Paving the Way for Real-world Nanotechnology Products

The multi-party investment will bring together national research organisations, suppliers and manufacturers spanning the nanotechnology value chain, and government agencies to promote the technology. The Foundry is part of a masterplan spearheaded by A*STAR to push translational research and accelerate commercialisation of home-grown technologies. In partnership with other A*STAR research institutes, IMRE will work with companies like Toshiba Machines Co Ltd, EV Group, NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, NIL Technology ApS, Kyodo International Inc., micro resist technology GmbH, Nanoveu Pte Ltd and Solves Innovative Technology Pte Ltd to produce prototypes for real-world products and applications. The Foundry and its partners will also work closely with Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) and SPRING to promote its nanoimprint applications to industry as part of the plans to build up Singapore's high-value manufacturing capabilities.

"We can help companies develop up to 20,000 samples for proof-of-concept and pilot production allowing manufacturers to shorten the product cycle but minus the heavy capital R&D investment", said Dr Karen Chong, the IMRE scientist who is heading the Foundry. Dr Chong added that the Foundry will be a one-stop shop for companies seeking to conceive, design and develop solutions for new, revolutionary products based on the versatile nanoimprint technology.

"The Foundry gives us the tools for creating real products that target industry end users and ultimately consumers", explained Mr Masayuki Yagi, Director & General Manager, Advanced Machinery Business Unit, Toshiba Machines Co Ltd, Japan on why the company chose to participate in the initiative. "Toshiba Machines and the Foundry will aim to deliver innovative engineering solutions based on nanoimprint and be the best partner for leading industries.

According to Mr Koh Teng Kwee, Director of Solves Innovative Technology Pte Ltd, "Working with IMRE since ICON 1 , I am sure IMRE's nanoimprint technology and know-how is now ready for industrial adoption. In my opinion, IMRE is able to provide everything needed for a new product realisation involving nanoimprinting."

"There is a billion-dollar, virtually untapped market for new advanced nanotechnology products that can make use of what the Foundry has to offer", said Prof Andy Hor, Executive Director for IMRE, adding that the initiative will hasten the industrialisation of nanoimprinting in this lucrative market segment. In consumer care for example, the global market for contact lenses - where nanoimprint technology can be used to produce new functionalities like multi-coloured lenses - is expected to grow to USD 11.7 billion by 2015 .

"The Foundry is the first one-stop shop to pull different value chain partners together to offer solutions based on nanoimprint through equipment, moulds, materials and applications to end user companies", said Dr Tan Geok Leng, Executive Director of A*STAR's Science and Engineering Research Council which oversees a number of the research institutes dedicated to the physical sciences and engineering. "The new Foundry is part of Singapore's strategy to create a new, advanced high-value manufacturing sector to support its growing knowledge-based economy."

"As part of EDB's vision to position Singapore as an Advanced Manufacturing Hub, we will continue to work with companies to co-create and adopt advanced manufacturing technologies. We see this new Research Foundry as one of the key infrastructures to strengthen nanoscale-manufacturing capabilities in Singapore", said Mr Yi-Hsen Gian, Director (i3), Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore.

The Foundry was launched on 30 September 2013 during a ceremony that also saw collaboration agreements signed between A*STAR and its industry partners.

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PAVING THE WAY FOR REAL-WORLD NANOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

A*STARs new Nanoimprint Foundry will bridge the gap between laboratory-based nanotechnologies and real-world products. This is the first time that Singapore nanotechnology suppliers and manufacturers have been brought together to speed up productisation of nanoimprinting, a technology that imbues ordinary surfaces with unique properties for applications in sectors like consumer care, biomedical devices, optics, filtration, displays and maritime.

1. Singapore, 30 September 2013 Adhesives that leave no sticky residue, skins that keep medical instruments germ-free, new anti-reflective protectors for displays or surfaces that prevent barnacles from attaching to ships.These are just some of the products that nanoimprinting technology is capable of producing. A*STARs Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and its partners launched a new Nanoimprint Foundry that will develop, test-bed and prototype specially engineered plastics and surfaces for the specific purpose of commercialising the technologies. Possible applications of nanoimprint technology include dry adhesives, aesthetic packaging, contact lenses, biomedical cell scaffolds, anti-frost surfaces and anti-bacteria materials.

2. The multi-party investment will bring together national research organisations, suppliers and manufacturers spanning the nanotechnology value chain, and government agencies to promote the technology. The Foundry is part of a masterplan spearheaded by A*STAR to push translational research and accelerate commercialisation of home-grown technologies. In partnership with other A*STAR research institutes, IMRE will work with companies like Toshiba Machines Co Ltd, EV Group, NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, NIL Technology ApS, Kyodo International Inc., micro resist technology GmbH, Nanoveu Pte Ltd and Solves Innovative Technology Pte Ltd to produce prototypes for real-world products and applications. The Foundry and its partners will also work closely with Singapores Economic Development Board (EDB) and SPRING to promote its nanoimprint applications to industry as part of the plans to build up Singapores high-value manufacturing capabilities.

3. We can help companies develop up to 20,000 samples for proof-of-concept and pilot production allowing manufacturers to shorten the product cycle but minus the heavy capital R&D investment, said Dr Karen Chong, the IMRE scientist who is heading the Foundry. Dr Chong added that the Foundry will be a one-stop shop for companies seeking to conceive, design and develop solutions for new, revolutionary products based on the versatile nanoimprint technology.

4. The Foundry gives us the tools for creating real products that target industry end users and ultimately consumers, explained Mr Masayuki Yagi, Director & General Manager, Advanced Machinery Business Unit, Toshiba Machines Co Ltd, Japan on why the company chose to participate in the initiative. Toshiba Machines and the Foundry will aim to deliver innovative engineering solutions based on nanoimprint and be the best partner for leading industries.

5. According to Mr Koh Teng Kwee, Director of Solves Innovative Technology Pte Ltd, Working with IMRE since ICON 1[1], I am sure IMREs nanoimprint technology and know-how is now ready for industrial adoption. In my opinion, IMRE is able to provide everything needed for a new product realisation involving nanoimprinting.

6. There is a billion-dollar, virtually untapped market for new advanced nanotechnology products that can make use of what the Foundry has to offer, said Prof Andy Hor, Executive Director for IMRE, adding that the initiative will hasten the industrialisation of nanoimprinting in this lucrative market segment. In consumer care for example, the global market for contact lenses - where nanoimprint technology can be used to produce new functionalities like multi-coloured lenses - is expected to grow to USD 11.7 billion by 2015[2].

7. The Foundry is the first one-stop shop to pull different value chain partners together to offer solutions based on nanoimprint through equipment, moulds, materials and applications to end user companies, said Dr Tan Geok Leng, Executive Director of A*STARs Science and Engineering Research Council which oversees a number of the research institutes dedicated to the physical sciences and engineering. The new Foundry is part of Singapores strategy to create a new, advanced high-value manufacturing sector to support its growing knowledge-based economy.

8. As part of EDBs vision to position Singapore as an Advanced Manufacturing Hub, we will continue to work with companies to co-create and adopt advanced manufacturing technologies. We see this new Research Foundry as one of the key infrastructures to strengthen nanoscale-manufacturing capabilities in Singapore, said Mr Yi-Hsen Gian, Director (i3), Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore.

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Your plastic grocery bags can now be recycled into Nanotechnology

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That grocery-store plastic bag you just threw away might be the future of nanotechnology. Scientists at the University of Adelaide have developed a way to turn plastic bags into carbon nanotube membranes. These membranes are sophisticated and costly, with the potential to be used for energy storage and biomedical innovations.

Plastic bags represent a huge threat to the environment. They aren't biodegradable, Americans use over 100 billion (yes, that's billion with a b) of them, and only 1% are recycled. Thousands of marine animals and birds die of plastic pollution. And the environmental benefits to this "upcycling" (a play on recycling that means converting a waste product into something more valuable) these plastic bags could be important, at least according to Professor Dusan Losic, who led the team. "Transforming these waste materials through 'nanotechnological recycling' provides a potential solution for minimizing environmental pollution at the same time as producing high-added value products."

Similar research has been done before, Vilas Ganpat Pol at the Argonne National Laboratory converted plastic bags into nanotubes suitable for use in lithium-ion batteries. But Professor Dusan Losic's method has broader applications, and uses a new method. Here's the science: Dusan vaporized the plastic bags in a high-heat furnace, providing nanoporous alumina membranes with carbon pores that allowed the carbon nanotubes to grow.

The process is extremely complex, but shows that carbon-based "non-degradable wastematerial [such] as commercial plastic bags can be directly used to produce such sophisticated nanodevices as CNTs membranes." And in layman's terms, that could be a very good thing.

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Nano Labs Announces Promising Developments in Nanotechnology Gasoline

DETROIT, Sept. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nano Labs Corp. (CTLE) is pleased to present the industry with promising test results relating to a proprietary nanotechnology which replaces commercial gasoline.

The Company has successfully tested their Nanotechnology Gasoline (NG). The technology combines 60% commercial grade gasoline with 40% ordinary drinking water plus the Company's proprietary nanotechnology. The result may mean an alternative to existing additives, like Ethanol, MTBE, Benzene, Methanol, and Aromatics additives that are harmful to the environment.

The Company has replaced 40% of gasoline with water and nanotechnology which thereby dramatically reduces the need of gasoline by over a third, thereby increasing fuel efficiency and reducing environmental emissions.

The Company reports that five gasoline mixtures were successfully tested; the tests were repeated three times over a period of thirteen months.

"Our new nano gasoline mixture combines our technology with normal tap water and gasoline which does not separate. In fact, it has remained intact after many months of testing. Also, the nano fuel does not freeze at temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius," states Dr. Victor Castano, Chief Innovations Officer of Nano Labs. "This is by far one of the most interesting projects our teams are working on right now, a game changer in the energy sector."

"This new technology would not require any changes to the existing refinery process and our nanotechnology could be applied directly at the fuel storage container stage," adds Mr. Bernardo Camacho Chavarria, President of Nano Labs. "This new technology could dramatically increase profits for the oil companies that they could pass on to consumers, and at the same time dramatically decrease the harmful emissions that contribute to global warming. It is important to note that we are at the development stage of the product, and are currently working with third-party labs for Octane and BTU Certification Testing. With these results we are looking to finalize a roadmap for commercialization and reporting back to industry and our shareholders."

About Nano Labs

Nano Labs Corp. (CTLE) is a nanotechnology research and development company which began during October 2012, but is able to access resources that encompass nearly 30 years of research and development in nanotechnology as well as hundreds of peer-reviewed and published research papers and other scholarly material. The Company's research and development team of scientists, designers, and engineers is focused on creating a portfolio of advanced products that could provide benefits to a variety of industries including: (i) consumer products, (ii) energy, (iii) materials, and (iv) healthcare. Through the use and integration of proprietary nano compounds, our goal is to evolve common products into new, revolutionary products in order to make the world a better place. Nano Labs shares are traded on the OTC Bulletin Board in the United States under the ticker CTLE. For more information, please visit http://www.NanoLabs.us.

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Global Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Industry – 2013 Report

Dublin, Sept. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/822v4c/the_global) has announced the addition of the "The Global Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Industry: Stage of Development, Global Activity and Market Opportunities" report to their offering.

Nanotechnology applications and nanomaterials are being applied across a raft of industries due to their outstanding magnetic, optical, catalytic and electronic properties. There are already established market for nanomaterials including titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, silicon oxide nanopowders and carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, nanosilver, nanoclays, quantum dots and nanoporous materials driven by demand from applications in filtration, electronics, cosmetics, energy, medicine, chemicals, coatings and catalysts. Recent breakthroughs have heralded new market opportunities in graphene and nanocellulose. This report provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of the market for these materials.

WHAT DOES THE REPORT INCLUDE?

Key Topics Covered

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2 METHODOLOGY

3 NANOMATERIALS PRODUCTION: CURRENT AND PROJECTED

4 LICENSING AGREEMENTS/PARTNERSHIPS

5 REGULATIONS

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TREND: Big applications for nanotechnology

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IMAGINE switching on a lamp in a room. Instead of just lighting up the room, the lamp also sanitises air by killing microorganisms in the air without the use of harmful sanitisers or chemicals.

In another scenario, hospital staff are required to ensure their uniforms are carefully cleaned and free from bacteria. But imagine this: What if the textile is layered with an anti-bacterial surface that not only allows it to self clean but is also dust repellent? Wouldnt it be convenient?

These are not works of fiction but are possible with the application of nanotechnology in solutions, says Manju Gunawardana, principal research scientist and co-founder of Sri Lanka-based Hybrid Technologies. Manju, whose nanotechnology-based inventions won two awards gold and silver at the 41st Inventions Geneva exhibition in April, would certainly know.

The Gold award was for his Air Purifying Nano Photocatalytic CFL lamp and the Silver was for the Nano Visible Light Photocatalysis Based Hospital infection Control System.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE Nanotechnology, says Manju, is a multidisciplinary science that looks at how we can manipulate matter at the molecular and atomic level. One nanometre is just one billionth of a metre. In general, a typical atom is about one-tenth of a nanometre in diameter.

By manipulating molecules, we can make all sorts of interesting materials. Passive things can be converted into active products such as wall and fabric. Light source can be converted to purifying elements through the application of nanotechnology solutions, he explains.

THE TECHNOLOGY Nanotechnology, Manju adds, has immensely contributed to the manufacture of polymers based on molecular structure and the design of computer chip layouts based on surface science while the other commercial applications relates to the use of colloidal nanoparticles in bulk form to create personal care products and cloths.

Nanotechnology is sometimes referred to as a general-purpose technology. Thats because in its advanced form, it will have significant impact on almost all industries and areas of society. It will offer better built, longer lasting, cleaner, safer and smarter products for the home, communications, medicine, transportation, agriculture, and for industry in general, says Manju.

Asked about the type of solutions that can be created based on nanotechnology, he cites examples that can be derived from various nano particles. When exposed to light, titanium dioxide nano particles starts to purify.

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Oil and gas industry research targets nanotechnology

The statement "there is no more easy oil" is commonplace in the oil and gas industry. It is an interesting observation: what the industry now considers "easy" was anything but when the technologies were introduced that opened up what now are considered easy-to-produce fields. The technologies that have allowed heavy oil production, ultra-deepwater drilling, and floating production were essential to the growth of the industry.

Today, work continues on the next generation of research and development, which includes disciplines that have never before been associated with oil and gas operations. One of the most interesting and promising of these is nanotechnology.

R&D efforts are taking place on a number of fronts. Houston's Rice University, for example, is involved in developing "nanoreporters" that are designed to change their molecular makeup depending on the medium they encounter (water, petroleum, or hydrogen sulfide) and to report data, including the temperature and pressure readings. Tags attached to the nanoreporters allow the scientists tracking the devices to determine how long the nanoreporters have been deployed.

Saudi Aramco has invested heavily in similar research through its Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center - Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Researchers at EXPEC ARC are developing reservoir robots, or "resbots," designed for deployment in oil and gas reservoirs for the purpose of reporting data from the reservoir to the surface for improved reservoir management.

Additional industry research is focused on developing advanced coatings applications, including coatings for drill bits, lubricants and drilling mud, and pipelines.

Classification societies have embraced emerging technology, including nanotechnology, which has led to increased investment and greater cooperation with other stakeholders through pioneering joint development projects.

One example is work ABS has undertaken with George Washington University on nanosurface profiling technologies to develop and test ice-phobic coatings to mitigate ice accretion. By profiling the surface at the nano scale, researchers can modify the contact angle for water droplets such that they do not adhere, which means the droplets will not wet a treated surface. This technology could mitigate the risk of ice buildup in arctic conditions.

The aim of this project is to develop a testing standard to evaluate ice-phobic coating performance and will encompass an assessment not only of ice adhesion, but also of abrasion resistance, durability, and UV resistance. It is a trickier problem than it appears, in part because there are so many variables. For instance, the type and composition of ice accreted can be expected to differ between components and locations on the same vessel. This also is true for the same component installed on different vessels.

The potential application of ice-phobic surfaces is far reaching and includes the ability to liberate critical components such as lifeboat release mechanisms and navigation equipment from the debilitating effects of freezing sea spray and precipitation.

This ambitious project holds bold promise for improving safety in the Arctic developments that are anticipated in the next few years. Applying nanotechnology that will expand the operational window of Arctic operations has the potential to increase productivity considerably and to reduce operational interference due to inclement conditions.

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