Business groups expressing interest, caution on nanotech

from the nanobusiness dept.
Advances in nanoscience research and development are spurring intense interest among investors and corporations, but many are also wary of "nano-hype" in the wake of the dot-com meltdown. An article describing these mixed views appeared in Red Herring magazine ("Nano a nano", S. Herrera, 31 August 2001). The article also describes the efforts of Mark Modzelewski in creating the NanoBusiness Alliance, an international nanotechnology trade association to lobby congress, commission white papers, and conduct symposia. Similar coverage appeared in The Boston Globe ("Nanotechnology emerges as the next new frontier", by Beth Healy, 3 September 2001

The first symposium sponsored by the NanoBusiness Alliance will be held in New York City on 3 October 2001, and will bring together researchers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, policy makers, journalists and the public at large to examine the emerging ìbusinessî of nanotechnology.

Spiral nanotubes create

While much recent research news about nanotubes has focused on their electronic properties, this report in Applied Physics Letters (3 September 2001), by researchers at the University of Idaho, describes helical nanotubes that act as springs. The nanosprings could serve as positioners, or even as tiny conventional springs, for nanomachines of the future.

Directors have big plans for UTD nanotech center

from the deep-in-the-heart-of-Texas dept.
A flurry of news about the Nanotechnology Institute at the University of Texas-Dallas (UTD) appeared during August 2001 surround the appointment of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Alan G. MacDiarmid as chairman of the advisory board of UTD's new NanoTech Institute. MacDiarmid, who was awarded the Nobel in chemistry last year for his discoveries in conducting polymers, has been on faculty of the University of Pennsylvania since 1955, but will join UTD as a scholar in residence. Coverage appeared on Bcentral (20 August), Scripps-Howeard Reporter News (21 August) and Small Times (22 August) websites. According to the reports, MacDiarmid will also act as senior adviser on science and technology to UTD president Franklyn G. Jenifer.

Small Times also published an extensive interview (29 August) that included comments from MacDiarmid and the UDT Nanotech Instituteís new director, Dr. Ray Baughman, on their plans for development of the institute. Another interview with Baughman appeared on the Nanotech Planet website. Baughman assumed his post as director on 4 September 2001.

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