NanoInk
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{{Infobox company
| name = NanoInk, Inc
| logo = NanoInk Logo.png
| type = Private
| foundation = 2002
| location = Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
| industry = Nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals
}}
NanoInk, Inc. was a nanotechnology company headquartered in Skokie, Illinois, with a MEMS fabrication facility in Campbell, California.
Overview
A spin-off of Northwestern University and founded by Northwestern professor Chad Mirkin, NanoInk specialized in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life science and semiconductor industries. Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) was a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology{{Clarify|date=August 2009}} marketed as an anti-counterfeiting aid for pharmaceutical products.
Other key applications included nanoscale additive repair and nanoscale rapid prototyping. Located in the Illinois Science and Technology Park, north of Chicago, NanoInk had nearly 400 patents and applications filed worldwide and had licensing agreements with Northwestern University, Stanford University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
History
Within seven months of its formation, NanoInk released its first product, the DPN-System-1, which turned any atomic force microscope into a DPN machine.{{cite web | title=NanoInk Writes its Own Ticket Using Quills on the Nanoscale | work=Small Times | url=http://www.smalltimes.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=268097&p=109 | date=August 19, 2002 }}
In February 2013, NanoInk announced it would be shutting down due to insufficient funding when its primary backer, Ann Lurie, decided to pull the plug after investing $150 million over a decade.{{cite web | title=NanoInk folds as Ann Lurie's investment runs out | author=John Pletz | work=Crain's Chicago Business | url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130222/BLOGS11/130229924/nanoink-folds-as-ann-luries-investment-runs-out | date=February 22, 2013 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151005222330/http://www.nanoink.net/ Official Site]
- [http://www.smalltimes.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=268097&p=109 NanoInk Writes its Own Ticket Using Quills on the Nanoscale]
- [http://www.devicelink.com/pmpn/archive/07/03/010.html Out of Sight, Out of Mind]
- [http://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/articles/2007/143.html Protect the Product, Not the Package]
- [http://www.convertingmagazine.com/cgi-bin/current.cgi?view=9_07_34.html Role of nanotechnology in brand protection]
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