Technologies
Nanotechnology is reshaping our approach to science and industry and is becoming increasingly more important to business in the creation of new products and more efficient manufacturing methods. Existing technologies, scales of size larger than nanotechnology, are rapidly approaching a technological ‘ceiling’, which will prevent future increases in performance. With the unrelenting demands of business and consumers, these technologies will soon be incapable of meeting industry needs. Nanotechnology offers potential solutions to break through this ‘ceiling’ and provide the capability to continue developing products to meet, and exceed, consumer and industrial expectations. More likely, as the National Science Foundation predicts, its affects will be profound, long-lasting and act as a catalyst, much like the combustion engine or personal computer, for whole-sale industrial change.
Nanotech Industries currently has interests in over twenty innovative nanotechnologies. Our combined portfolio has a pipeline of products planned for commercialization over the next four years. We are in the process of grouping our operations into two divisions: Homeland Security and Display Technologies.
Our aim is to build a broad, diversified portfolio of interests throughout the world. By providing financing and support services, we are the commercialization partner of choice for nanotechnologies at all stages of maturity and development.
Electronic
Electronic components built at the nanoscale are helping to bring together silicon based microelectronics with micromatching technology, making possible the realization of complete “systems on a chip’.
Cambridge Nanotechnology
Cambridge Nanotechnology is developing a flexible, transparent conducting composite. The Cambridge Nanotechnology composite will have a surface conductance of 30 ohm/sq and 90% transmission.
Inovus Materials
Inovus Materials is exploiting the benefits of carbon nanotubes to greatly improve the viewing experience of liquid crystal displays and for new applications in holography.
Nano Devices I & II
NanoDevices is developing technologies to integrate silicon nanowires with conventional silicon electronics for optical devices, image capture and chemical sensors.
NanoOptics
NanoOptics is developing a fast optical switch, for use in optical fibers and in silicon-based optoelectronics, such as telecommunications equipment.
NanoPhotonics
NanoPhotonics is using carbon nanotubes for novel applications in liquid crystal displays. The company is exploiting the benefits of carbon nanotubes to greatly improve the viewing experience of liquid crystal displays.
Owlstone Nanotech
Owlstone has developed a revolutionary micro-machined sensor, which, with its associated electronics and software, provides an analytical instrument on a chip, resulting in, increased deployment flexibility, improved reliability, and low manufacturing cost.
ROMP
ROMP (Reconfigurable Optical Modes in Plastic Fibres and Waveguides) exploits the benefit of both static and dynamic modal control in glass and plastic fibers.
NOTICE
NOTICE will develop low cost options for delivering high bandwidth services to users in a manner compatible with the existing core telecommunications infrastructure.
Materials
The properties of nanoscale materials are markedly different than bulk materials. New inorganic, organic and hybrid materials in the nanoscale offer numerous applications in life science, energy technology, electronics and optics.
epi-CNT
epi-CNT will produce innovative and high-performance materials that will enable a new generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices for the global consumer market.
Exiguus Technologies
Exiguus is attempting to develop organic molecules to potentially overtake amorphous silicon as the basis of the display industry. Chip makers are looking for ways to make electronic devices on plastic substrates.
NanoFED
NanoFED is producing an FED containing n-type nanodiamond. The lower fabrication cost and greatly increased performance of these devices will have a very significant impact upon the cost and performance of the next generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Nano Light
Nano Light is conducting research on zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods for high-efficiency, low voltage Field Emission Displays (FEDs) and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).
RANTED
RANTED will produce innovative and high-performance materials that will enable a new generation of microwave antennas, filters and devices for the military, telecommunication and consumer market across the world.
Singular ID
Singular ID Pte. Limited is a nanotechnology spin-off company that was founded to commercialise magnetic tagging technology. With a mission to safeguard customers’ interests by providing integrated tagging solutions that protect people, brands, corporate images and market share, Singular ID aims to be the leading solution provider for tracing and authenticating items of value.
ANTS
ANTS (Artificial Nanoscale Threshold Switching in phase change materials) is developing phase change media. This can provide non-volatile memory with low energy consumption.
HIMO
High mobility oxide TFTs (HIMO) will develop much higher mobility thin film transistors made at low temperatures based on amorphous In/Ga/Zn oxide films.
Biopharma
At the nanoscale, properties of known chemicals change, thereby allowing for significant breakthroughs in “smart drugs”, drug delivery technologies and biotechnology.
Advanced Proteomics
Advanced Proteomics is developing a ‘toolkit’ of nanoparticles based reagents that can be used in proteomics. Proteomics is an enabling science for drug discovery, diagnostics markets and life sciences research.
BioNano Sensium Technologies
Bio-Nano Sensium Technologies is a joint-venture company established by Nanotech Industries and Toumaz Technology to exploit the commercial potential of the Sensium, an enabling technology which provides an ultra-low power sensor and information processor in the biotechnology market.
Intelligent Biosensors I
Intelligent Biosensors I is investigating the development of low-power wireless arrays for next-generation EEG (electroencelography) monitoring of epilepsy, using expertise in nano-powered electronic systems.
Intelligent Biosensors II
Intelligent Biosensors II is developing nanoenabled diagnostics and therapies for epilepsy. These diagnostics will allow surgical therapy for treating patients with non-controlled seizures and a localized seizures focus.
Nano Diagnostics
Nano Diagnostics is developing a portable, low cost microwave system for detecting haemorrhagic events within the brain. The final system will include microwave hardware and algorithms that will detect the presence of intracranial haemorrhage.
NanoVindex
NanoVindex is seeking to develop a platform technology of nanoparticle-hydrogel composites for tailored drug delivery applications.