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Greetings!
Warm greetings from SingNano - Singapore Nanotechnology Network!
Thanks to all your support to SingNano Newsletter, we are pleased to announce the publication of SingNano Newsletter Issue 6. SingNano Newsletter is a bimonthly publication since June 2009. We cover the latest nanotech events happening in Singapore and all over the world, research breakthrough,commercialization achievements and upcoming event announcement.
The contributors for this issue of SingNano Newsletter include Prof Ong Choon Nam's group in National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr Zhong Ziyi's group in Singapore Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), Dr Low Hong Yee's group in the Institute of Materials and Research Engineering (IMRE), Mr Kan Shyi-Herng from Helios Applied Systems, Dr Marek Michalewicz from Quantum Pi Asia, Mr Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal from TiE Singapore and our NanoGlobe team.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the contributors and continous support to our SingNano network!
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NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY REPORT
| Singapore
NanoGlobe has launched the trial version of
the first Singapore Nanotechnology Capabilities Report. This report provides
comprehensive information on Singapore nanotech R&D infrastructure and network
platform; research capabilities in a) Nanomaterials and Applications, b)
Nano-Device and Nano-Patterning, c) Clean Technology, and d) Medical
Technology; nanotech SMEs (technology, sales and marketing companies);
investment, incubation and consulting firms; and government funding agencies.
In addition to showcasing Singapore nanotechnology capabilities and ecosystem,
the report intends to offer a clear glance of information for companies or
research organizations to identify collaboration partners, help seeking
incubation and investment support as well as business development services.
This report will be officially launched
in June 2010. If you have any comments on this trial version, or if you
are interested in being featured or in getting in touch with any of the groups
featured in this report, please write us at contact@nano-globe.biz.
US
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
is the U.S. Government's crosscutting program that coordinates Federal research
and development (R&D) activities in nanoscale science, engineering,
technology, and related efforts among various participating agencies. The
Federal Government launched the NNI in FY 2001 with an initial $500 million
budget to accelerate the development of nanotechnology. Over the ensuing 10
years, with cumulative Federal spending $12 billion, the NNI has played a key
role in positioning the United States as the world leader in both
nanotechnology R&D and commercialization.The NNI has also catalyzed State
activities that leverage Federal investments with a focus on economic growth
and job creation. Indeed, nanotechnology appears slated to become an important
contributor to the economic growth of he United States over the coming decade
and beyond.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is
designated by Executive Order to serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory
Panel (NNAP) to periodically review the NNI. PCAST's first review of the NNI
was issued in 2005, the second in 2008 and the third in March 2010.
Download: Report to the president and congress on the third assessment of the national nanotechnology initiative
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| EVENT HIGHLIGHTS |
RusNano Seeking For Strategic Partner in the Far East - RusNano Executives Visit in Singapore on 11-12 March 2010
(Ms. Jing JIANG, NanoGlobe)
 Anatoly Chubais visited Singapore during Mar. 11-12th meeting high
level government officials, infrastructure developer and corporate
executives, and nanotech R&D and industry leaders. NanoGlobe
organized a seminar for Dr Chubais to speak to the Singapore
nanotechnology network (SingNano) hosted by the Singapore A*STAR
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and arranged 1-1
meetings with Singapore nanotech R&D and industry leaders. RUSNANO
currently is seeking for investor partner as well as investment
projects in Asia. Singapore is considered as an important economic
partner for Russia due to the increasing bilateral trade growth,
Singapore innovative economic ecosystem and established expertise in
building industry parks. (Read the Whole Article)
Iran Advancing Nanotechnology in Solar Energy
and Biomedical Applications - Highlight of the 3rd International
Conference on Nanostructures, Mar.10-12, 2010, Kish Island, Iran
(Dr Lerwen LIU, NanoGlobe)
 This article highlights a recent nanostructures conference held in Iran
where most of the Iran nanotech scientists gathered plus 15%
international participants. The conference was organized by the top
university Sharif University of Technology and sponsored by the Iranian
Nanotechnology Initiative. Hot research topics presented in the
conference include energy/environment, nanocomposites, and
nanomedicine. Female scientists are about half of the nanotech
workforce, in graduate degree level, it is even over 50%.
(Read the Whole Article)
OECD
Addressing Business Environment for Nanotechnology - Part 1: Insight on OECD
WPN Workshop on Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy Option & Challenges
in the Innovation Environment of Nanomedicine, Feb. 22-23, 2010, Seoul, South
Korea
(Dr Lerwen LIU, NanoGlobe)
 This article introduces the current
policy efforts on nanotech commercialization related policy of ISO, IEC, OECD
and United Nation. We highlight key issues related to nanotechnology
commercialization challenges discussed in a recent workshop organized by OECD
Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN) on Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy
Options and Challenges in the Innovation Environment of Nanomedicine. THE OECD
WPN launched a unique initiative on Nanotechnology business environment in 2007
and has identified challenges in R&D, human resources, financing, IP
management, value chains and production, public perception, and EHS issues
which need to be further explored in its more in depth case studies in order to
prepare a comprehensive policy recommendation report. (Read the Whole Article)
(Dr Lerwen LIU, NanoGlobe)
This article
highlights the discussions on the OECD workshops on nanoenergy and nanomedicine
regarding to their business environment on aspects of R&D, financing, IP
management, value chains and production, human resources, public perception,
and EHS issues. (Read the Whole Article)
Global Nanotechnology Commercialization Giants Meet
in Japan - Insight at the Japan nanotech 2010, Feb. 17-19, Tokyo
(Ms Yesie Brama, NanoGlobe)
 The world's largest international nanotechnology exhibition and
conference, nano tech 2010, attracted over 42,000 visitors and more
than 650 exhibitors from 19 countries. Exhibitors continued to
demonstrate their state of the art R&D activities, instrumentation,
ready to be commercialized platform technologies and products. We
observed that production capacity of carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles
continues to grow to hundreds of ton scale, and their application on
composites, flexible transparent conductive coating and nanoink have
become increasingly competitive. We didn't see much highlight on
lithium ion battery and electric vehicle this year. We share in this
article our insights through observations and interviews we have
conducted over the three days of exhibition. (Read the Whole Article) Nanotechnology has been identified as the key drive for technology innovation in Japan Tsukuba innovation arena for nanotechnology (TIA nano) was launched on
Feb 15th, 2010. AIST, NIMS and the University of Tsukuba are the 3 main
operational partners of this national collaborative center that serves
as a platform for industry-university-government cooperation and global
partnership to promote nanotechnology innovation. During Feb 15-16th
2010, TIA Nanotech International Workshop was held at AIST. Invited
speakers from world-leading nanotech centers/corporation such as
MINATEC, NanoNed, SUNY at Albany, IBM, Intel, IMEC etc. shared their
experience and provided recommendation to TIA nano on the
cost-effective nanotech research center management, network and IP
protection as well as the technical subjects in areas such as
Nano-Electronics & Nanophotonics, N-MEMS, and Nano characterization.
(Read the Whole Article)
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| Exclusive Interview |
Bayer leads CNT and NanoSilver Commercialization in
Composites and Printed Electronics
(Ms. Jing JIANG, NanoGlobe)
 Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nano silver (Ag) continue to be among the most
popular and well developed nanomaterials displayed at the nano tech 2010
exhibition held during Feb. 17-19 in Tokyo. As one of the world's leading
company to produce high-quality multi-wall CNTs (MWCNTs) in large volume
(capacity 260 tons), Bayer MaterialScience continues to promote their CNT-Al
composite with their partner Zoz group. In addition, Bayer showcased their
development products on printable conductive nano inks, which enable the
printing processes from inkjet and gravure printing to screen printing. BayInk
TP CNT not only enables the mass production of low-cost, flexible printed
electronics, it is also suitable for use in the temperature-sensitive
substrate. BayInk TP Silver provides even higher conductivity than BayInk TP
CNT and higher resolution below 50 µm. (Read the Whole Article)
Combinatorial
Nanostructure Fabrication with High Precision Control and High Throughput
Developed by COMET -
An Interview of a
Japanese Start-up
(Ms. Jing JIANG, NanoGlobe)
NanoGlobe conducted site visit and interviewed the founder and CEO of
COMET, a Japanese nanotech start-up spun off from a national lab that
developed a proprietary high-throughput deposition technology for
combinatorial thin films using moving mask system. COMET's unique
deposition technology allows high throughput, precision (up to 1 atomic
layer) controlled and automatic ternary and binary composition in one
system. This capability allows COMET to produce unique materials for
high performance battery, high efficient CIGS solar cells, high k
dielectric for non-volatile memory devices and other exciting
applications in energy and IT fields. (Read the Whole Article) |
| TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS |
NUS Initiative on Environment, Health and Safety Aspects of
Nanotechnology
(Source: Prof.
ONG Choon Nam's team, contributed by NUS)
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has undertaken a
number of steps in understanding the environment, health, and safety (EHS) of
nanotechnology. As early as in 2006, the university's Office of Life Sciences
(now Life Sciences Institute) committed an annual budget of S$450,000 to
address how size, number, chemical composition and surface characteristics of
nanomaterials affect their fate in the environment and biological body. Later
in 2007, the university recognized the importance of collecting more scientific
data in this field and funded another S$600,000 through its NUS Environmental
Research Institute (NERI). During this period, the researchers involved in the
work also successfully obtained additional support from other funding agencies.
For example, a team led by Profs. Bay Boon-Huat, Chen Shing-Bor, and Lanry Yung
received a S$ 900,000 grant from the Ministry of Education (MOE) to investigate
the cellular and subcellular interaction with nanoparticles of various sizes
and surface chemistry.
Research Focus
The NUS research team has grown substantially in the past
few years and currently we have the following research focus:
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Biodistribution of engineered nanomaterials in
animal models through inhalation and intravenous injection (Prof. Ong Wei Yi,
Dept of Anatomy; Prof. Liya Yu, Division of Environmental Science and
Engineering)
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In vitro cellular response to nanomaterials and underlying
mechanistic understanding (Prof. Bay Boon-Huat, Dept. of Anatomy; Profs. Chen
Shing-Bor & Lanry Yung, Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)
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Rapid toxicity screening of engineered
nanomaterials (Prof. Ong Wei-Yi, Dept of Anatomy)
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Advanced imaging techniques to explore behavior
of engineered nanomaterials in biological systems (Prof. Daniel Pickard, Dept
of Electrical & Computer Engineering)
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Risk assessment as well as occupational and
public health issues of nanomaterials (Profs. David Koh & Judy Sng Gek Khim,
Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health)
Activity Highlights
1. Led by Profs. Ong Wei Yi, Liya Yu, and
Pickard, our team discovered that after exposing gold nanoparticles to rats
through inhalation, traces of gold were found in various tissues and organs
including brain, heart, and kidneys (Figure 1A). Particle-like species were
also found in kidney tissue samples.[1]
A B
Figure 1: (A) Tissues/organs
found with gold nanoparticles after 15 days inhalation exposure; (B) He Ion
Microscopy (HIM) image of particles on a filter-like kidney tissue.
2. Led by Profs. Bay Boon-Huat
and. Lanry Yung, our team observed the cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles in
mammalian cell culture. Figure 2a shows gold nanoparticles (blue color)
aggregated in vesicles surrounding the cell nucleus, and Figure 2b confirms the
presence of nanoparticle aggregates. Oxidative stress induced DNA damage and
autophagy were also observed in the cells following uptake of the gold
nanoparticles.[2]
A B
Figure 2: (A) Optical microscopy images of human lung fibroblasts
after exposing to gold nanoparticles for 72 hours. Blue color dots are
nanoparticle aggregates found at the peripheral of the cell nucleus. (B)
Transmission electron microscopy image of the fibroblast after exposing to gold
nanoparticles. Aggregates of gold nanoparticles found in vesicles (arrows)
outside the nucleus (N).
3. Supported by the Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
(A*STAR) and the NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), a joint
workshop on nanotoxicity and nanomedicine was held in NUS on Feb. 19th,
2010 to address the application and negative impact the nanotechnology in
medicine. This one day workshop provided an excellent opportunity for idea
exchange among a highly interdisciplinary group of local researchers and
students. This workshop served as a platform to integrate the principal
investigators (PIs) of same research interests and for the fruitful
collaboration. Totally 10 talks were given and approximately 100 participants
were registered.
References
[1] Translocation and effects of gold nanoparticles
after inhalation exposure in rats, Nanotoxicology, 1:235-242 (2007).
[2] Gold nanoparticles induce oxidative damage in
lung fibroblasts in vitro, Adv. Mater., 20:138-142 (2008); Autophagy and
oxidative stress associated with gold nanoparticles, Biomaterials,
doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.04.014 (2010).
Heterogeneous Gold Catalysis Study in ICES: Breakthroughs
in Catalyst Preparation and Application Development (Source: Dr ZHONG Ziyi's team, contributed by SIMTech)
In
heterogeneous catalysis supported gold (Au) catalysts have two unique features:
(1) size-dependent catalytic performances and (2) high selectivity towards a
number of products in some catalytic reactions under mild reaction conditions.
Typically, the Au particle size should be below ≤ 5 nm for the catalyst to be
efficient, and this imposes a big challenge for the preparation of Au catalysts.
In general, traditional deposition methods such as the impregnation method have
their own limitations for the preparation of supported Au catalysts with very
high Au dispersion and small particle size. Though deposition-precipitation
(DP) and co-precipitation (CP) methods have achieved partial success,
drawbacks, such as long-term processing and low efficiency in loading Au onto
catalyst supports, still exist.
A
team of ICES researchers have invented a simple and efficient method for the
preparation of highly dispersed supported noble metal catalysts. These include
Au catalysts supported on a number of transition metal oxides (Figure 1). The principle behind this method is to first
prepare metal colloids in solution, and then efficiently deposit them onto the
catalyst supports with the assistance of sonication. In addition, several
methods for the preparation of catalyst supports with high surface areas have
been developed. These supports include α-Fe2O3, TiO2
and g-Al2O3. Catalytic
reactions, including low temperature oxidation of CO in air, selective or
preferential oxidation (PROX) of CO in H2, water gas shift (WGS)
reaction, etc, have been tested, and very good catalytic performances have been
obtained. These reactions can be applied
in the removal of indoor-pollutants, purification of H2 flue gas fed
to PEM fuel cells, and production of high value-added chemicals. Some other industrial
applications are also being explored. Here
we present more details of H2 purification for fuel cell application
via PROX reaction. PROX of CO in H2 is usually carried out
downstream of a WGS reaction so as to purify the H2 flue gas fed to PEM
fuel cells. The high sensitivity of Pt electrodes to CO in PEM fuel cells necessitates
a very high purity of H2: the CO concentration should be below 100
ppm or even below 10 ppm in the fed gas of H2. The supported Au nanoparticles, with its high
catalytic activity at low temperatures (at ca. 50oC), are a
potential source of catalyst for PROX of CO in H2. The CO
concentration in H2-enriched flue gas can be lowered to 120 ppm from
an initial concentration of 2000 ppm at a high space velocity of the fed gas on
a supported Au catalyst. Further combination of the catalyst with a CO2
sorbent, which serves to remove CO2 product thus shifting the CO
oxidation reaction rather than the H2 oxidation, can lower the CO
concentration to ca. 25 ppm in the H2-enriched flue gas. This should
be useful for developing efficient and practical PROX process to produce
fuel-cell grade H2 gas.
Figure 1. . Supported Au/TiO2
(left) and Au/a-Fe2O3 catalysts. The
black dots are Au particles.
References
[1] M. Haruta, T. Kobayashi, H. Sano, N.
Yamada, Chem. Lett. 1987, 405.
[2] Ziyi Zhong, Jianyi Lin, Siew-Pheng Teh, Jaclyn Teo, Frits. M. Dautzenberg, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2007, 17, 1402.
[3] Ziyi
Zhong, Jianyi Lin, WO 2007055663A1.
Near-Perfect Ordered AAO on Substrates
(Source: Dr LOW Hong Yee's team, contributed by IMRE)
Over
the past two decades anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has been widely used as a
template to prepare nanostructures for potential utilization in magnetic,
electronic, and photonic devices. Fabricating such structures in a
well-controlled way and uniformly over large area, however, still represents
one of the most difficult challenges in nanotechnology research, especially for
industrial adoption. The typical anodization process of AAO produces a
self-ordered close-packed array of oxide nanopores forms with domain size on a
scale of a few micrometers. To achieve a long-range-ordered pore arrangement
over large area, a team from the Institute of Materials Research and
Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, has combined the step and flash imprint lithography
(SFIL) and wet etching techniques to form shallow pits on the aluminum surface
that could serve as initiation sites for pore nucleation, thereby guiding the
growth of the porous structures. In contrast to the traditional mechanical
indentation method to produce ordered AAO, the SFIL-based method is readily
scalable to wafer sizes.
As
shown on the figure below, IMRE researchers have successfully demonstrated the
fabrication of an AAO template with controllable pore size, interpore distance,
and pore lattice configuration. Samples as large as 4 in. diameter can be
fabricated, and single-domain ordered AAO with pore size as small as 100 nm and
interpore distances of 200 nm, 250 nm, and 300 nm, arranged in square and
hexagonal lattice configuration, was produced. The key feature of SFIL
technology lies on its ability to perform the step and repeat patterning
process to replicate a small patterned area from the template onto a full-wafer
area. This is in contrast to some competing top-down nanopatterning techniques,
such as electron-beam lithography and scanning probe technology, which are
sequential in nature and are characterized by their low throughput.
Figure 1. SEM images of
near-perfect ordered AAO nanopores with different pore size, interpore
distance, and lattice configuration.
Reference
T.S. Kustandi, W.W. Loh, H. Gao, and H.Y. Low, Wafer-Scale Near-Perfect
Ordered Porous Alumina on Substrates by Step and Flash Imprint Lithography, ACS Nano, 2010, DOI:
10.1021/nn1001744 |
| NANOTECH CORPORATE NEWS |
Speed Defect Detection System from Helios
Applied Systems
(KAN Shyi-Herng, Helios Applied Systems Pte Ltd)
 Helios Applied Systems Pte. Ltd. is a Tech
start-up company incorporated in 2008, its core business focuses on the manufacturing
of commercial films for a wide range of industries, using its patented 3D
fabrication technology. As a by-product of its research and development, Helios
Applied Systems has developed state-of-the-art metrology tools for defect
detection and measurement. This product
will be sold under its new spin-off (yet to be named), that focuses on the
development and sale of metrology tools to the hard disk drive and
semiconductor industry. The first metrology tool that is to be offered is an
AOI (automatic optical inspection) tool that has detection limit of at least
100nm and throughput of more 18,000 pieces of substrate per day. (Compared to
competitor throughput of 10,800/day)
With each new generation of hard disks, the
device density on the disk media has seen tremendous increase, as a result the
glide distance between the disk media and the read/write head have been reduced
to the scale of sub-microns. Particles on the surface of the disk media could
cause the read/write head to crash and the hard disk to fail pre-maturely. To
ensure that the hard drive operates reliably over its lifetime, all disk media
are scanned for particles greater than 200nm before it is sent for assembling.
 To demonstrate Helios defect inspection
capabilities, polystyrene bead of different sizes (1000nm, 500nm, 200nm and
100nm) suspended in IPA was suspended in IPA and dispersed in 4 different areas
of a hard disk media. After the IPA has evaporated the disk was scanned and a
map of the particles on the disk was generated. A SEM examination of the
particles was performed, to determine that the beads did not form cluster
together during the drying process, forming clusters. SEM micrograph results,
Figure 1, shown that the 100nm particles were evenly distributed matching the
intensity data generated by the Helios's AOI tool.
With the successful proof of concept to the
customer, Helios Applied Systems is preparing to build and deliver a Beta
system to a major hard disk drive substrate manufacturer for testing and
evaluation before the end of 2010, and be ready for large scale production of
the tool in the first quarter of 2011.
Apart from the hard disk drive, the defect
detection technology developed by Helios has immediate applications in the
semiconductor industry, as a defect detection tool on wafer. The advantage of
the Helios system compared to current defect inspection system is the high
throughput the tool is able to achieve, thus lower cost for the customers.
Other potential application of the technology is in the area of in-line high
speed quality control in pattern films for roll-to-roll nanoimprint
applications.
For collaborations/quotes/demos/information
please contact, Dr Kan. (shkan@heliosappliedsys.com)
Figure 1. Scan map
generated to detect beads dispersed on the hard disk drive media.
Figure 2. The
prototype performed a scan on a CD, the pits and tracks of the CD that were
about 100nm in depth were picked up by the system. As the features were
encapsulated in plastic the chance of any false reading were minimized.
Quantum-Pi New Business Advisory Board
(Michalewicz Marek, Quantum-Pi Asia)
Strong IP portfolio
Quantum
Precision Instruments Asia (Quantum-Pi) has further strengthened its already
solid IP portfolio position. The excellent news is that Quantum-Pi's third
family patent "Particle Optics and
Waveguide Apparatus", for Atom Optics, nanotechnology processing and
instruments has been granted in the USA (US 11/662,523). It has already been
granted in Singapore and is currently at national phase examination in Europe
and Japan.
The fourth
family patent, "Sensor Device and Method" (No. PCT/SG2007/000278) has gone
through the International Preliminary Examination and the Examiner has
indicated that all claims 1 to 14 are novel and inventive. This patent was very
recently been placed on the National entry in the US Patent and Trade Mark
Office.
Quantum-Pi's
second family patent "Quantum
tunneling transducer device" has also strong protection in the US, Europe,
Japan, Singapore and China.
Excellent Business Advisors
Quantum-Pi's
has the most outstanding group of Scientific Advisors. Each is the world expert
in area of technology or knowledge critical to the product development road-map
of the company.
The
full list can be found at: http://www.quantum-pi.com/people.html.
Now
Quantum-Pi is delighted to announce that several exemplary business leaders
have joined the ranks of its Business Advisory Board. The new advisors are:
John H. Allen:
B.A. (Economics) cum laude (Princeton);
International Economics and Foreign Affairs (Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies); Certificate
in Financial Administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; MA (Business Administration) Harvard Business
School.
His
wide work experience over thirty years in banking, investment and financing
include:
2003-present International Advisor Services LLC, Old
Greenwich, CT: President
1989-2003 Dent & Company Incorporated: Old
Greenwich, CT: Executive Vice President
1983-1989 Bankers Trust Company, New York, NY: Vice
President, Investment Banking
1978-1983 Bank of America NT&SA, New York, NY:
Regional Director, Investment Banking
1973-1976 Shell Brasil, S.A., Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil: Special Assistant to Treasurer/Controller
1971-1973 Center for Naval Analyses Washington,
D.C. Professional staff member in charge of analysis of Latin American
relations
John's
other work experience include: Assistant to Treasurer of Shell Oil Company,
Houston, TX (1977) and a Member of planning department of Citibank in Santiago,
Chile (1969)
Maciek E.
Orczyk, PhD
Dr.
Maciek E. Orczyk is the Founder and Managing Director of Venture Gene LLC, an
entrepreneurial management and venture capital advisory firm, and former
Director of Strategic Investments at Intel Capital, one of the world's largest
strategic venture capital investors in the area of advanced technology.
Prior
to Intel Capital, Maciek served in a variety of leadership roles within Intel
Corp., including co-managing the Lithography Capital Equipment Development
organization responsible for strategic technology roadmaps and business aspects
of bringing new generations of patterning equipment to Intel, heading the
Strategic Enabling Group in charge of identifying worldwide and bringing inside
Intel novel manufacturing technologies required to maintain Intel's product
release cycle (a.k.a. the Moore's Law), and chairing the Investment and
Collaboration Management Review Committee responsible for external technology
enabling programs and business deals across Intel's manufacturing technology
area.
Before
joining Intel, Maciek was active in various areas of technology, including
R&D management positions at Applied Materials Corp., technology development
at an upstate New York startup developing nonlinear optical materials and systems
for optical communications, data processing and storage, and academic research
and teaching positions in the U.S. and Europe.
David E.
Wynne
Mr.
Wynne is President and CEO of Ozonator International Pte Ltd (OIPL). David has
over thirty years experience in international business development, venture
capital, finance and operations, in particular with start ups and small cap
technology firms. He was previously Executive Director and COO for Zecotek
Photonics Ltd, a leading Canadian photonics company. He recently resigned from
the Board and active management to devote his attention to OIPL, but remains
advisor to the Company.
In
2001 he was a co-founder of MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd, now a leading
Singapore-based drug discovery company, where he held positions of COO and CBO
during its formation. He has been an active partner and remains advisor to
Upstream Ventures, a Singapore-based early stage venture capital firm, and
previously as Senior Vice President and a Board representative of Transpac Capital,
one of Asia's oldest and largest venture capital companies. He was also
co-founder and investor in the Canadian software company Greenbook, which
produced one of the first hypertext authoring tools for the Internet.
Before
entering the private sector he served as a senior diplomat for Canada in Korea,
Japan and Singapore, and in APEC, as Canada's representative to the APEC Budget
and Administration Committee and as the Canadian Deputy Chair of the APEC
Economic Committee. During his APEC tenure, he was responsible for the
organization of the Canadian Prime Minister's participation in three Leader's
Meetings (Seattle, Bogor and Osaka) reporting directly to the Canadian Prime
Minister's Office.
Mr.
Wynne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University, Montreal,
Canada and a Master of Arts in Public Administration & Economics from
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has served on the Executive Committee
of the Singapore Venture Capital Association, the Executive Council of the Singapore
Biotech Association and the Executive Council of the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce in Singapore.
Steve
Schuster
Steve
Schuster is a Founder and CEO of Rainier Communications, Inc. of Boston, USA.
He has more than 25 years of industry experience marketing and designing
high-technology products especially in electronics, semiconductors and software
markets. He has been the strategic and creative force behind thousands of PR
and advertising campaigns for a wide variety of advanced technologies. Steve
began his career designing speech recognition systems, and developing
professional audio equipment for Lexicon. He received a BS in electrical
engineering and an MBA, both from Northeastern University in Boston.
Quantum-Pi
is gaining enormous wealth of business prowess through the immediate access and
supportive role of those business luminaries.
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| FUNDING / GRANT UPDATES |
Business & Investment Opportunities in
Nanotechnology in Asia
(Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal, TiE Singapore)
TiE Singapore community kick started 2010
by conducting its very first & successful seminar on nanotechnology with
supporting organization Nanoglobe to promote nanotechnology business in
Singapore. The seminar had 35 attendees from various fields and also had the
distinguished panelists - Dr Lerwen Liu, Managing Director of NanoGlobe; an
Indian origin, Singapore based entrepreneur Mr. Mahesh Patel, the Managing
Director of ShayoNano, and Mr. Andreas Kroell, Managing Director of Nanostart
Asia.
In todays fast phase world, the companies need to cross the bigger
hurdle of funding before the effect of nanotechnology can be felt. This is why
events like these are necessary to fan the flames of the nanotech business, and
provide a platform for inventors and investors to build relationships and see
to the commercialization of these innovations. Platforms like this, where major
players can talk shop and get connected, provide a shot in the arm for the
nanotech community here. Also, it can be a business forum for nanotechnology
players to come together to exchange views, directions and make contacts.
By leveraging Singapore's sound business foundations, talented
manpower and extensive R&D infrastructure; the sky's the limit for the
nanotech sector here, as it looks to enter into a new, exciting phase of its
growth.
TiE Singapore is continuing its research & activities in this
field and will be conducting another event in July 2010, more details on the
same will be given in June 2010.
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| UPCOMING EVENTS | Singapore
IME Technical Seminar: Solar Cells - Physics,
Technology and Application by Prof Joachim Luther
2:45 - 4:00 PM, 18 May 2010, Institute of
Microelectronics (IME), Singapore
Website for registration:
http://eastar.eventshub.sg/ems_wb_Details.aspx?CalID=28&EventID=1246831
Semicon Singapore
Nanotechnology Commercialization Updates - Non Technical View Asia Pacific Perspective
7:45 - 9:15 AM, 03 June 2010, Venue is TBC, Singapore
Registration: Tiffeny Kua
(Tiffeny@britcham.org.sg), British Chamber of Commerce
2010 International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2010) 7-9 June 2010, Biopolis, Singapore
Website: http://www.bsn2010.org
IMRE Workshop on "Atom Technology and Its
Applications"
9AM - 2PM, 10 June 2010, Institute of Materials and
Research Engineering (IMRE), SR1
Registration: http://eastar.eventshub.sg/Events/Registration.aspx?CalID=28&EventID=124855&Mode=tnc
Symposium on Challenges for Nano-scale Measurement in Materials Science and Manufacturing Technology
08 June 2010, TBA, Singapore
Website: http://eastar.eventshub.sg/ems_wb_Details.aspx?CalID=28&EventID=124048W
International Conference on Precision Engineering (ICoPE2010) and 13th ICPE 28 - 30 July 2010, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, 392 Havelock Road, Singapore
Website: http://www.simtech.a-star.edu.sg/simcorp/loadEventDetail.do?id=1.6&currId=1.6.1&cid=4718602&pid=18513921
The 5th SBE International Conference on
Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (ICBN 2010)
01 - 04 August 2010, Biopolis, Singapore
Website: http://www.icbn2010.com/
The 5th Asian
Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources (ACEPS-5)
17 - 20 September 2010, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Website:
http://aceps-5.org/
Worldwide
Annual Finland Nanotechnology conference (FinNano 2010)
04 - 05 May 2010, Helsinki, Finland
Website: http://www.asia-anf.org/admin/upload/files/general/News182_1.pdf
International GENNESYS Congress on Nanotechnology and Research Infrastructures
26-28 May 2010, Barcelona, Spain
2010 China International Micromachine/MEMS Exhibition & New Technology and Industrialization Forum
27 - 29 May 2010, Shanghai, China
Website: www.memschina.com
2nd ICPC NanoNet Annual Worshop
14 - 15 June 2010, Beijing, China
Website:http://www.icpc-nanonet.org/
5th Annual Greener Nanoscience Conference & Program Review
16 - 18 June 2010,
Historic White Stag
Building, Portland, Oregon, US
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/event/greenernano/index.htm
Nano conference & Expo 2010 (NSTI 2010)
21 - 25 June 2010, Anaheim, CA, US
Website: http://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2010
Kyoto EnviNano Forum 2010 (KEN
Forum2010)
21 - 23 July 2010, Clock Tower Centennial
Hall, Kyoto University, Japan
Website: http://www.envinano-kyoto.astem.or.jp/?lang=en
Nano Korea 2010
18 - 20 August, Kintex, Korea
Website: www.nanokorea.or.kr/
Taiwan Nano 2010
07 - 09 October, Taipei, Taiwan
Website: http://nano.tca.org.tw/index.php?lang=e
Malaysia Nanotechnology 2010
01 - 03 December 2010， Kuala Lumpur Convention Center KLCC, Malaysia
Nano 2010 (International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
13 - 16 December 2010, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Namakkal-637215, India
Website: http://www.nano.ksrct.ac.in
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Sincerely,
Jing
JIANG Jing, Technology Analyst
NanoGlobe Pte Ltd
Mobile: +65 9338 0927
Email: jing@nano-globe.biz
www.nano-globe.biz
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