriction materials.
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