DocumentCode :
1348962
Title :
In It to WIN It
Author :
Carty, Arthur ; Yeow, John T W
Volume :
4
Issue :
4
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
4
Lastpage :
12
Abstract :
Nanotechnology and its applications are poised for explosive growth in the years ahead. The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), with a new state-of-theart Quantum Nano Centre, a young and dynamic research faculty, and home to hundreds of Canada´s best nanotechnology engineering students, is positioned to contribute to that growth as one of the foremost centers for nanoresearch and innovation in the world. From developments in advanced lithium-ion battery technologies, next-generation solar photovoltaic cells, and thermoelectric conversion materials to hybrid bionanocomposite materials and nanocatalysts, advances in fundamental understanding of materials design will lead to real-world applications. WIN anticipates major progress in organic electronic devices, large-area displays, and miniaturized CNTs or graphene-based X-ray sources. Single-electron and single-photon quantum devices enabled by nanotechnology will be fabricated and employed in quantum information processing. Handheld lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices with microfluidic flow in channels controlled by electric fields will become a reality for disease and pathogen diagnosis, replacing more bulky and expensive analytical instrumentation. Drugs encapsulated in nanoparticles delivering therapies directly to a cancerous tissue will be in clinical trials for early adoption, and new, innovative nanotools for imaging and measurement will be introduced. These are only a few of the exciting results researchers expect to see from the next ten years of research at WIN.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biomedical materials; cancer; carbon nanotubes; catalysts; display devices; drug delivery systems; drugs; graphene; lab-on-a-chip; lithium; microchannel flow; nanobiotechnology; nanocomposites; nanoelectronics; nanoparticles; secondary cells; solar cells; thermoelectric conversion; C; Li; cancer tissue; drug delivery; drugs; graphene-based X-ray sources; handheld lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices; hybrid bionanocomposite materials; large-area displays; lithium-ion battery technologies; microfluidic flow; miniaturized CNT; nanocatalysts; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nanotools; next-generation solar photovoltaic cells; organic electronic devices; quantum information processing; single-electron quantum devices; single-photon quantum devices; thermoelectric conversion materials; Nanomaterials; Research and development;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Nanotechnology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1932-4510
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MNANO.2010.938651
Filename :
5599968
Link To Document :
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