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What is Nanotechnology? What are Advanced Materials? [Full article]

        
Nanotechnology means manipulating and controlling atoms and molecules to create useful materials, devices and systems that have new and different properties from what we normally see in our everyday world. Key concepts: nanoparticles, MEMS, Lab on a Chip, Carbon Nanotubes, Cleanrooms and Bunny Suits. Nanotechnology and MEMS fall under the broader class of material science called advanced materials, which covers all man-made engineered materials with superior properties.

Alberta’s Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Companies 2008 [Full article]

Alberta is Canada’s fastest growing nanotechnology and advanced materials cluster and home to some world-class innovator leaders in this space. As of May 2008 the cluster was 42 companies strong: 31 are active Alberta-based companies (profiles start p.10), 6 have corporate R&D programs in Alberta (p.34), and another 5 are not yet ready for publicity. Of the 37 companies profiled in this article, 20 are nano-based (54%), 13 are MEMS-based (p.6) and 4 have a composite or ceramic technology (p.8).

     Active Companies in Alberta
     Advanced Integrated Microsystems, page 28
     Alberta Nanometals, 25
     Applied Nanotools, 12
     Aqua Screen, 33
     Artsinteg, 21
     Aurora NanoDevices, 16
     Black Cat Blades, 17
     Electronic Dietary Foods, 32
     Exciton Technologies, 12
     Golder Associates, 29
     Hemisphere GPS, 32
     HydroQual Laboratories, 21
     Hyperion Technologies, 17
     i-LOC, 14
     Indexable Cutting Tools, 24
     Intelligent Nano, 13
     IPL, 13
     Micralyne, 18
     NeuroSilicon, 10
     Norcada, 20
     NOVA Chemicals, 16
     NovaPure, 33
     NovAtel, 24
     NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals, 22
     PBR Laboratories, 29
     Quantiam Technologies, 26
     Resin Systems, 30
     SciMed Technologies, 28
     Shaw Pipe Protection, 25
     Sulzer Metco, 20
     VisibleDust, 11

     Companies with corporate R&D in Alberta:
     3M Canada, page 34
     HP Labs of HP Corporation, 34
     Raith, 34
     Syncrude Canada, 34
     Sun Microsystems of Canada, 34
     Xerox Research Centre of Canada, 34

R & D Support for Alberta’s Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Industry [Full article]

Canada’s province of Alberta is bursting with activity in nanotechnology and advanced materials. Its nanotechnology research flagship—the world-class NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)—isn’t the only talk of the province. There are many other first-rate initiatives to support research, development and commercialization in this cluster in Alberta. 

NINT: Canada’s go-to place for Nanotechnology [Full article]

The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) located in Edmonton Alberta is Canada’s flagship nanotechnology institute. It is one of only six major nanotechnology research facilities of its kind in the world. NINT provides opportunities for multi-disciplinary, cross-faculty collaboration with researchers coming from diverse fields including physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, pharmacy and medicine.  

Alberta on the world’s nanotechnology stage [Full article]

The birth of nanotechnology. The creation of Alberta’s nanotechology cluster. Analysis of Alberta’s nanotechnology cluster.
Nanotechnology in Canada: A conservative forecast is that the global nano-enabled product market will be $1 trillion a year by 2020. It is currently estimated at $8 billion. The race to capture a share of this $1 trillion market by 2020 is on. Canada aims to achieve 10% of the total global market and the United States is expected to secure the largest share at 33%.

Letter from the Editor [Full article]