Nanosys and Scientific Founders Recognized by Chemical Engineering News for Nanotechnology Innovations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004 Four out of Eight Nanotechnology-related Innovations Awarded to Company and Founders Nanosys Inc., the emerging leader in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology-enabled systems, was recognized in half of this year's nanotechnology-related innovations selected in the Chemical and Engineering News Nanotech & Molecular Electronics Highlights for 2003. The 2003 Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) Nanotech & Molecular Electronics Highlights recognize a combination of the year's most important nanotechnology developments and molecular electronics developments. Of the twelve advances reported for 2003 four of the eight nanotechnology-related advances come from Nanosys and its Scientific Founders. In particular, Nanosys is recognized for its pioneering development of a new high-performance thin-film technology on plastic, while Nanosys's Scientific Founders Paul Alivisatos A. Paul Alivisatos is an American scientist, researching the structural, thermodynamic, optical, and electrical properties of nanocrystals. Alivisatos graduated with a bachelors in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1981, and with a doctorate in physical chemistry , James Heath, and Moungi Bawendi are recognized for advances in nanomaterials, nano-assembly processes and device physics related to nanolasers, respectively. Nanosys was recognized for remarkable progress in devising a low-cost, low-temperature process for fabricating high-performance thin-film transistors on flexible substrates (Nature, 425, 274 (2003)). The technology takes "nanoelectronics in a new direction," said Dr. Xiangfeng Duan, a scientist in Nanosys Advanced Technology Group, "exploiting nanomaterials not for electronic miniaturization min·i·a·tur·ize tr.v. min·i·a·tur·ized, min·i·a·tur·iz·ing, min·i·a·tur·iz·es To plan or make on a greatly reduced scale. min , but for better and cheaper electronics over large areas." Dr. Alivisatos, UC Berkeley professor and Nanosys scientific founder, was recognized for synthesizing four-armed CdTe tetrapod tetrapod a four-limbed, vertebrate animal, i.e. all vertebrates except fish. Compare with quadruped. nanocrystals (Nat. Mater, 2, 382 (2003)) that were described as "one of the best controlled nanocrystal systems with complex shapes." The nanocrystals could find use in solar cells or as polymer additives; both of which are currently under development at Nanosys. Dr. Heath, California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. professor and Nanosys scientific founder, was recognized for devising a method for producing ultrahigh-density arrays of aligned nanowires and nanowire circuits (Science, 300, 112 (2003)); a key architecture and technique in several of Nanosys's electronic systems. Dr. Bawendi, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and Nanosys scientific founder, was recognized through early work performed with Dr. Victor I. Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National , that lead to this year's demonstration that amplified spontaneous emission Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) or superluminescence is light, produced by spontaneous emission, that has been optically amplified by the process of stimulated emission in a gain medium. , an important step toward tunable IR lasers, can be achieved in the near-IR region using nanocrystals of lead salts. C&EN publishes its annual Chemistry Highlights in the categories of Organics & Carbs, MedChem, Bioscience, Structure, Bioengineering bioengineering Application of engineering principles and equipment to biology and medicine. It includes the development and fabrication of life-support systems for underwater and space exploration, devices for medical treatment (see , Sensors & Analysis, Inorganic Chemistry inorganic chemistry, the study of all the elements and their compounds with the exception of carbon and its compounds, which fall under the category of organic chemistry. , Environment, Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry Supramolecular chemistry refers to the area of chemistry that focuses on the noncovalent bonding interactions of molecules.[1][2] While traditional chemistry focuses on the covalent bond, supramolecular chemistry examines the weaker and reversible noncovalent , Nanotech & Molecular Electronics, Polymer Chemistry, and Physical & Surface Chemistry (December 22, 2003, Volume 81, Issue 51). Developments included in the year-end highlights are selected for their identifiably superlative quality or uniqueness, such as the first time something was done, an order-of-magnitude improvement, or a capability that was just not possible before. These selections provide a perspective on the enormous scientific and technical strides, and consequent benefits to society, made by chemistry research. "The C&EN Chemistry Highlights is an impartial annual overview of the most important science and technology being done worldwide," said Dr. Stephen Empedocles, Nanosys co-founder and director of business development. Dr. Empedocles added, "It is especially rewarding that Nanosys's internal scientific staff is recognized. Nanosys is successfully combining technology and expertise from the world's leading nanotechnology centers. In so doing, Nanosys is building a platform technology, upon which new innovations are created that are much more than what could come from the individual labs alone." About Chemistry & Engineering News C&EN is a weekly magazine published by the American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ). ACS is the world's largest scientific organization with 163,000 members. It provides information, career development, and educational resources to member chemists, chemical engineers, and technicians. ACS also publishes magazines, journals, books, and online data, and its Chemical Abstracts Service provides access to an online database of more than 21 million literature and research summaries from around the world. The not-for-profit organization was founded in 1876 and chartered by Congress in 1937. About Nanosys Nanosys, Inc. is a rapidly growing advanced technology company, leading the burgeoning nanotechnology industry through the development of nano-enabled systems. These systems incorporate novel and patent-protected nanostructures that integrate functional complexity directly into each individual nanoparticle, enabling the low-cost fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of revolutionary high-value, high-performance applications in a broad range of industries from life and physical sciences to information technology and communications to renewable energy and defense. These nanostructures include nanowires, nanorods, nanotetrapods, and nanodots formed from all of the industrially important semiconductor materials as their principal active elements. These systems exploit the fundamentally new and unique electronic, optical, magnetic, interface, and integration properties associated with materials on the nanometer-scale. The initial applications include exquisitely sensitive chemical and biological sensors, high performance large area macroelectronics, and lightweight high-efficiency conformal con·for·mal adj. 1. Mathematics Designating or specifying a mapping of a surface or region upon another surface so that all angles between intersecting curves remain unchanged. 2. photovoltaics. Nanosys, Inc. is a highly innovative company combining the best talent and the strongest intellectual property position in the field of nanotechnology. For more information, please visit www.nanosysinc.com |
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