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Nanotechnology Investment Opportunities
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Nano Materials
P.N.C.Polymer-Nanotube Composites -- lightweight and strong plastics reinforced with carbon nanotubes. Nanotubes get less expensive every month and mentioned composites will replace multiple plastic, metal, stone and wooden detailing.
Status: Selection of polymer matrix and comparative study of different nanotube dispersion techniques.
PowerPlastics Polymer-nanopowder composites -- Enhance plastics with unique properties including fire-resistance, scratch-resistance, electric and thermal conductivity, UV-shielding, etc., by filling them with ultradisperse nanopowders. Thousands of applicable nanopowders are already on the market which have great potential for polymer modification.
Status: Selection of polymer matrix and comparative study of different nanopowder dispersion techniques.
ThermoTect Thermal protection nanoceramics -- Inorganic nanoceramics with advanced thermal protection properties in thin layers.
Strong need for such materials exist in the aerospace, automotive, metallurgy, energetic, chemical and other industries. The operational yield of a great many technologies -from plasmatrons to jet engines could be significantly increased if they could operate at higher temperatures.
Status: Researching & qualifying nanoceramic components.
Hard Friends Manufacturers Diamondoid manufacturing -- Computer-aided production of nano-to-macro scale precise, light, ultrahard details and instruments from carbon diamond-like nanomaterial. Primary interested industries include aerospace, automotive, building, industrial equipment, medicine and electronics.
Status: Researching controllable diamondoid synthesis reactions and elaborating details of experimental manufacturing equipment.
SwitchStix Controlled adhesiveness materials -- Electrically switched gecko-style smart scotch surface which can be set to stick or not to other surfaces, even glass and stone. Applications include wall-walking robots, cliff-hanging, transformer machine technology and industrial connectors.
Status: Developing manufacturing methods.
NanoSensor Micron-sized, extremely low-cost, highly sensitive optical/UV/IR nanosensors for telecom, data storage, cams, remote control, movement control, robotics and microrobotics, automotive and medicine.
State: Building massively parallel testing equipment to select an optimal active nanopore filter.
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