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Nanotechnology expert Somenath Mitra to receive NJIT Excellence in Research award

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Contact: Tanya Klein 973-596-3433 New Jersey Institute of Technology @njit

NJIT Distinguished Professor Somenath Mitra, Ph.D., whose pioneering research has spanned a spectrum of applications for carbon nanotechnology that address critical quality-of-life issues, will receive the seventh annual Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on Oct. 2, 2014. Dr. Mitra has been instrumental in developing technology for photovoltaic cells solar cells that can be output on home-based inkjet printers to provide household power when exposed to the sun. Through nanotube technology, he has also advanced the development of sensors that could be used for continuous real-time monitoring of organic contaminants in air and water. For more information on Dr. Mitra's research, visit: http://www.njit.edu/about/boards/overseers/awards/prizeandmedal/2014/index.php.

Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will receive the second annual Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his long and distinguished career and for his substantial and notable research contributions to industry and academe. A prominent expert in wireless communications and signal processing for more than four decades, Dr. Bar-Ness directs The Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research at NJIT, which has long been in the forefront of wireless technology. For more information on Dr. Bar-Ness, visit: http://www.njit.edu/about/boards/overseers/awards/lifetime-achievement/2014/bar-ness.php

"The purpose of the Excellence in Research Prize and Medal is to elevate the image of research on campus and in the community," said Philip Rinaldi, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers. "As an alumnus and chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers, I am deeply honored to share in special recognition of the talent and dedication that continues to build our university's stature worldwide."

The award ceremony and premiere of research video profiles of Dr. Mitra and Dr. Bar-Ness will be streamed live Oct. 2, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. ET. For a live streaming link, visit: http://www.njit.edu/excellenceinresearch.

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The NJIT Board of Overseers is composed of prominent volunteer alumni and friends of the university, as well as key administrators, including President Joel S. Bloom. It is the governing body for the Foundation at NJIT the university's fundraising arm and has a joint fiduciary responsibility with the Board of Trustees for stewarding and developing NJIT's endowment. Additionally, the board has initiated activities and events that increase NJIT's visibility and prestige. These initiatives include establishing the Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, which was first presented in 2008.

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NJIT Distinguished Professor Somenath Mitra, Ph.D., whose pioneering research has spanned a spectrum of applications for carbon nanotechnology that address critical quality-of-life issues, will receive the seventh annual Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on Oct. 2, 2014. Dr. Mitra has been instrumental in developing technology for photovoltaic cells solar cells that can be output on home-based inkjet printers to provide household power when exposed to the sun. Through nanotube technology, he has also advanced the development of sensors that could be used for continuous real-time monitoring of organic contaminants in air and water. For more information on Dr. Mitras research, visit: http://www.njit.edu/about/boards/overseers/awards/prizeandmedal/2014/index.php.

Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will receive the second annual Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his long and distinguished career and for his substantial and notable research contributions to industry and academe. A prominent expert in wireless communications and signal processing for more than four decades, Dr. Bar-Ness directs The Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research at NJIT, which has long been in the forefront of wireless technology. For more information on Dr. Bar-Ness, visit: http://www.njit.edu/about/boards/overseers/awards/lifetime-achievement/2014/bar-ness.php.

The purpose of the Excellence in Research Prize and Medal is to elevate the image of research on campus and in the community, said Philip Rinaldi, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers. As an alumnus and chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers, I am deeply honored to share in special recognition of the talent and dedication that continues to build our universitys stature worldwide.

The award ceremony and premiere of research video profiles of Dr. Mitra and Dr. Bar-Ness will be streamed live Oct. 2, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. ET. For a live streaming link, visit: http://www.njit.edu/excellenceinresearch.

The NJIT Board of Overseers is composed of prominent volunteer alumni and friends of the university, as well as key administrators, including President Joel S. Bloom. It is the governing body for the Foundation at NJIT the universitys fundraising arm and has a joint fiduciary responsibility with the Board of Trustees for stewarding and developing NJITs endowment. Additionally, the board has initiated activities and events that increase NJITs visibility and prestige. These initiatives include establishing the Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, which was first presented in 2008.

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One of the nations leading public technological universities, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a top-tier research university that prepares students to become leaders in the technology-dependent economy of the 21st century. NJITs multidisciplinary curriculum and computing-intensive approach to education provide technological proficiency, business acumen and leadership skills. With an enrollment of more than 10,000 graduate and undergraduate students, NJIT offers small-campus intimacy with the resources of a major public research university. NJIT is a global leader in such fields as solar research, nanotechnology, resilient design, tissue engineering, and cyber-security, in addition to others. NJIT ranks fifth among U.S. polytechnic universities in research expenditures, topping $110 million, and is among the top 1 percent of public colleges and universities in return on educational investment, according to Payscale.com.

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Nanotechnology innovation promises cheaper, clearer LEDs

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September 25, 2014 // Paul Buckley

Princeton University researchers have developed a new method of increasing the brightness, efficiency and clarity of LEDs used on smartphones and portable electronics as well as for lighting applications.

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The method also claims to improve the picture clarity of LED displays by 400 percent, compared with conventional approaches. In an article published online in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, the researchers described how they accomplished the performance improvements by inventing a technique that manipulates light on a scale smaller than a single wavelength.

"New nanotechnology can change the rules of the ways we manipulate light," said Chou, who has been working in the field for 30 years. "We can use this to make devices with unprecedented performance."

Current LEDs have design challenges; foremost among them is to reduce the amount of light that gets trapped inside the LED's structure. Although they are known for their efficiency, only a small amount of light generated inside an LED actually escapes.

"It is exactly the same reason that lighting installed inside a swimming pool seems dim from outside because the water traps the light," said Chou, the Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering. "The solid structure of a LED traps far more light than the pool's water."

In fact, a rudimentary LED emits only about two to four percent of the light it generates. The trapped light not only makes the LEDs dim and energy inefficient, it also makes them short-lived because the trapped light heats the LED, which greatly reduces its lifespan.

"A holy grail in today's LED manufacturing is light extraction," Chou said.

Engineers have been working on this problem. By adding metal reflectors, lenses or other structures, they can increase the light extraction of LEDs. For conventional high-end, organic LEDs, these techniques can increase light extraction to about 38 percent. But these light-extraction techniques cause the display to reflect ambient light, which reduces contrast and makes the image seem hazy.

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Y-Prize competition helps bring Penn-developed nanotechnology to the market

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The hottest new ideas applying nanotechnology to the real world are developing right here at Penn.

On Wednesday night, the Wharton and Engineering schools, the Mack Institute for Innovation Management,and the Penn Center for Innovation held a kickoff event for the third-annual Y-Prize competition . The evening centered around the presentation of this year's Penn faculty-developed technologies. Students competing in Y-Prize will work in teams to choose one of the three technologies to market as a product. They willpresent their ideas to a panel of judges and the winners of the contest willreceive a $5,000 prize as well as an exclusive opportunity to market their technology.

Each year, the contest focuses on a different area of technology this year, nanotechnology.The recent opening of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology has brought this new and exciting field into the spotlight at Penn. With Y-Prize, three Penn professors will have the opportunity to see their ideas take off through student innovation.

Engineering professor Vijay Kumar , a founder of the competition, introduced the event by welcoming students and discussing the goal of the program: innovative cooperation between the brightest mindsof science and business.

Several contributors to the program also made remarks. Engineering professor Kathleen Stebe emphasized the importance of learning through hands-on work, calling the competition a beautiful union of everything that were supposed to be about at the University of Pennsylvania.

Wharton professor Saikat Chaudhuri also spoke about the necessity of integrating ideas from various academic areas. Interdisciplinary application between fields is most necessary to solve the most pressing problems, he said.

The event proceeded with detailed presentations of the three technologies that will be the focus of the competition. This year, students plans will feature ultra-strong material that is only one atom in thickness, batteries that charge in minutes but last for hours and a special adhesive surface that sticks and unsticks on command.

Wharton and Engineeringsenior Bahram Banisadr is competing in Y-Prize for the second time. He believes that the contest fits well with the Penn entrepreneurial mindset.

According to Banisadr, many Penn students tend to pursue only a few specific career paths. The Y-Prize program, he said, allows students to think and learn in a new, original way. Its just one of many very cool opportunities out there.

Student proposals for Y-Prize are due in early November. Finalists will be announced in late November and the winners will be determined in January.

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Nanotechnology leads to better, cheaper LEDs for phones and lighting

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Contact: John Sullivan js29@princeton.edu 609-258-4597 Princeton University, Engineering School

Princeton University researchers have developed a new method to increase the brightness, efficiency and clarity of LEDs, which are widely used on smartphones and portable electronics as well as becoming increasingly common in lighting.

Using a new nanoscale structure, the researchers, led by electrical engineering professor Stephen Chou, increased the brightness and efficiency of LEDs made of organic materials (flexible carbon-based sheets) by 58 percent. The researchers also report their method should yield similar improvements in LEDs made in inorganic (silicon-based) materials used most commonly today.

The method also improves the picture clarity of LED displays by 400 percent, compared with conventional approaches. In an article published online August 19 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, the researchers describe how they accomplished this by inventing a technique that manipulates light on a scale smaller than a single wavelength.

"New nanotechnology can change the rules of the ways we manipulate light," said Chou, who has been working in the field for 30 years. "We can use this to make devices with unprecedented performance."

A LED, or light emitting diode, is an electronic device that emits light when electrical current moves through two terminals. LEDs offer several advantages over incandescent or fluorescent lights: they are far more efficient, compact and have a longer lifetime, all of which are important in portable displays.

Current LEDs have design challenges; foremost among them is to reduce the amount of light that gets trapped inside the LED's structure. Although they are known for their efficiency, only a very small amount of light generated inside an LED actually escapes.

"It is exactly the same reason that lighting installed inside a swimming pool seems dim from outside because the water traps the light," said Chou, the Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering. "The solid structure of a LED traps far more light than the pool's water."

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Nanotech can help tackle terrorism: Researchers

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New Delhi, Sep 21: Self-reliance in nanotechnology can help India become self-reliant in sectors like defence and in combating terrorism, according to researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

From water purification to manufacturing to wrinkle-free fabrics to curing cancer, nano technology holds great potential for India and a multi-pronged approach will ensure that this is fully leveraged, they said.

One possible means of bridging the gap between India's abundant, varied natural resources and her ever-increasing requirements like clean water, food and rapid, low-cost diagnostic machinery is the use of nanotechnology, say Arindam Ghosh and Yamuna Krishnan in the international journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology is manipulation of matter on a scale of nanometre or 0.000000001 m. Since the dimensions of atoms and molecule are in nanometres, this technology is called nanotechnology and the resulting materials nanomaterials.

Although India promoted research in nanotechnology through the "NanoScience and Technology Initiative", started with a funding of Rs 60 crore, the country launched a five-year programme 'Nano Mission' with wider objectives and larger funding of USD 250 million spanning multiple areas like basic research in nanotechnology, human resources development, infrastructure development and international collaboration, there is lot of room for improvement, the researchers quoted by Gubbi Labs say.

But, the research says that the amount India spends on nanotechnology research is still just a fraction of the research spending of countries like Japan, the US, France and China.

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It's a Small, Small, Small, Small World

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With the tools of the nanotechnology trade becoming better defined, the ability to create new materials and devices by placing every atom and molecule in the right place is moving closer to reality.

The properties of materials depend on how their atoms are arranged. Rearrange the atoms in coal and you get diamonds. Rearrange the atoms in soil, water, and air, and you have grass. And since humans first made stone tools and flint knives, we have been manipulating atoms in great thundering statistical herds by casting, milling, grinding, and chipping materials. We rearrange the atoms in sand, for example, add a pinch of impurities, and we produce computer chips. We have gotten better and better at it, and can make more things at lower cost and with greater precision than ever before.

Even in our most precise work, we move atoms around in massive heaps and untidy piles-millions or billions of them at a time. Theoretical analyses make it clear, however, that we should be able to rearrange atoms and molecules one by one-with every atom in just the right place-much as we might arrange Lego blocks to create a model building or simple machine. This technology, often called nanotechnology or molecular manufacturing, will allow us to make most products lighter, stronger, smarter, cheaper, cleaner, and more precise.

The consequences would be great. We could, for starters, continue the revolution in computer hardware right down to molecular-sized switches and wires. The ability to build things molecule by molecule would also let us make a new class of structural materials that would be more than 50 times stronger than steel of the same weight: a Cadillac might weigh 100 pounds; a full-size sofa could be picked up with one hand. The ability to build molecule by molecule could also give us surgical instruments of such precision and deftness that they could operate on the cells and even molecules from which we are made.

The ability to make such products probably lies a few decades away. But theoretical and computational models provide assurances that the molecular manufacturing systems needed for the task are possible-that they do not violate existing physical law. These models also give us a feel for what a molecular manufacturing system might look like. This is an important foundation: after all, the basic idea of an electrical relay was known in the 1820s, and the concept of a mechanical computer that operated off a stored set of instructions-a program-was understood a few years later. But computers using relays were not built till much later because no good theoretical comprehension of computation existed. Today, scientists are devising numerous tools and techniques that will be needed to transform nanotechnology from computer models into reality. While most remain in the realm of theory, there appears to be no fundamental barrier to their development.

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Growing R&D Investments & Developments in Nanomaterials to Drive the Global Nanotechnology Market, According to New …

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Follow us on LinkedIn Nanotechnology and its potential to revolutionize the world has attracted diverse players including academic institutions, government agencies, multinational corporations and small start-ups. The early years of nanotechnology development was dominated by government funded research projects largely due to the high risks involved, which deterred private and venture capital investments. Government budgets earmarked for this evolving technology have been growing over the years, emphasizing rising importance of nanotechnology in modern industrial society. A key reason cited for this keen federal level interest in nanotechnology research is the technologys ability to improve human life, health and business, thus in the process encouraging economic prosperity. The successful commercialization of numerous nanotechnology enabled products and the ensuing reduction in investment risks will however witness the private sector play a more important role in R&D in the coming years. Although the government will continue to remain a prime player both in terms of funding and use of the technology, several large companies will step up their investment focus in developing in-house R&D expertise in specific applications encouraged by the lucrative commercial opportunities in store.

Increasing production of nanomaterials, declining prices and rapid commercialization are driving growth in the market. Defined as minute particles measuring less than 100 nanometers, nanomaterials are manufactured through modification of materials at the molecular level, and are lightweight, durable with engineered properties customized to meet demanding requirements in a multitude of applications. The electronics sector represents a promising market for nanomaterials against a backdrop of the growing need for technologies to sustain the rapid increase in computing capability. Nanotechnology in this regard is gaining immense interest for its ability to overcome the computing limitation of conventional silicon microelectronics. Development of Semiconductor Nanowires (NWs) and nanofabrication technologies, in this regard are poised to revolutionize nanoelectronics. Research efforts are currently underway to build hybrid architectures by integrating nanodevices with microelectronics using conventional silicon-wafer technology as the bridging platform.

While electronics manufacturing and chemical markets continue to be leading end-use markets for nanomaterials, future growth in the market will be primarily driven by pharmaceutical, healthcare and food industries. Nanotechnology is helping improve drug efficacy, medical diagnostics, therapy and follow-up monitoring, thus enhancing quality of life in a real affordable manner. Increasing use of nanotechnology in diagnostics and therapy procedures for treating cancer and central nervous system disorders especially bodes well for the market. Drug manufacture, medical imaging, and implants represent other areas that are expected to generate substantial opportunities for nanotechnology in the coming years.

As stated by the new market research report on Nanotechnology, Asia-Pacific represents the largest and the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 26.3% over the analysis period. Growth in the region is driven by booming electronics industry in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China and Singapore, and steady R&D investments on carbon nanotubes. Semiconductors and electronics represents the largest end-use market with growth supported by miniaturization of electronic components, and growing preference for lightweight, energy efficient electronic systems. The food industry ranks as the fastest growing end-use sector encouraged by the growing use of nanoingredients and nanoencapsulated bioactive compounds in packaged food products.

Leading players in the market include Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc., Advanced Nano Products Co. Limited, Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., Arrowhead Research Corporation, Bruker Corporation, Catalytic Materials LLC, Chemat Technology Inc., eSpin Technologies Inc., ELITech Group, Genefluidics Inc., Hanwha Nanotech Corporation, Hybrid Plastics, Hyperion Catalysis International Inc., Integran Technologies Inc., Intrinsiq Materials Limited - IML, Nanocyl S.A., NanoMaterials Ltd, Nanosys Inc., QuantumSphere Inc., Raymor Industries Inc., Shenzhen Nanotech Port Co. Ltd., SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc., Starpharma Holdings, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, among others.

The research report titled Nanotechnology: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, growth drivers, innovations and strategic industry activities of major companies worldwide. The report provides market estimates and projections for all major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, UK, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China and Rest of Asia-Pacific) and Rest of World. End-Use industries analyzed in the report include Chemicals, Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductors & Electronics, Pharma & Healthcare, Food, and Others.

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Nanotech at ECC gets boost from state

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Erie Community Colleges efforts to launch a new degree program in nanotechnology received a major boost Tuesday with a state grant of $5.75 million.

The grant, announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in Syracuse, will allow the college to renovate a North Campus building and buy costly equipment used in nanotechnology training.

College officials hope to begin offering courses toward a new associates degree in nanotechnology in spring 2015.

Nanotechnology involves controlling and manipulating supersmall particles to create new products and processes in advanced manufacturing, according to the National Nanotechnology Initiative.

Working at the nanoscale one nanometer is a billionth of a meter manufacturers can take advantage of the unique physical, chemical, mechanical and optical properties of materials that naturally occur at that scale.

Nanotechnology, for example, is a key component in the creation of ever-faster computer chips.

College and state officials said the program would produce a trained workforce to take advantage of new opportunities at the RiverBend project and high-tech research and development positions at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

College officials were still waiting for approval from the state Education Department about their proposal for the new degree program, which would enroll about 50 new students per year.

We anticipate that we should hear this fall, said Richard C. Washousky, executive vice president of academic affairs at ECC.

The State University of New York gave its approval about a month ago, he said.

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Device can quickly detect dreaded diseases

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HOUSTON (KPRC/NBC) - A new mobile device that looks like an iPad uses a single drop of blood or saliva to diagnose some of the world's most devastating diseases.

Houston pediatrician Dr. Bas Nair is the Global Medical Advisor for the Nanobiosym board, the company behind the technology.

"With this nanotechnology, the diagnosis is one hour or less, and that is an amazing game changer. This is going to change the world," he says.

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Nanotechnology aids in cooling electrons without external sources

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A team of researchers has discovered a way to cool electrons to -228 C without external means and at room temperature, an advancement that could enable electronic devices to function with very little energy. The process involves passing electrons through a quantum well to cool them and keep them from heating.

The team details its research in "Energy-filtered cold electron transport at room temperature," which is published in Nature Communications on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

"We are the first to effectively cool electrons at room temperature. Researchers have done electron cooling before, but only when the entire device is immersed into an extremely cold cooling bath," said Seong Jin Koh, an associate professor at UT Arlington in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, who has led the research.

"Obtaining cold electrons at room temperature has enormous technical benefits. For example, the requirement of using liquid helium or liquid nitrogen for cooling electrons in various electron systems can be lifted."

Electrons are thermally excited even at room temperature, which is a natural phenomenon. If that electron excitation could be suppressed, then the temperature of those electrons could be effectively lowered without external cooling, Koh said.

The team used a nanoscale structure - which consists of a sequential array of a source electrode, a quantum well, a tunneling barrier, a quantum dot, another tunneling barrier, and a drain electrode - to suppress electron excitation and to make electrons cold.

Cold electrons promise a new type of transistor that can operate at extremely low-energy consumption. "Implementing our findings to fabricating energy-efficient transistors is currently under way," Koh added.

Khosrow Behbehani, dean of the UT Arlington College of Engineering, said this research is representative of the University's role in fostering innovations that benefit the society, such as creating energy-efficient green technologies for current and future generations.

"Dr. Koh and his research team are developing real-world solutions to a critical global challenge of utilizing the energy efficiently and developing energy-efficient electronic technology that will benefit us all every day," Behbehani said.

"We applaud Dr. Koh for the results of this research and look forward to future innovations he will lead."

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