More Funding for Materials Research in Nanotechnology

4 March 2007

Canada received a big boost in Nanotechnology funding recently, when a 3 year $4.5 million partnership was announced between the National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT) and the Mississauga-based Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) and the Government of Alberta. The research will investigate ways of using Nanotechnology in refining materials both for the private sector and for commercialization.

NINT is an organization that gathers researchers from various disciplines, including science, engineering and law, and XRCC is a research center geared towards creating cost-effective and environmentally friendly products for Xerox Corporation. The two organizations will work together in a manner that brings synergy from each entity’s strengths towards creating and refining new Nanotechnology-based products. Materials used for documents and new kinds of display technologies will be at the forefront of the research.

Nanoparticles have already been used by Xerox Corporation to create some truly revolutionary new products that are more durable, cost effective and easier to use than traditionally created materials. One such example is Xerox’s EA (Emotion Aggregation) Toner. The particles used in this particular toner have a consistent shape and size, producing a sharper image in the final output. Presently the EA Toner is now found in over 20 Xerox products.

Xerox is taking the whole concept a step further, however, by using Nanotechnology to research ways of creating “electronic paper.” This is paper that is used like a laptop on which information can be downloaded. In an ordinary sense, it can be rolled up and placed in your pocket like regular paper, however you can place the entire contents of a book on it. The Hollywood-film “Minority Report” showed an example of this kind of paper, in a scene where train passengers were reading newspapers with constantly changing content on their pages. Soon, however, the concept may become more science than fiction.

Nanotechnology-based materials research continues to be a promising venture. Partnerships between governments, universities and corporations represent the ideal blend of unique resources and insights to produce revolutionary products for the future.

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