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Technology developed at the University of Canterbury has made the cover of Semiconductor International magazine, the leading technical publication covering the global semiconductor industry.
Nano Cluster Devices Ltd (NCD), which is commercialising novel methods developed by Canterbury University for self-assembling clusters of atoms and forming them into electrically conducting wire, is featured in the April issue of the magazine which has a circulation of 50,000.
NCD executive director Simon Brown, an associate professor in Canterbury University's physics and astronomy department, discovered that under certain conditions clusters of atoms form naturally into very thin electrically conducting wires.
Potential applications of the technology include transistors and interconnects for the integrated circuit board market, hydrogen sensors for the fuel cell market and the computer hard drive market.
NCD chief operating officer Allan Miller said the cover story was a big breakthrough for the company, which was marketing its nanowires as key components in transistors or silicon chips that would make it possible to build much smaller and faster computers.
"This publication recognises the tremendous importance of NCD's technology and puts it in front of all the biggest players in one of NCD's key target markets," Dr Miller said.
NCD's technology is also being showcased at several high profile international meetings over the next few months, including the Technology Innovation Showcase at a semiconductor industry conference in San Francisco in July.
It has also been chosen to present its technology at the 2005 Nano Science and Technology Institute Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show in Los Angeles in May – the largest nanotechnology conference of the year, with a heavy emphasis on business opportunities in this globally significant field.
Associate Professor Brown will present NCD's technology at both events.
For further information please contact:
Associate Professor Simon Brown
Physics and Astronomy
University of Canterbury
Ph: +64 3 364 2507
simon.brown@canterbury.ac.nz