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Monday, 21st March 2005 (4015 views)

A world-class nano research and development centre is to be set up in India to promote nanotechnology in the country.<br/><br/>Nanotechnology involves using and making devices that are of nanometer scale, a range of precious metals can be used for various processes including gold.<br/><br/>Previous uses have seen gold help to create particularly small nanowires, link nanoelectrical devices and look for health problems with nanoscopic particles of gold and DNA labels.<br/><br/>The centre will be set up by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai and it will have a fabrication facility as well as structural characterisation and scientific facilities, according to PTI.<br/><br/>There are currently 50 members working on various areas of nanotechnology at the IIT and details of the centre are set to complete in a couple of years, according to Professor Kartik Khilar.<br/><br/>"We have been doing lots of R&D in the nanotech field, but when we want to transfer it to any industry, we need to translate the lab technology to the field scale and such [a] centre will be of great use to the technologists doing research," he said.<br/><br/>Indian industry is showing a keen interest in the technology lately and Mr Khilar believes it is the IIT's "duty to help them by improving" the "technology transfer skill" in the sector.<br/><br/>One company, Yash Management and Satellite revealed it is planning to set up a unit to manufacture nanotubes, which can be used for VCD monitors and televisions, at an initial cost of Rs 80 million.<br/><br/>In addition, nanostructures using metal oxides of gold are also increasingly being used in Ayurvedic medicines, according to Dr P N Pandit, an advisor for Yashnotec.<img alt="track" src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=8082502"/>

 

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