Jim Mason, Executive Director

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Nanotechnology- Changing Everything

• Jim Mason, Executive Director
• Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative
• The State Chamber
• 405-235-3669 www.oknano.com

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What is Nanotechnology?
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• Nanotechnology is an enabling technology that
  will change the nature of almost every human-made
  object in the next century.
• -National Science and Technology
  Council

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WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?
1 millimeter 1,000 micrometers 1
micrometer 1,000 nanometers Source "Nanotech
The Tiny Revolution" by CMP Científica (November
2001)
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HOW SMALL
Nanobatteries are 200 nm in diameter2 billion
could fit on the surface of a nickel

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Nanotechnology

• is already making todays products
• Lighter
• Stronger
• Faster
• Smaller
• More Durable

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Nano Products Available Now
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The promise of nanotechnology

• More powerful computers and information storage
  devices
• Fast chemical analyses using minute quantities of
  materials
• New approaches for medical diagnosis, treatment,
  and drug delivery
• New catalysts for cleaner,more efficient
  chemicaland energy industries
• New materials 100 times as strong as current
  materials
• New technologies for energy production and
  conversion (fuel cells, solid-state lighting,
  photovoltaics)

Nanochannel sensors
DNA delivery
Nanoscale vacuum tube
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Nano and Super Computing

• Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and
  stupid humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate,
  and brilliant together they are powerful beyond
  imaginationAlbert Einstein

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www.biNano.com

• Nanotechnology will provide new applications to
  electronics and computing by creating organic
  electronic components that are grown using
  methods more similar to biological processes than
  the etching, crystalline growth, or directed
  molecular assembly methods that are currently
  used. The extreme vision of nanotechnology is
  the bottom-up production of virtually any
  substance or object by one atom at a time.

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www.binano.com contd

• Objects produced using nanotechnology generally
  have unique characteristics such as super
  connectivity, high strength relative to their
  weight, low friction, high thermal insulation
  properties, specific beam frequency selectivity,
  quantum effects, extreme water repellence and
  self assembling geometric patterns such as
  nanotubes, nanospheres, and nanooctagons.

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A DIVERSE SET OF OPPORTUNITIES
Coatings Powders
Cosmetics
Medical applications
Paints
Drugdelivery
Coatings
Bio-materials
Lubricants
Medicaldiagnostics
Textiles
Tissue/organ regen
Memory/Storage devices
Displays
Composites
Food packaging
Smart implants
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Molecularcircuitry
Energy/ fuel cells
Simple ICs
Sensors
Portable Energy cells
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Lighting
Quantum computing
Micro-processors
Solar cells
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Energy, Industrial
Devices Microelectronics
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Years
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Economic impact of nanotechnology

• Market Size Predictions
• (within a decade)
• 340B/yr Materials
• 300B/yr Electronics
• 180B/yr Pharmaceuticals
• 100B/yr Chemical manufacture
• 70B/yr Aerospace
• 20B/yr Tools
• 30B/yr Improved healthcare
• 45B/yr Sustainability
• 1 Trillion per year by 2015
• Estimates by industry groups, source NSF

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Oklahoma Nano Legislation

• The Oklahoma Nanotechnology Sharing Incentive Act
  which establishes the Oklahoma Nanotechnology
  Applications Project (ONAP) was signed by
  Governor Henry on April 21,2006.
• Funding for ONAP was included in the 10 million
  of new funding that was provided to the Oklahoma
  Center for the Advancement of Science and
  Technology (OCAST) for the current year.

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• OCAST funds the Oklahoma Alliance for
  Manufacturing Excellence, i2E (Oklahomas
  Technology Commercialization Center) and the
  Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative (ONI) each of
  which have a role in the ONAP program.
• The Alliance Oct. 2nd announced a call for white
  papers to encourage Oklahoma companies and
  researchers to convey their interest in applying
  nanotechnology processes to commercial products.
  White papers are due Oct. 30th.

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• A form with the information that should be
  included in the white paper is available.
• Shortly, interested companies will be invited to
  submit proposals for funding of projects that
  will result in commercialization using
  nanotechnology.
• A total of 1,200,000 is being made available to
  fund highest ranked proposals.

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Intro to Nano Workshops

• Two Introduction to Nanotechnology workshops
  are being provided to help companies learn more
  about nanotechnology.
• Oklahoma City Oct. 19th 830-1030 at The State
  Chamber (330 N.E. 10th) rsvp 405-235-3669 (Nancy)
• Tulsa Oct. 25th 830 to 1030 at OSU Tulsa
  (North Building) rsvp 918-529-0722.

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Oklahoma Nano Companies

• NanoBioMagnetics - Edmond NanoBioMagnetics,
  Inc. (NBMI), is engaged in the development and
  commercialization of magnetically
  responsive nanoparticle technologies (MNP) for a
  range of human health applications for an
  emerging area of nanobiomedicine referred to as
  Organ-Assisting-Devices (OAD).
• Fields of application for OAD platform
  technologies include biostable implants, vectored
  drug delivery, and functional biosensors/switches.
  Using magnetic properties, NanoBioMagnetics
  moves nanoparticles within the human body. It has
  been used successfully to vibrate the inner ear,
  improving hearing and has potential to move
  medicines directly to ailing cells. NBMI's
  nanoparticle technology was developed by NBMI,
  with applications development subcontracted to
  healthcare organizations and institutions. For
  information on NanoBioMagnetics,
  http//www.nanobmi.com
• XetaComp - Edmond A wholly-owned subsidiary of
  NanoBioMagnetics, XetaComp produces custom
  nanomaterials for commercial and research
  applications. XetaComp has the capacity to
  produce nanomaterials in powder or dispersion
  forms. The technology is based on an aerosol
  process that provides greater flexibility in the
  preparation of metal and mixed metal oxides,
  doped metal oxides, and specialty coated
  or encapsulated nanomaterials. For more
  information on XetaComp, www.xetacomp.com

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• Southwest Nano Technologies - Norman SouthWest
  Nano Technologies, Inc. (SWeNT) is a privately
  held independent specialty chemical firm,
  manufacturing single wall carbon nanotubes for a
  broad array of specialty products. Customized
  SWeNT nanotubes are available for application
  development. SWeNT was incorporated in April of
  2001 to spin off nanotube research developed by
  the University of Oklahoma with extensive support
  from ConocoPhillips, the National Science
  Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics
  Space Administration (NASA), the Department of
  Energy (DOE), the Oklahoma Center for the
  Advancement of Science Technology (OCAST), and
  others. The mission of SouthWest Nano
  Technologies, Inc. is to be the leading producer
  of high quality single wall carbon nanotubes and
  to be an innovative partner in the continued
  development and application of carbon nanotubes.
  Carbon nano tubes have great promise for plasma
  displays, fuel cells and many other applications.
  http//www.swnano.com

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• EKIPS Technologies Inc. Norman
• Ekips has developed the Breathmeter which
  measures biomarker molecules in exhaled breath
  with a sensor that uses a mid-infrared laser chip
  similar to the laser chips used in commercial DVD
  players. Future Breathmeter applications include
  asthma therapy monitoring, kidney function
  monitoring, and cancer detection.
  www.breathmeter.com
• Colossus Nano Batteries - TulsaColossus Nano
  Batteries won the Oklahoma graduate student
  business plan competition by proposing to produce
  the world's smallest battery utilizing technology
  developed from research conducted at the
  University of Tulsa by Dr. Dale Teeters. Dr.
  Teeters nano batteries are so small that 242 of
  them can be laid side by side across the width of
  a human hair.
• Nomadics - Stillwater
• Nomadics is a research and development company
  focused on homeland security and force
  protection. Research and development
  efforts encompass sensing technologies and
  instrumentation, nanotechnology, VLSI Photonics
  and further advancement of the biological and
  medical frontiers. http//www.nomadics.com

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• ARC Outdoors - Tulsa
• Arc Outdoors sells nano enhanced clothing to
  places like Bass Pro Shop and Cabellas.
  Numerous other nano enhanced products are in
  their developmental stages. www.arcoutdoors.com
• ConocoPhillips Bartlesville/ Ponca City
• ConocoPhillips has supported the Southwest Nano
  Technologies research and is very involved in
  Nano research of its own.
• WON Laboratories - Norman
• WON Laboratories is an emerging nano company
  that has developed Nano Cotton a water repellent,
  air breathable fabric.

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• Imation Enterprises Weatherford
• Imation Enterprises makes magnetic tapes used to
  back up computers. Imation utilizes iron nano
  particles as a part of the substrate of their
  magnetic tapes. A process is used to get the
  nano particles to line up and lay flat so that a
  coating can be applied over them to create a very
  flat magnetic surface on a flexible film.
  www.imation.com

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Nano Workforce Trends

• Before 2010 the market for nanotechnology
  products and services is estimated to reach 1
  trillion in the U.S. economy.
• This market will require anywhere from 800,000 to
  two million new jobs.
• Most of these workers will require at least two
  year postsecondary degrees.

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Nano Technician Training

• Tulsa Community College is offering several
  courses for Nanotechnology and MEMS (Micro
  Electrical Mechanical Systems).
• OSU- Okmulgee is developing a
• Nano Technician Training
• program that will be an added
• certification to the Electrical
• Engineering Associates program.

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Nano Technician Training

• Oklahoma City Community College is offering a
  Nanotechnology and MEMS program and just
  graduated 5 members from the first class. A new
  class started in September.
• The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical
  Education is actively engaged in benchmarking
  nano training and is working cooperatively with
  OSU-Okmulgee and others on a federal grant to
  develop the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Education
  Initiative.

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• EPSCOR funding has provided 132 million in new
  faculty, equipment, and lab space at OU, OSU, TU,
  and many regional colleges and community colleges
  across the state, a large part is going to nano.
• Currently the Regents of Higher
• Education are funding 500,000
• to support ongoing nano positions
• and research.

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Oklahoma Nano MRSEC

• C-SPIN Center for Semiconductor Physics in
  Nanostructures recently receive a 7.8 grant from
  NSF to research nanoscale structures
• OU receives 1 million to support research into
  applications
• for Carbon Nanotubes

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OSU/Tulsa

• 50 million has been raised to build and staff
  OSU Tulsas new Helmerich Advanced Materials
  Research Center.
• The facility will be staffed with 40 faculty in
  these emerging fields.
• The University of Tulsa is currently seeking to
  add additional faculty in Nanotechnology.

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Oklahoma Nano Net ONI

• Over 60 scientists and researchers are actively
  participating in the Nano Net which is a vehicle
  for sharing scientific information about
  nanotechnology.
• The Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative maintains
  a website www.oknano.com to serve as a
  clearinghouse of information about the state of
  nanotechnology in Oklahoma.

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ONIs Primary Objectives

• Objective 1
• Create a statewide awareness of the emerging
  nanotechnology industry and its potential impact
  on the state
• Objective 2
• Promote Oklahoma and its resources as a valuable
  site for nanotechnology-related industry location
• Objective 3
• Serve as a clearinghouse of information on
  nanotechnology to the academic, financial,
  industrial, and business communities.
• Objective 4
• Create a Center of Excellence for Nanotechnology
  in Oklahoma