Current NIA Corporate Members in alphabetical order:
- Advanced Nanotechnology
- Apaclara
- Applied Nanodetectors
- AWE
- BASF
- Beneq
- Bio Nano Centre
- BIOS
- BP
- Büchi
- Buehler
- CEMMNT
- Cenamps
- Centrum für Angewandte Nanotechnologie
- Ciba
- Croda International
- Datum Alloys
- Eminate
- Endor Nanotechnologies
- Epson
- Exilica
- Gems Sensors
- Grimm Aerosol
- Hosokawa Micron
- I-CanNano
- Intertek Measurement Science Group
- ICI
- Ilford Photo
- IMERYS Minerals
- Innos
- Innovia Films
- Ionbond
- Ionscope
- JEOL UK
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnson Matthey
- L'Oreal
- Loughborough Surface Analysis
- Lubrizol
- Maelstrom
- MaterialsSolutions
- MacDermid
- Naneum
- NanoCentral
- NanoForce
- NanoGap
- NanoLake
- Nanopartner
- NanoSAFE Inc
- NanoSight
- NanoTEC Industrial Coatings
- Nanotec NI
- Nanotecture
- nanoTox
- Nano-X
- National Physical Laboratory
- nextnano3
- Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
- Orla Protein Technologies
- Oxford Biosensors
- Oxford Instruments
- Oxonica
- Pall Europe
- PERA
- Procter & Gamble Technical Centres
- Promethean Particles
- Q-Flo
- QinetiQ
- QinetiQ Nanomaterials
- Rolls-Royce
- Scott Bader
- SEA Solutions
- Semefab
- Shell
- Smith & Nephew
- Solvay
- Sun Chemical
- Surrey Nano Systems
- Tata Chemicals
- Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Centre
- TechniTex Faraday Limited
- Teer Coatings
- The Technology Partnership
- Thomas Swan & Co.
- Unilever
- Visteon Customer and Technical Centre (VCTC)
- Xennia Technologies
Naneum
Naneum Ltd was founded in 2005 and develops and markets instruments for in-situ characterisation of airborne nanoparticles. Instruments are portable and designed for use in the field and workplace. They are robust, reliable, and are suitable for untended operation.
Products
Naneum currently markets one range of instruments - the Wide Range Aerosol Sampler or “WRAS” range - which captures airborne nanoparticles in different size bands. WRAS captures particles in the range 1/2nm to 30µm in up to 15 size “bins”. Size resolved samples can then be analysed separately using techniques such as Atomic Adsorption, Mass Spectrometry, and Scanning Electron Microscopy and others to give information on mass distribution, chemical composition and morphology according to particle size.
A further range of instruments is in an advanced stage of development and is due for launch in Q3 2007.
These instruments Select, Size and Count airborne particles giving on-line number concentration and size distribution. The instruments are battery operated, portable and can provide detection of airborne nanoparticles and continuous monitoring.
Several units can be combined to monitor production processes, and provide size distribution mapping.
Instruments provide advantages in terms of:
- Portability and ease of use
- Full range of airborne particle sizes covered from 1/2nm up to 30µm
- On-line, in-situ number concentration and size distribution
- Affordability
Applications
Naneum instruments can be used separately or together to give a full characterisation of airborne particles including:
- Morphology
- Chemical composition,
- Number concentration
- Size distribution.
Instruments have been used in a wide range of applications including:
- Occupational health monitoring
- Environmental monitoring
- Cleanroom certification and monitoring
- Security applications
For more information go to the Naneum website.