B.C. nanoscale research attracts mega funding
By Design Engineering staff
Materials government funding R&D UniversitySFU material scientists received $884,106 from Western Economic Diversification Canada to enhance Simon Fraser University's capability for materials design and development.
“This capability will eventually be as key to nanoscale materials fabrication as the photocopier is to information dissemination,” explains Gates, 4D Labs’ director of nanofabrication. “With our new mask-writing facility, we’ll be able to fabricate the next generation of technologies, particularly in the fields of alternative energy and biomedical engineering.”
Researchers are already lining up to use 4D Labs’ new equipment. Micro-structured fuel cell manufacturers such as Ballard Power Systems, Angstrom Power Inc. and Sweet Power and biotechnical consortiums such as the Centre for Drug Research and Development in Vancouver are among potential clients.
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