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AlumiFuel Power Inc., (API) is an alternative energy company that generates hydrogen (H2) gas and steam for multiple niche applications, such as in fuel cells for back-up and portable power and steam driven underwater propulsion systems as well as a new class of turbine-based portable power systems. API’s unique technology is based on the exothermic chemical reaction of aluminum powder and water. API was established to commercialize unique IP for high-demand military and commercial applications.

AMI Doduco, a Technitrol (NYSE: TNL) company, is the world's premier producer of electrical contact products and related services for manufacturers of all types of electrical equipment.  With seven operations in North America, Europe and Asia, only AMI DODUCO can provide increasingly global customers cost efficiency and expedient delivery anywhere in the world. In addition, AMI DODUCO is the only manufacturer with capabilities and expertise across the full spectrum of electrical contact products and services, including contact materials, semi-finished products, contact parts, precision-stamped parts, electromechanical subassemblies, precious metal coating and precious metal recovery and refining.  It is truly a one-stop shop. Comprehensive capabilities make AMI DODUCO a valuable partner for the electrical, electronic and automotive industries. The company, which employs about 1,800 people in 7 locations, posted 2006 net sales of $327 million.

Arkema worldwide consists of three interrelated business segments: Vinyl Products, Industrial Chemicals, and Performance Products. Arkema is present in over 40 countries, employs 18,400 people and has annual sales of €5.7 billion ($6.7 billion). Arkema is present in the United States through its subsidiary Arkema Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia. Arkema Inc. employs 2,500 people, operates 16 production facilities, and accounts for 25% of global revenues.

Art  Craft, a part of Gurok Turizm ve MAD group, is based in Kutahya, Turkey. Art-Craft Glass Company’s main goal is to work at international standards and to increase market share in the world markets. They are aware that this can only be achieved by using our resources actively and efficiently. They also know that human resources are our most precious value and  reflect it in their managing style. Art  Craft is one of the largest glass manufacturers in Turkey.

BAE Systems is the premier trans-Atlantic defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. BAE Systems, with more than 100,000 employees worldwide, had 2005 sales that exceeded $28 billion.  

Cooper Standard is a leading global automotive supplier, offering soloutions in the body sealing, fuel, brake and emissions, thermal management and anti-vibration segments of the industry.  Whether their customers need help solving a specific engineering challange or developing systems for future vehicles, they are committed to meet their needs through integrated soloutions, global resources, operational excellence and their expert team of committed people. 

DENTSPLY is the largest manufacturerof dental prosthetics and consumable dental products in the world, with factories in Europe, North and South America, and Asia, and sales distribution facilities scattered across more than 120 countries around the world.  Their extensive research & development efforts provide dental professionals with a complete range of high-quality materials.  Dentsply's vast product portfolio supports oral health for a lifetime, with solutions for preventive, restorative, orthodontic, prosthodontic, endodontic, and implant dentistry. 

With manufacturing complexes and distribution centers strategically located in more than 40 countries on six continents, DENTSPLY is uniquely positioned to serve dentistry on a global scale.  DENTSPLY has shown a unique ability to deliver the newest and most dependable technology at affordable prices.  DENTSPLY's research & development investment remains strong, and the company remains committed to continued innovation that helps shape the future of dentistry. 

Global Protection(Now Amerinova LLC) is your partner in Domestic Preparedness, Pandemic Preparedness and Weapons of Mass Destruction preparation. Global Protection offers First Responder protective gear which includes: Protective Suits, Gas Masks, and a variety of equipment used for protection against Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear threats. US government agencies, Police and Fire First responders, companies, and individuals rely on Global Protection to provide the leading products to protect against potential chemical warfare agents, biological warfare, and terrorist threats such as Anthrax, Smallpox, and Nerve Gas. Global Protection is one of the Nations leading companies in Pandemic Preparation, and works with corporations, governments and public health officials to create and deliver customized equipment sets. 

Headwaters Technology Innovation Group facilitates internal growth through a disciplined program of research, technology, and commercialization activities. Through its innovation process, the company evaluates and develops a variety of business opportunities in the areas of energy, environmental control, and nanotechnology. Technologies under development support the Headwaters natural resources vision by producing cleaner burning liquid fuels from coal, improving efficiency of refining technologies, advancing emissions control capabilities for power plants, and producing a powerful new generation of nanocatalysts for industry. 

iCeutica is a specialist drug development company whose objective is to rapidly develop reformulations of and improvements in commercially successful compounds, utilizing its unique nano-reformulation technology.  This technology targets the production of drug molecules at a scale smaller than 100 nanometers (1nm = one-billionth of a meter).  The iCeutica nano-reformulation technology has the potential to provide cost effective solutions to extend the life cycle and properties of blockbuster drugs, as well as to become a cornerstone technology to create new and potentially improved chemical entities from existing compounds. 

Innova Dynamics is an advanced materials technology company spun out of the University of Pennsylvania and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Innova Dynamics creates sustainable advanced materials technologies for sanitation, health, water purification, and solar energy. The company uses its Innlay™ technology platform to create advanced functional materials, such as IonArmour® antimicrobial surfaces, now used by medical facilities and medical device, consumer electronics, and consumer products companies.

Meta Tenna was founded by Drexel University faculty, Adam Fontecchio.  The company's goal is to develop and commercialize new, low-cost, thin-film antennas that are transparent, flexible, conformal, and capable of being directly printed on unusual substrates including plastic films, fabrics, and paint.  The current focus is on developing a line of inkjet printed RFID tags formulated from conducting polymers.  Meta Tenna has the knowledge and capabilities to produce innovative thin-film antennas based on our in-depth knowledge of materials printing, organinc conductors, and antennas systems. 

NanoBlox, Inc. develops proprietary products on an extremely small scale utilizing detonation synthesis to create materials known as Ultra-Dispersed Diamond (UDD), Nanocrystalline diamond or Nanodiamond (the Nanoblox) for industrial and biomedical uses. NanoBlox produces a variety of different materials and products. NanoBlox has successfully applied its materials for catalysis of electrolytic metal finishing, texturing of magnetic storage media, friction reduction, lubrication and tribological modification of wear surfaces. This Nano coating technology can also apply to the automotive industry, DOD armaments, and it can be used to anodize various household products.

Y-Carbon, founded in 2004, is a materials science company with an initial focus in energy applications. Y-Carbon has obtained broad and exclusive rights to intellectual property in the field of carbide derived carbon (CDC), which is an innovative "tuneable" nano-porous, high specific surface area material invented by Prof. Gogotsi's team in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. The company is currently based in the Philadelphia Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) and is a spin out from the A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute. Y-Carbon is also a portfolio company of the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center and The Nanotechnology Institute of Ben Franklin Technology Partners Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Highlights

2013 PA Regional Nanotechnology for Energy Conference

The 2013 conference will be held at Drexel's Bossone Research Center on on Thursday, May 23. Click here for the agenda, and register here! Email Jill Buckley with any questions.


April 26, 2013

DNI hosted the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at Drexel University on April 26, 2013. Click here to read about the event and learn more about JSPS programs and fellowships.

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November 29, 2012

Nano Materials Group members won multiple awards at the MRS 2012 Fall Meeting! Read more about the group's success here.

November 16, 2012

Congratulations to Dr. Vadym Mochalin and a former team member Ioannis Neitzel on publication of their chapter "Advances in Surface Chemistry of Nanodiamond and Nanodiamond-Polymer Composites" in Ultrananocrystalline Diamond: Syntheses, Properties, and Applications of UNCD (2nd Ed.), Elsevier, 2012

October 16, 2012

Congratulations to PhD students Kristy Jost and Riju Singhal on being selected as Graduate Student Award finalists for the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting!

October 10, 2012

Congratulations to PhD students Michael Michael Naguib and Babak Ansori for receiving the Ronald B. Snow Award for their MXene poster in the Cerampgraphic Competition at the 2012 Materials Science and Technology Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

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October 31, 2012

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August 17-18, 2012

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The Energy Frontier: Controlling Matter at the Nanoscale

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