ISEE'Cap09

First International Symposium on Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitors
To be held at the Université de Nantes from the 29th of June to the 2nd of July

Here's a short description of the symposium which can be found at the website:
Electrochemical capacitors, also called supercapacitors, are electricity storage devices subject to increasing research efforts due to their potential technological impact in a wide variety of applications, from portable electronics to stationary power sources or electrical/hybrid vehicles. The enhancement of energy and power densities, cycle life and safety in use remain strongly related to the choice of electrode materials, electrode/electrolyte interactions as well as electrochemical storage mechanisms in various complex systems.
A few meetings offer the opportunity to gather most renowned experts in the related fields together with non-specialist engineers and researchers who would like to know more about these storage devices identified as major electrochemical systems for the near future. ISEE'Cap09 is a unique opportunity for researchers to give and access an overview of the most recent recent results on electrochemical capacitors, covering a wide range of scientific and technological aspects intimately related to each other for the achievement of enhanced storage devices.

Biocompatible CaTiO3 Nanoparticles by Siew Shee Lim

A colleague of mine, Miss Siew Shee Lim who is a lecturer at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is presenting a very exciting and interesting work on hydrothermal synthesis of biocompatible CaTiO3 nanoparticles at the AIChe 2008 (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Below is the abstract of her research:
Miss Siew Shee Lim is reachable at SiewShee.Lim@nottingham.edu.my

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Biocompatible CaTiO3 Nanoparticles

SiewShee Lim¹, Michael Cloke¹, Kok Chiang Ng², Jun Jin², and George Z. Chen².

(1) School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Block C, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih Selangor Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia,
(2) School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

Synthetic grafts provide the potential for continuous bone healing sources with reasonable production costs compared to autogenous with high harvesting cost and allografts which might cause pathogenic transmission. Particularly, nanostructured CaTiO3, if immobilised on the surfaces of implants, are expected to promote good osteointegration. This research programme aims to demonstrate this expectation by preparation of nanoparticulates of CaTiO3 and test their bioactivity through incubation in simulated human body fluid. In the current work, CaTiO3 nanoparticles were synthesised via a simple hydrothermal process using TiO2 (p25) as the precursor in alkaline media containing calcium salts. The as-prepared powdery materials were washed with distilled water until the pH value became neutral and dried in oven at 50˚C for 24 hours. The dried samples were characterised by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). These analyses confirmed the powdery products from the hydrothermal synthesis to be mostly nanoparticulates of CaTiO3 of about 50 nm in average size. A preliminary investigation of the bioresponsiveness of the obtained samples was carried out by immersion in the simulated human body fluid and incubation at 37˚C for 7, 14 and 28 days. The findings, including an expected layer of hydroxyapatite deposit on the surface of the CaTiO3 nanoparticulates, will be reported.

ECS Transactions Publication 2008

Dear Mr. Ng,

We are happy to inform you that your manuscript, "An Asymmetrical Supercapacitor Based on CNTs/SnO2 and CNTs/MnO2 Nanocomposites Working at 1.7 V in Aqueous Electrolyte", has been published in "ECS Transactions", Volume 16.

Authors: Kok Chiang Ng, Shengwen Zhang, and George Z. Chen
Publication: ECS Transactions
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Issue Title: Electrochemical Capacitors and Hybrid Power Sources 2008
Page Range: 153 - 162
Publisher: The Electrochemical Society
Year Published: 2008

The Electrochemical Society is pleased that issues 1 through 14 of "ECS Transactions" Volume 16 are now online. Having ECST content available electronically is an enormous asset for our members and also an excellent research tool for the scientific community. Now that authors may submit their manuscripts directly, valuable content from our meetings will no longer go unpublished. Even better, this material will never go out of print. In making all manuscripts available individually, we are able to offer an easier way to obtain the material relating to a specific discipline. All of these factors will combine to give "ECS Transactions" a greater reach in disseminating the important research being performed in the fields of electrochemistry, solid-state science, and allied subjects.

Please visit the ECS Digital Library (http://ecsdl.org/ECST/) for further details about full issues and individual manuscripts.

Best regards,
John Lewis, Associate Director of Conference Publications
ECS - The Electrochemical Society
65 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534-2839
Tel:1.609.737.1902, ext. 120 Fax: 1.609.737.2743

CAP-XX CEO, Nanotech Northern Europe and Spinverse

I have just been invited to attend the Nanotech Northern Europe where Cap-XX CEO will be presenting. This has come as surprised to me when I opened my email inbox today. At first glance, I thought it was just like any other spam email where you are told that you have won the lottery or something. The email this came from Michelle Moody from Moody & Associates who is the PR for Cap-XX Ltd. Anyway, I did a search and found that Cap-XX CEO is indeed presenting at the conference. Here's the content of the email I received. They have my full name written though and the title of research I am involved in. I think PR companies are now extending their search and publicity via internet, since internet can reached out and extend the spread of news to a wider space and audience. This is certainly an interesting development and anyone who receive such invitation would be certainly flattered.

Dear Mr. Kok Chiang Ng,

I see that you are involved in the Nanotechnology Applications in Supercapacitors Research at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, so I thought you might be interested in Mr. Kongats’ presentation next week at the Nanotech conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He will share lessons learned while developing CAP-XX’s nano-structured supercapacitors from government laboratory to today’s deployment in space-constrained electronics devices worldwide. Below is a media advisory issued today about his presentation.

Best regards,

Michelle

Moody & Associates

PR for CAP-XX Ltd.

+1.214.363.3460

michellemoody@charter.net

CAP-XX CEO to Present at Nanotech Northern Europe

Sydney, Australia – September 17, 2008 – Next week, at Nanotech Northern Europe in Copenhagen, Anthony Kongats, CEO for Australia-based CAP-XX Ltd. (LSE:CPX) will share lessons learned while developing his company’s nano-structured supercapacitors from government laboratory to today’s deployment in space-constrained electronics devices worldwide.

WHO:

Anthony Kongats founded CAP-XX in 1997 to commercialize the supercapacitor technology spawned by joint research done at the Australian government’s premier science and research organization – CSIRO – and Kongats’ own electronics company, Energy Storage Systems.

WHAT:

Kongats will share his commercialization challenges and his perspective on the global investment environment for nanotechnology. CAP-XX is the only publicly-listed nanotechnology company being profiled.

CAP-XX chose the Alternative Investment Markets (AIM) in London which had supported similar internationally-focused technology companies and other nanotechnology start-ups such as Oxonica.

Kongats will discuss start-up challenges such as attracting venture funding, readying a technology for production, building a patent portfolio, selling a new concept into a new market, preparing for a public offering and ramping manufacturing capacity to meet demand.

WHERE:

Nanotech Northern Europe, Europe’s annual nanotechnology conference organized by Spinverse, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 23 – 25: http://www.nanotech.net/content/conference

WHEN:

Thursday, September 25 at 11:30 am, Kongats will present during the “Analyst Perspectives” section of “Investing in nanotechnology,” a full-day session on the business and investment potential of nanotechnology.

About CAP-XX:

The CAP-XX nano-structured carbon supercapacitors store energy in tiny cells, then release large bursts of power when needed. For example, mobile phones use supercapacitors to deliver brighter flashes and richer-sounding music, vibration energy-harvesters use them to power data transmission bursts in battery-free condition monitoring systems, and solid state disks (SSDs) rely on them for backup power.

CAP-XX has sold more than 3 million supercapacitors, enabling smaller, thinner, longer-running and more feature-rich space-constrained electronic devices such as camera phones, SSDs, PDAs, wireless sensors and medical devices. Examples include rugged PDAs and Point-of-Sale systems from Banksys, Handheld Products, Intermec, Datalogic and Symbol Technologies, and wireless condition-monitoring systems supporting energy-harvesters.

Sydney, Australia-based CAP-XX is publicly-traded on AIM and has sales offices in the UK and USA. For more information, visit http://www.cap-xx.com or email sales@cap-xx.com.

About Spinverse:

Spinverse commercializes emerging technologies by combining scientific, industrial and investment expertise. Spinverse organizes international technology events, provides capital and technology transfer services and coordinates national programs in nanotechnology, fuel cells and mobile communications. www.spinverse.com.

Joint International Conference, Hawaii

A 1.70 V supercapacitor in aqueous is to be reported at the 214th Annual Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in mid October 2008. I will be giving the oral presentation about this exciting finding from the carbon nanotube composites research at Nottingham.

To read more, please check out the submitted abstract at the organiser's webpage:

List and Summary of all Abstracts Received to Date

KC's abstract

Ng KC, Zhang SW, Chen GZ, An asymmetrical supercapacitor based on CNTs/SnO₂ and CNTs/MnO₂ nanocomposites working at 1.7 V in aqueous electrolyte
Abstract # 521, Symposium B2 - Electrochemical Capacitors and Hybrid Power Sources, 214^th ECS Annual Meeting (PRiME 2008), Hawaii, October 15, 2008.

The World's Largest International Coil Winding, Insulation and Electrical Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference

Baker set of Motor tester. Baker is now owned by SKF bearing. Made in the US. One of the most comprehensive motor winding tester available in the market and also the most expensive.

Portable tester by Omicron. Made in Austria.

German made tester. Schleich brand. Cheapest and most compact tester.

Demonstration in progress.

German bears with a block of the historical Berlin Wall.

Graffiti is everywhere in Berlin except for the Holocaust memorial where the Grey blocks are sprayed with anti-graffiti paint.