Nanotech Company Directory

Nanotech Companies: Fabrics through Medicine

Company	Product	Advantage
Nano-tex	Fabric enhanced with nanowhiskers	Water and stain resistant
Aspen Aerogel	Fabric enhanced with nanopores	Insulates against heat or chill
NanoHorizons	Fabric enhanced with silver nanoparticles	Reduces odors
Schoeller Technologies	Fabric enhanced with nanoparticles (NanoSphere®)	Water and stain resistant

Company	Product
Nancor	Bottles, cartons and films containing clay nanocomposite that act as a barrier to the passage of gasses or odors
Bayer Polymers	Plastic film containing silicate nanoparticles that provides a barrier to gasses or moisture
AquaNova	Nanoparticles for delivery of vitamins or other nutrients in food and beverages without affecting the taste or appearance.

Company	Product	Advantage
PolyFuel	Engineered hydrocarbon membranes	Improved performance over conventional membranes
Pacific Fuel Cell	Catalyst with platinum nanoparticles embedded on carbon nanotubes	Reduces platinum usage and increases catalyst lifetime
Aerogel Composite	Catalyst with platinum nanoparticles embedded in a carbon aerogel	Reduces platinum usage
QuantumSphere	Non-platinum catalyst	Reduces cost
NanoDynamics	Solid oxide fuel cell that uses propane as a fuel	Reduces size and weight
MTI Micro	DMFC's	Minimizes moving parts, reduces cost, size and weight
Medis	Direct Liquid Fuel Cells (DLFC) with simplified internal structure	Reduces cost
UltraCell	DMFC's that ses an extra catalyst to convert methanol to hydrogen before reaching the core of the fuel cell	Increases power density and cell voltage
EDC Ovonics	Hydrogen fuel tanks using metal hydrides as the storage media	Reduce size, weight and pressure for storing hydrogen

Company	Product	Advantages
Headwaters	Nanocatalysts used in the conversion of coal to liquid fuels and in the upgrading of low grade crude, such as crude from shale oil	Additional raw material, coal, for producing gasoline, diesel and other liquid fuels
Refinery Science	Nanocatalyst used in upgrading low grade crude	Making low grade crude oil, such as from oil sands, usable for producing gasoline or diesel
Oxonica	Nanoparticle cerium oxide catalyst for diesel fuel	Increased mileage and reduced air pollution
H2OIL	Nanoclusters which helps gasoline and diesel fuels burn more completely by breaking the fuel into smaller droplets	Increased mileage and reduced air pollution
Catlin	Nanosphere based catalyst that reduces cost of producing biodiesel	Producing diesel from vegetable oil
Iogen	Enzyme based process for conversion of cellulous to ethanol	Ethanol production from low cost material such as wood chips, corn stalks and grass
Agrivida	Bioengineered plants that produce enzymes to simplify the conversion of cellulous to ethanol	Ethanol production using corn stalks

Company	Product
CytImmune	Gold nanoparticles for targeted delivery of drugs to tumors
Nucryst	Antimicrobial wound dressings using silver nanocrystals
Nanobiotix	Nanoparticles for targeted delivery of drugs to diseased cells
Oxonica	Disease identification using gold nanoparticles (nanotags)
Nanotherapeutics	Nanoparticles for improving the performance of drug delivery by oral, inhaled or nasal methods
NanoBio	Antimicrobial nanoemulsions for nasal delivery to fight viruses (such as the flu and colds) and bacteria
Novavax	Drug delivery through the skin using micellar nanoparticles and oral drug delivery with propriety structures called Novasomes
BioDelivery Sciences	Targeted oral drug delivery to diseased cells using a nanocrystalline structure called a cochleate

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