Nanotechnology in North, Central and South America-Programmes, networks, funding, research groups and companies

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• 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN EUROPE
    • 1.1.1 Funding
    • 1.1.2 National programmes
    • 1.1.3 Centres and infrastructure
    • 1.1.4 Networks
    • 1.1.5 Companies
  • 1.2 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 1.2.1 Funding
    • 1.2.2 National programmes
    • 1.2.3 Centres and infrastructure
    • 1.2.4 Networks
    • 1.2.5 Companies
  • 1.3 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICA
    • 1.3.1 Funding
    • 1.3.2 National programmes
      • 1.3.2.1 State initiatives
    • 1.3.3 Centres and infrastructure
    • 1.3.4 Networks in North America
    • 1.3.5 Companies
  • 1.4 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
  • 1.5 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
• 2 COMMERCIALISING NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • 2.1 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
    • 2.1.1 Suppliers
      • 2.1.1.1 Materials
      • 2.1.1.2 Tools and instrumentation
      • 2.1.1.3 Devices and system integration
    • 2.1.2 Buyers
    • 2.1.3 New entrants
    • 2.1.4 Substitution threats
    • 2.1.5 Competition
  • 2.2 KEY CHALLENGES
    • 2.2.1 TECHNICAL
      • 2.2.1.1 Understanding
      • 2.2.1.2 Tools
    • 2.2.2 MARKET
      • 2.2.2.1 Hype
      • 2.2.2.2 Cost
      • 2.2.2.3 Production
      • 2.2.2.4 Public Perception and Ethics
    • 2.2.3 REGULATION
  • 2.3 MARKET TRENDS AND DRIVERS
    • 2.3.1 DRIVERS
    • 2.3.2 TRENDS
      • 2.3.2.1 Collaboration
      • 2.3.2.2 First to market
      • 2.3.2.3 Nanomaterials advantage
      • 2.3.2.4 Improved products
      • 2.3.2.5 Decreasing cost of nanomaterials
      • 2.3.2.6 Autonomous systems
• 3 KEY NANOMATERIALS
  • 3.1 NANOPARTICLES
    • 3.1.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOPARTICLES
    • 3.1.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.1.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.1.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.1.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.2 NANOCOMPOSITES
    • 3.2.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOCOMPOSITES
    • 3.2.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.2.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.2.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.2.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.3 NANOCAPSULES
    • 3.3.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOCAPSULES
    • 3.3.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.3.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.3.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.3.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.4 NANOPOROUS MATERIALS
    • 3.4.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOPOROUS MATERIALS
    • 3.4.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.4.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.4.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.4.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.5 NANOFIBRES
    • 3.5.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOFIBRES
    • 3.5.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.5.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.5.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.5.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.6 FULLERENES
    • 3.6.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR FULLERENES
    • 3.6.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.6.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.6.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.6.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.7 NANOWIRES
    • 3.7.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOWIRES
    • 3.7.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.7.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.7.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.7.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.8 CARBON NANOTUBES
    • 3.8.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR CARBON NANOTUBES
    • 3.8.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.8.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.8.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.8.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.9 QUANTUM DOTS
    • 3.9.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR QUANTUM DOTS
    • 3.9.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.9.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.9.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.9.2.3 Application developers
  • 3.10 NANOCOATINGS
    • 3.10.1 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOCOATINGS
    • 3.10.2 KEY PLAYERS
      • 3.10.2.1 Manufacturers and end users
      • 3.10.2.2 Nanomaterials suppliers
      • 3.10.2.3 Application developers
• 4 UNITED STATES
  • 4.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES
    • 4.1.1 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
      • 4.1.1.1 NSET Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan
      • 4.1.1.2 Program Component Areas
      • 4.1.1.3 Agencies
      • 4.1.1.4 Funding
    • 4.1.2 National Science Foundation (NSF)
      • 4.1.2.1 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC)
      • 4.1.2.2 MRSECs and other centres
    • 4.1.3 Department of Defense (DoD)
    • 4.1.4 Department of Energy (DOE)
    • 4.1.5 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    • 4.1.6 HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
    • 4.1.7 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    • 4.1.8 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • 4.1.9 Department of Transportation (DoT/FAA)/Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
    • 4.1.10 State Funded Initiatives
  • 4.2 RESEARCH CENTRES
    • 4.2.1 Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • 4.2.2 Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • 4.2.3 Naval Research Laboratory
    • 4.2.4 Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • 4.2.5 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 4.3 NETWORKS
    • 4.3.1 National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN)
    • 4.3.2 Network for Computational Nanotechnology
    • 4.3.3 National Nanomanufacturing Network
    • 4.3.4 Nanotechnology Informal Science Education Network
    • 4.3.5 NCI Cancer Centres of Excellence
  • 4.4 UNIVERSITIES
    • 4.4.1 Alfred University
    • 4.4.2 Arizona State University
    • 4.4.3 Auburn University
    • 4.4.4 Ball State University
    • 4.4.5 Baylor College of Medicine
    • 4.4.6 Brown University
    • 4.4.7 California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)
    • 4.4.8 Central Michigan University
    • 4.4.9 Clarkson University
    • 4.4.10 Clemson University
    • 4.4.11 Columbia University
    • 4.4.12 Cornell University
    • 4.4.13 Dartmouth College
    • 4.4.14 Drexel University
    • 4.4.15 Duke University
    • 4.4.16 George Washington University
    • 4.4.17 Georgia Institute of Technology
    • 4.4.18 Harvard University
    • 4.4.19 Howard University
    • 4.4.20 Illinois Institute of Technology
    • 4.4.21 Indiana University
    • 4.4.22 Iowa State University
    • 4.4.23 John Hopkins University
    • 4.4.24 Kansas State University
    • 4.4.25 Lehigh University
    • 4.4.26 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • 4.4.27 University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • 4.4.28 Michigan University
    • 4.4.29 Michigan State University
    • 4.4.30 New Jersey Institute of Technology
    • 4.4.31 New York University
    • 4.4.32 North Carolina State University
    • 4.4.33 Northeastern University
    • 4.4.34 Northwestern University
    • 4.4.35 Ohio University
    • 4.4.36 Oklahoma State-Stillwater University
    • 4.4.37 Oklahoma State-Tulsa University
    • 4.4.38 Oregan State University
    • 4.4.39 Pennsylvania State University
    • 4.4.40 Portland State University
    • 4.4.41 Princeton University
    • 4.4.42 Purdue University
    • 4.4.43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • 4.4.44 Rice University
    • 4.4.45 Rutgers University
    • 4.4.46 Stanford University
    • 4.4.47 State University of New York at Stony Brook
    • 4.4.48 State University of New York at Buffalo
    • 4.4.49 Texas A&M University
    • 4.4.50 Tufts University
    • 4.4.51 University of Alabama
    • 4.4.52 University at Albany
    • 4.4.53 University at Arizona
    • 4.4.54 University at Arkansas
    • 4.4.55 University at Arkansas at Little Rock
    • 4.4.56 University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
    • 4.4.57 University of California at Berkeley
    • 4.4.58 University of California at Davis
    • 4.4.59 University of California Irvine
    • 4.4.60 University of California Riverside
    • 4.4.61 University of California at Santa Barbara
    • 4.4.62 University of Central Florida
    • 4.4.63 University of Chicago
    • 4.4.64 University of Cincinnati
    • 4.4.65 University of Delaware
    • 4.4.66 University of Florida
    • 4.4.67 University of Illinois at Chicago
    • 4.4.68 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • 4.4.69 University of Kentucky
    • 4.4.70 University of Louisville
    • 4.4.71 University of Maryland
    • 4.4.72 University of Massachusetts Lowell
    • 4.4.73 University of Michigan
    • 4.4.74 University of Minnesota
    • 4.4.75 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    • 4.4.76 University of New Mexico
    • 4.4.77 University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill
    • 4.4.78 University of New Mexico
    • 4.4.79 University of North Texas
    • 4.4.80 University of Notre Dame
    • 4.4.81 University of Oklahoma
    • 4.4.82 University of Oregon
    • 4.4.83 University of Pennsylvania
    • 4.4.84 University of South Carolina
    • 4.4.85 University of South Florida
    • 4.4.86 University of Texas at Arlington
    • 4.4.87 University of Texas at Austin
    • 4.4.88 University of Texas at Dallas
    • 4.4.89 University of Virginia
    • 4.4.90 University of Washington
    • 4.4.91 University of Washington in St Louis
    • 4.4.92 University of Wisconsin Madison
    • 4.4.93 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • 4.4.94 Western Michigan University
  • 4.5 COMPANIES
    • 4.5.1 Nanomaterials and nanostructures
    • 4.5.2 Tools and instrumentation
• 5 CANADA
  • 5.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES
    • 5.1.1 National Research Council (NRC)
      • 5.1.1.1 NRC Centres
    • 5.1.2 Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
    • 5.1.3 Department of National Defense (DND)
    • 5.1.4 National Resources Canada
  • 5.2 RESEARCH CENTRES
    • 5.2.1 National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)
    • 5.2.2 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR)
    • 5.2.3 Micromachining and Nanofabrication Facility (NanoFab)
  • 5.3 NETWORKS
  • 5.4 UNIVERSITIES
    • 5.4.1 Dalhousie University
    • 5.4.2 McGill University
    • 5.4.3 McMaster University
    • 5.4.4 Simon Fraser University
    • 5.4.5 University of Alberta
    • 5.4.6 University of British Columbia
    • 5.4.7 University of Manitoba
    • 5.4.8 University of Montreal
    • 5.4.9 University of Toronto
    • 5.4.10 University of Waterloo
    • 5.4.11 University of Western Ontario
  • 5.5 COMPANIES
    • 5.5.1 Nanomaterials and nanostructures
    • 5.5.2 Tools and instrumentation
• 6 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
  • 6.1 MEXICO
  • 6.2 GOVERNMENT BODIES
    • 6.2.1 CONACYT
    • 6.2.2 Mexican Academy of Sciences
    • 6.2.3 UNIVERSITIES
      • 6.2.3.1 Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM)
  • 6.3 BRAZIL
    • 6.3.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES
      • 6.3.1.1 Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil (MCT)
      • 6.3.1.1.1 The Action Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation, 2007-2010
    • 6.3.2 NETWORKS
    • 6.3.3 UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES
      • 6.3.3.1 Federal University of So Carlos
      • 6.3.3.2 Brazilian Centre for Research in Physics
      • 6.3.3.3 University of So Paulo
    • 6.3.4 COMPANIES
  • 6.4 ARGENTINA
    • 6.4.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES
      • 6.4.1.1 Argentinean Nanotechnology Foundation (ANF)
      • 6.4.1.2 CONICET
    • 6.4.2 RESEARCH CENTRES
      • 6.4.2.1 Centro Binacional con Brasil
      • 6.4.2.2 Atomic Energy Centre
      • 6.4.2.3 INQUIMAE
    • 6.4.3 NETWORKS
    • 6.4.4 UNIVERSITIES
      • 6.4.4.1 University of Buenos Aires
    • 6.4.5 COMPANIES
• 7 GLOSSARY