Clarification of Answer by
websearcher-ga
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13 Jun 2003 10:38 PDT
Hi febreze:
Thanks for the clarification request.
Q: Any insight to the recent Air Products equity investment into
Nanotechnologies based out of Austin, TX?
A: The recent deal with Nanotechnologies Inc. should add the following
areas of development to Air Products:
* transparent optical coatings
* anitmicrobial coatings
* thermal management
* solar cell technology
Sources:
(PRN) Air Products and Nanotechnologies, Inc. Announce Joint
Development and Equity Investment Agreement
URL: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/prn/texas/1943262
We're enabling radical breakthroughs in worldwide markets
URL: http://www.nanoscale.com/markets.asp
Q: Are any of the application areas you mentioned already or close to
becoming commercialized?
A: Sure there are. See the following:
BASF TAKES BIG STEPS IN SMALL TECH, FOCUSING ON NANOMATERIALS
URL: http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=5200
Quote: "BASF has already established sales of about $1.5 billion from
polymer dispersions that have particles up to 500 nanometers in
diameter and are used in a broad range of applications including paper
coatings, adhesive raw materials, and carpet binders."
Journalists and Scientists in Dialogue - Nanotechnology in Chemistry –
Experience meets Vision
URL: http://www.basf.de/basf/img/corporate/innovationen/e/praesentiert/t_021206_marcinowski.pdf
Quote: "For decades, BASF has been manufacturing products that you
might not
necessarily associate with nanotechnology (Figure 7). But their
product
properties are determined by nanoparticles or nanostructures. In Mr.
Distler's
presentation you'll learn more about so-called polymer dispersions.
This is
not just a highly versatile product category, but also one of the
strengths of
BASF. Many pigments used to color coatings and plastics or to print
papers
are nanoparticles. The special-effect pigments in our Variocrom®
range, for
example, are made up of several layers, each a few hundred nanometers
thick. This special structure is responsible for the iridescent shades
produced
by the Variocrom pigments."
Solution for You
URL: http://www.advanced-nano.com/webapps/adnano.nsf/hauptpunkte_en/2?OpenDocument
Quote: "Your Needs are
UV-protection & transparency
IR-absorption & transparency
conductivity & transparency"
ROUND THE CIRCUIT
URL: http://www.micromagazine.com/archive/01/03/circuit.html
Quote: "Meanwhile, a DuPont subsidiary has signed an agreement with
Shipley to make photoresists and antireflective coatings for
manufacturing microchips at the 157-nm wavelength. The agreement calls
for DuPont iTechnologies to license its proprietary fluoropolymer
binder resin technology to Shipley. The vendor will be the first
licensee for the technology. DuPont specializes in photopolymers and
fluoropolymers; Shipley, in photoresists. The partners expect to
introduce the products in 2003."
Q: Which company is the front-runner in regards to commercialization?
A: Given what I've seen in my research, I'd have to say that BASF is
the front-runner in terms of products already on the market and others
that are soon to come. Dupont may catch them eventually, but they've
got a long way to go.
Hope this helps.
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