[Usa] Defense Nanotech Program

Vanderbilt University's School of Engineering will lead a new multi-million-dollar multi-institutional nanotechnology program funded by the US Army Research Lab (ARL) to develop radically improved electronics, sensors, windows, uniforms and other critical defence systems. ARL will provide $2.4M for the program's first year of operation. Initial goals of the Advanced Carbon Nanotechnology Research Program will involve developing diamond/carbon nanostructures for biological and chemical sensors, a new energy-conversion device, and electron emissions devices for advanced electronics. For more information contact: jim.davidson@vanderbilt.edu