Nanotech Magazine Issue 13

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January 2013

  • Carbon Nanotubes Markets and Future Prospects:  Once the most promising of all nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes are in danger of being usurped in numerous applications by the likes of graphene.
  • Nanomaterials Regulation Worldwide: Regulatory bodies worldwide have sought to develop risk assessment processes to study the potential detrimental impacts of producing nanomaterials
  • The Market for Nanoscale Precipitated calcium carbonate: Nanoscale PPC (NPCC), also known as ultrafine PCC, displays a number of unique properties compared to PCC and is finding application as a functional filler and extender in plastic compounds in the plastics, rubber, coating, papermaking, paint, and printing ink industries.
  • AFM Probes Market and Companies: Due to the demand in nanomanipulation, biophysical probing, nanomechanics, nanoelectronics and metrology the AFM probes market is growing fast.
  • Nanotechnology in South Korea: The initiative is now in its 3rd phase (2011-2020), with focus on clean nanotech.