Lockheed Martin Announces Nanotechnology Alliance

Lockheed Martin and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University announce a collaboration to explore the science of nanotechnology, with special focus on nanocopper and related technologies for the commercial market.

Lockheed Martin and NTU will set up a joint research laboratory at NTU's Yunnan campus. The lab will allow NTU students and faculty to work directly with Lockheed Martin scientists on developing the nanocopper CuantumFuse technology platform, which can be used for a variety of high-tech applications.

Nanocopper is the main ingredient in an electrical interconnect material. Known as the CuantumFuse solder, this material is expected to produce joints with up to 10 times the electrical and thermal conductivity compared to tin-based materials currently in use.

"This collaboration is a good example of how NTU can connect to global industrial partners to collectively develop innovative solutions to many global challenges faced today," says Professor Freddy Boey, NTU Provost Professor. "We hope that in the near future, scientists from both institutions will continue to explore other research topics of joint interest in areas such as satellite technology, interactive media and perhaps even deep sea mining."

The NTU-Lockheed Martin Joint Laboratory will have an initial fund of $10 million over the next four years, and will employ up to eight scientists working on collaborative research projects. It will provide a platform to allow the exchange of researchers and knowledge between the two institutions, as well as to produce various prototypes and to host prototype demonstrations.

Iran Inaugurates 2 Nanotechnology Laboratories

Shahreza Master Taher Students' Research Center in Isfahan province and Shiraz Razi Students' Research Center in Fars province were equipped with the laboratories in the presence of the authorities of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council and the Ministry of Education and Training.

Among the devices in the laboratories, mention can be made of scanning tunneling microscope (STM), electrospinning devices to produce nanofibers, electrical explosion, and on-board sputtering.

It had been formerly announced by the authorities of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council that nanotechnology laboratories for students would be established in seven students' research centers all over the country until the end of the year. The first nanotechnology laboratory for students was inaugurated in Tehran on January 23, 2013.

After the inauguration of two laboratories in Isfahan and Fars, four other laboratories will be set up in next coming weeks in provinces of Khorassan Razavi, Northern Khorassan, Semnan, and Hamedan.

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