BuckyPearl Carbon Nanotubes Targeted for Polymer Processing Houston, Texas-Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. has developed BuckyPearl nanotubes. The company says these are an improvement over other single-wall carbon nanotubes and can be handled more easily in extruders and other polymer-processing equipment. Nanotubes are perfect molecular structures at the atomic level that conduct electricity better than copper, conduct heat better than diamonds and display a tensile strength 100x that of steel. [carbonnanotubes.com] OpNext Completes Acquisition of Hitachi's Opto-Device Div. Eatontown, N.J.-OpNext, Inc., formed from Hitachi's fiber-optic components business last year, has completed the acquisition of Hitachi's Semiconductor and Integrated Circuits Opto-Device Division. [opnext.com] Sarnoff Labs Wins Sensor Contract Knoxville, Tenn.-Sarcon Microsystems has awarded a production contract for a 320 x 240 MEMS IR sensor array to Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, N.J. (formerly RCA Laboratories). [sarcon.com] Newport and EM4 Will Jointly Develop Fiber-Optic Equipment Irvine, Calif.-Newport Corporation and EM4 Photonics, Burlington, Mass., have signed a letter of intent whereby they will jointly develop and refine photonics device manufacturing equipment and processes. The agreement also calls for Newport to become a preferred equipment supplier to EM4. As part of the agreement, EM4 will provide Newport with an exclusive license to employ some of EM4's optoelectronic packaging technology in Newport's automated manufacturing equipment. Newport will also become a preferred supplier to EM4 for all test and assembly equipment to support the latter's optical manufacturing services business. [newport.com] |
Copyright © 2002