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Nano manufacturing
We plan to produce in continuous process large volumes of high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes at a reasonable price to facilitate the full integration into commercial products.

Consultancies
We plan to provide expert consulting services to develop business and marketing strategies in the growing opportunity areas of MEMS and Nanotechnology.

Nano software’s
We also aim at developing software solutions that enable development of novel nanoscale devices.

HPC
High Performance Computing

Our Company specializes in the production of nanomaterials (nanoparticles and nanopowders) having complex composition and exacting particle size and particle size distribution and tailored surface characteristics.
We plan to produce in continuous process large volumes of high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes at a reasonable price to facilitate the full integration into commercial products.
We also plan to provide expert consulting services to develop business and marketing strategies in the growing opportunity areas of CNT and Nanotechnology. We provide support and services for due diligence and for integrating CNT, MEMS and Nanotechnology into company's and investors' business strategies.
We plan to provide consultancies, support for characterization and hence manufacturing in nanotechnology services. We plan to provide cost effective and safer nano materials and nanotubes and set up a fabrication plan of Carbon nanotubes at later stages.

We will also plan to provide consulting services in the following:-
1. Product Development Services
2. Technology and Intellectual Property Strategy
3. Due Diligence, Marketing and Business Strategy

Technical description

1. Nano manufacturing
We plan to produce in continuous process large volumes of high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes at a reasonable price to facilitate the full integration into commercial products.
We define nanoparticles as free particles having an average diameter well below 100 nm and typically in the 1 - 30 nm range with narrow particle size distribution.
We know that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been studied for many different applications because of their exceptional electrical and mechanical properties. Carbon nanotubes have already been shown to be useful for a variety of applications like field mission devices, nano-scale electromechanical actuators, field-effect transistors (FETs), CNT based random access memory (RAM), and atomic force microscope (AFM) probes.
We use a method called Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). This method is low cost and allows for us to create high purity products (90%-98%). With CVD, we can also control the diameter and length of the nano-tubes produced.
We plan to offers single wall carbon nanotubes, produced by arc discharge and double wall nanotubes, produced by CVD.
Nanotubes are commonly produced through methods such as arc discharge, laser ablation, or chemical vapor deposition, nanotubes can also be produced by ball milling, hydrothermal pressure, decomposition of buckyballs, and annealing of soot. However, obtaining large enough quantities of the material continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing nanotechnology researchers.
We have developed a novel system based on CVD growth, as it enabled the production of both single and multi-wall nanotubes of reasonably high quality and consistency while offering the greatest potential for scale up.
At the same time we also work on producing high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes by using a unique innovative, plasma-based process. As compared to the other techniques for commercially producing single-walled carbon nanotubes (CVD, Gas Phase CVD, Arc, Laser Ablation) this method is more viable but it is still to be worked out completely so that it can be used commercially.
Source: WTEC - Carbon Nano Tubes
Study Panel Presentation
November 3, 2006


Some of the methods of Characterizing SWNT are:-
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) allowing for the assessment of detailed structures. And
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) providing overviews of sample structures while less sensitive to sample preparation and homogeneity than TEM. We plan to start our first high-capacity plant for up to 0.35 tons/yr in early 2008 producing SWCNTs at 1 kg per day (Calculated approximations done by advanced techniques). We have worked upon and selected to start our work in Hyderabad.
The only manufacturing unit for CNT is DMSRDE Defense Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE) and we have been working closely to analyze and work out India specific innovative ideas so that we can work with close co-operations with other agencies that are in Nanomanufacturing.

Nano tubes have important applications in the following:-
1. CNT based solar cells
2. Nano tube filter - water purification
3. Nanotube sensors
4. Nano Fab
5. MEMS devices



Single-walled carbon nanotubes will see a great deal of applications in the following areas:-

* Aerospace: Electrically active, thermally conductive polymers, nanotube structural enhanced composites; etc.
* Defense: Enhanced lightweight ballistic protection, field sensors; etc.
* Energy: Hydrogen storage for fuel cells, battery electrodes, etc.
* Electronics/IT: Heat sinks; nanochips, hard drive heads, etc.
* Medical: New drug delivery medications, devices, etc.
* Sports: Enhanced golf, tennis, baseball, cycling equipment, etc.
* Telecom: Antennas, microwave amplifier devices, etc.
* Automotive: Fuel cells, structural components, electronics; etc.
* Consumer: Flat panel displays, textiles, paint, efficient lighting, water filtration, etc.
CVD Plant Information - (Nano manufacturing)
Chemical vapour deposition or CVD is a generic name for a group of processes that involve depositing a solid material from a gaseous phase and is similar in some respects to physical vapour deposition (PVD).
PVD differs in that the precursors are solid, with the material to be deposited being vaporized from a solid target and deposited onto the substrate.
A CVD apparatus will consist of several basic components:
· Gas delivery system - For the supply of precursors to the reactor chamber
· Reactor chamber - Chamber within which deposition takes place
· Substrate loading mechanism - A system for introducing and removing substrates, mandrels etc
· Energy source - Provide the energy/heat that is required to get the precursors to react/decompose.
· Vacuum system - A system for removal of all other gaseous species other than those required for the reaction/deposition.
· Exhaust system - System for removal of volatile by-products from the reaction chamber.
· Exhaust treatment systems - In some instances, exhaust gases may not be suitable for release into the atmosphere and may require treatment or conversion to safe/harmless compounds.
· Process control equipment - Gauges, controls etc to monitor process parameters such as pressure, temperature and time. Alarms and safety devices would also be included in this category.
We are working to get alternatives of many part of a CVD unit build indigenously. Cost of setting up a CVD plant can vary from 25 lacks to a few cores.


2. Consultancies
We also plan to provide expert consulting services to develop business and marketing strategies in the growing opportunity areas of MEMS and Nanotechnology. We provide support and services for due diligence and for integrating MEMS and Nanotechnology into companies' and investors' business strategies.
Our strategy is to:-
* Evaluate micro-scale and nano-scale technologies
* Simulate, design, and implement systems
* Invent, develop and license technologies
* Help with all stages of commercialization of new products
o From concept development to prototype device fabrication
o From first prototypes to commercial production
* Materials characterization for yield improvement and new product development
About the consultancies part:-
IP Evaluation
" Evaluation of specific patent applicability to business needs
" IP value within company's overall portfolio
" IP threat by others to competitive position, and advice on claim structure for IP
" Applicability of a family of patents to areas outside the initial field of use
" Services for technology searching and matching, invention adaptation and licensing


Due Diligence Evaluation
Expertise for due diligence on proposals, acquisitions, technology, intellectual property
Business and Management Strategy
Business and strategic planning; technology implementation Marketing Strategy
Product definition, market strategy, competitive analysis
Some Examples of Completed Due Diligence and Business and Marketing Strategy Services

" Due diligence for investors, advising on opportunities, technical and business roadblocks
" Evaluation of market/technology fit and recommendations for most promising market entry point for novel MEMS device
" Surveys of sensors, valves and switches for competitive evaluations
Towards Commercialization
" Evaluate micro-scale and nano-scale technologies
" Simulate, design, and implement systems
" Invent, develop and license technologies
" Help with all stages of commercialization of new products
o From concept development to prototype device fabrication
o From first prototypes to commercial production
" Materials characterization for yield improvement and new product development
Our services also include the following areas:-
o How to produce materials in volume commercially at viable prices - many current techniques cannot scale up sufficiently to produce the cost reductions required to target volume markets.
o How to supply the materials in a form suitable for inclusion in manufacturing processes - understanding the surface chemistry and how particles can be dispersed in a wide variety of media will be key to the adoption of many materials.
o Consistency and reliability in volume production - tolerances on size and composition can be achieved reliably for simple compounds such as binary oxides and for more complex materials in small batch production, but doing this for the complex materials in volume manufacturing is not so easy.
o Characterization - it is possible to characterize materials to a great extent. However, many of the techniques are appropriate for the research lab but not for the production environment. What is required are rapid, bulk, and preferably on-line techniques to monitor such properties as particle size distribution.
o The need to focus in a very broad market - the ability to pick out the applications that will come to market early will determine the survival of many nanomaterials companies in the short term as they start to build revenues and try to survive while products are developed and production capability is installed.
o How to add and retain value - this will be key to the longer-term viability of companies as volumes increase and pressure to reduce prices and hence margins increases. The approach adopted by many is of securing intellectual property to provide a longer-term income stream.
o Health, safety, and environment - the profile of nanotechnology has increased in recent months with a focus on the potential long-term effects of nanotechnology and, more immediately, nanomaterials on people and the environment.


Nanowave MEMS Lab and Consultancies
We plan to create lab located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering / Electrical at Indian Institute of Science or IITs or other institutes, will be one the first few MEMS research laboratory in India to be set-up with private funding. Nanowave a software company dedicated to create services and products for scientists and engineers needs some funding for the Lab's infrastructure. The mandate of the Lab is to carry out product driven research and create Intellectual Property Rights in the fields of Micro Electromechanical Systems with a mission guided by our theme of "science with conscience". The creation of this Lab, by itself will be a major event in Indian scenario. In India, research efforts have been largely confined to the university labs or national labs and have hardly ever seen the light of the day as a product. The private companies have largely stayed away from research. Our lab aims at bridging this gap with product driven research and technology development. Nanowave has a strong commitment for providing the synergy and cooperation between the two sectors for the growth of MEMS technology. The ecosystem of the lab comprises of a considerably large cross section of domain expertise available in various departments of the Institutes and the market intelligence and software skills in the scientific domain available. Efforts of research students and engineers working in this lab is directed towards long term goals of creating a stimulating environment where fundamental thinking, innovative ideas, and creativity flow freely but never loose the sight of relevance to society. Modeling of Nanoscale Phenomena in Software
We also aim at developing software solutions that enable development of novel nanoscale devices. It can help our customers to explore all aspects of a nanodevice and supports creation, engineering and communication of nanodevice designs. Modeling of nanoscale phenomena is advancing rapidly and becoming an essential tool both for designing on the nanoscale and predicting bulk properties based on nanoscale structures. Mathematical simulation will allow a better understanding of technology and will shorten the development cycles of any technology. This requires the introduction of 3D models as well as their experimental verification and further development. We have made small Java software and will be developing a full 3D software very soon. We are refering microelectronics simulation to develop our software so that we can avoid costly experiments.
A Small software of Java is being developed which will be made in 3D very soon. The software is made by Rohit Pathak who is software expert in Graphics and Modeling.


India specific strategy
We want our company to stay close to the original researchers, have a voice in their ongoing research, stay up-to-date on industry developments, and benefit from the network of experts, funding sources, and industry representatives drawn to these institutions. We aim to take advantage of the high skilled cheap labor available in India. We have worked to open our manufacturing plant in Hyderabad due to cost advantage we get and good infrastructure available in Hyderabad. We also plan to open consultancies in Chennai is poised to become the centre of Nanotech-research in India. We have taken in consideration the research in various Universities and plan to have close collaboration with all the universities which have a good ground in nanotechnology. We will also be needing equipments for characterization and their availability is also taken into consideration