Nanotechnology Training Available to Slum Kids of Colombia

Nanotechnology Training Available to Slum Kids of Colombia
According to Tom Levesque, General Manager of NanoInk in the Americas, he visited a school in Bogota, Colombia where about 350 teenagers in conjunction with the NanoProfessor curriculum work with atomic force microscopes and end up with better training than many receive at private universities in the country.

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Pacific Nanotechnology

Pacific Nanotechnology Inc. is the sole provider of applications-oriented solutions in the field of nanometer.  It develops, designs, manufactures and supplies products and services in the field of nanotechnology and nanoscience. The company has a wide customer base, which consists of research institutions and commercial manufacturers in the field of nanotechnology.

 

The customers in academic research area need the instruments for nanoscale characterizations and nanoscience while the industry needs the instruments to develop new products. The industry needs to visualize and measure nanometer scale dimensions while manufacturing products that have tolerances in nanometers.

 

The Atomic Force microscopes developed by Pacific Nanotechnology are optimized  for process control applications where visualization and measurement of nanometer-sized surfaces is important. Pacific Nanotechnology also supplies software, components and probes that are useful in nanoscience. The AFM instruments are configurable and allow manufacturers to expand system possibilities. The environmental/temperature system   manufactured by Pacific Nanotechnology are efficient in fluid handling and have superior control in polymer life science and electrochemistry applications. The company also offers a broad range of scanners from one micron to 90 microns. These scanners protect piezo elements and electronics from damage due to harsh imaging environments.

 

The Nano Indenter manufactured by the company is considered the world’s most accurate, flexible and user-friendly instrument in field of nanoscale mechanical testing. The electromagnetic actuation technology used in these instruments gives the instruments incomparable dynamic range in displacement and force testing. The Particle size analyzer and zeta potential analyzer from Pacific Nanotechnology are very efficient instruments for particle analysis experiments. The company also manufactures liquid chromatographs, gas chromatographs for chemical analysis.

 

The company provides wide, exceptional worldwide support for its products through technical service personnel and experienced AFM scientists. The company is poised for high growth as the global market for nanotechnologies is projected to grow at CAGR of around 20% until 2013. The company is likely to benefit largely as there will be massive investment in nanotechnology R&D by governments as well as corporations across the world.