nanoREV.

Highlights of Nanotech Conference & Expo 2009

The annual Nanotech conference (NSTI 2009) was held this past week in Houston, Texas. Some of the highlights include:

Bayer discussed their FDA approval of their multiwall carbon nanotubes called Baytubes(R) which they have reported to be producible at a 60 metric ton annual capacity.  (link)

Angstron Materials and Vorbeck Materials presented their competing approaches to producing graphene sheets as an alternative to carbon nanotubes. 

RusNano, established in 2007 to build nanotechnology infrastructure in Russia, discussed a variety of their investment projects in photovoltaics and nanocoatings with plans to invest 20 billion Euro by 2015. The second annual Russian Nanotech conference is scheduled for October.  

The University of Minnesota’s Tech Transfer department made a particularly strong showing with eight different presentations covering a variety of topics including photonic sensors, biomass energy, liquid/gas separation, neural nanoprobes, and microfluidic insulin delivery.