Single-molecule-thick films show promise
from the OK-so-it's-only-nano-in-one-dimension dept.
A press release announces: "Lightyear Technologies Inc. announced today that it has made a major breakthrough in nanotechnology, the science of building products at a molecular level…the company is the first in the world capable of producing nanotechnology products in commercial quantities…The material, first developed at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, is just a single molecule thick, and is capable of building itself into many useful products…Lightyear so far is concentrating its efforts on energy and environmental uses…Lightyear is now concentrating on working with companies developing applications that could revolutionize water purification and energy storage, possibly making electric vehicles much more practical."



October 23rd, 2000 at 4:49 PM
Damn, that is cool!
Finally we get to some solid application, and in a field that is of #1 concern to the US government, and that is oil prices. Hopefully this development will attract even more NSF and NNI funding!!