Welcome to the CASANS Workshop

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Welcome to the CASANS Workshop! AGENDA 1230
 1240  Introductions 1240  1250  Intro
to CASANS 1250  215  Capabilities
Interests - The purpose of this workshop is to
provide a forum for academia, industry and
govt from Montana to (1) interact with one
another regarding supramolecular and nano
technology, (2) learn of everyones capabilities
interests, (3) initiate collaborations, and (4)
further estabalish CASANS        1250
 MTech/UofMT - Ed Rosenberg (Courtney
Young )         105  CAMP Corby Anderson (Paul
Miranda)         110  RAVE - Rick
Donovan         115  U of New Orleans/Grambling
- Naidu Seetala         130  MSE-TA - Jeff
Ruffner (Courtney Young)         135  Semitool -
Dana Scranton         140  Resodyn - Joel
Pierce         145  Polymeric Interconnect - Hugh
Craig         150  BIFS Technology - Jim
Feiler (Hugh Craig)        155  Federal
Technology - Todd Johnson (Courtney
Young)        200  ASiMI - Ron Reis   
     205  American CheMet - Dan Brimhall
(Courtney Young)        210  Micropowder
Solutions - Yuval Avniel
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Welcome to the CASANS Workshop!        215  Mont
ana Enviromet - Larry Twidwell         220  PSI -
 Phil Barney  230 - 300 BREAK  300 - 530
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS - Outcomes are to (1)
identify research ideas, niches and needs for
partnerships collaborations to develop and
strengthen CASANS, (2) establish an advisory
board and name board members to keep CASANS
moving forward, and (3) help determine entities
through which the federal earmark would be best
to pursue (Durip, DARPA, ONR, etc.).     
Niches      Collaborations       Ideas      
Needs          Equipment          
Personnel       Future         
  Proposals            Board Members          
   Federal Entities     Miscellaneous  600
Dinner at The Acoma 
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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)
VISION CASANS will be a long-term,
multidisciplinary and collaborative RD center
located at Montana Tech and The University of
Montana to help build Montanas future and honor
its heritage by expanding further into
supramolecular and nano systems. MISSION The
goals of CASANS are to (1) provide the
infrastructure for improved RD activities in
these systems, (2) enhance and initiate new
activities in these systems, (3) apply these
systems to historical and emerging fields and (4)
expand existing, attract outside, and start new
businesses in Butte, Missoula, SW Montana and The
State of Montana.
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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)
EMERGING FIELDS Bioengineering, Biomedical,
Homeland Security, Functional and Composite
Materials, Smart and Recognition Technology,
Sustainable Development, Biomimetics, Hydrogen
Storage and Fuel Cells HISTORICAL
FIELDS Sensors, Coatings, Environmental
Remediation, Resource Recovery, Health Safety,
Catalysts, Circuits, Electronics, Photonics,
Computers and Batteries
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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)

• OUTCOMES
• Increase the economic development of Montana by
  developing and implementing industrial
  technologies through individual and team efforts
  with others at participating universities,
  companies, centers and laboratories ranging from
  local to international arenas
• Be a global collaborative effort involving the
  interaction of investigators with increased
  numbers of graduate and undergraduate students as
  well as post-doctorates and visiting scholars
• Enhance professional development of all
  participants and synergistically affect student
  learning
• Have K-12 outreach through classroom
  demonstrations, student science fair support, and
  teacher research experience
• Help keep students in MT at both the high-school
  and college levels

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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)
SUPPORT Federal earmark of 5.0M in 2006, 2.0M
in 2007 and 1.0M in 2008 has been requested to
acquire key personnel and procure workhorse
equipment such as Transmission Electron
Microscope (TEM), Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM),
Raman and FTIR Spectrometers, and Nanoscale
Hardness Testers, to name a few, which are deemed
critical to making CASANS internationally
competitive. Another 7M is requested to work
with U of New Orleans and Grambling
University. When the initial three-year
investment ends, CASANS will be fully supported
by traditional means participating individuals,
industries and centers associated
collaborations patents and royalties local,
state and federal grants competitive RD
activities, etc.
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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)

• STATUS
• Research proposals have been funded, sent, or
  are being drafted for
• funding consideration by various agencies
  (EPA, DOE, NSF, etc.)
• Proposal is also being considered by MT Tech
  Foundation to help
• establish CASANS
• Undergraduate Research Programs on both campuses
  have
• sponsored 6 projects annually and will
  increase in subsequent years
• Other efforts include 6 funded MWTP projects, 3
  CAST projects as
• well as on-going collaborations by RAVE with
  The State of Louisiana
• (University of New Orleans and Grambling
  University)
• University collaborations established regionally
  with SDSMT
• (CAAN/NSNC) and nationally with the INEEL and
  PNNL
• University collaborations established
  internationally with Gwangju

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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)

• STATUS (Cont.)
• Company support from ASiMI, MSE-TA, Polymeric
  Interconnect, PSI,
• Resodyn, BIFS, American ChemMet, Montana
  Enviromet, Semitool,
• Federal Technology Group and MicroPowder
  Solutions are established
• ASiMI supported an intern last summer and is
  supporting that intern
• for two more years to obtain an MS involving
  their nanopolysilicon
• powder (NPSP)
• Other nano products and technologies include A.
  ChemMets copper
• oxide pigments P. Interconnects carbon
  nanotubes, liquid crystal
• polymers and silver powders and Resodyns
  sonic mixers
• Support has also been obtained from state centers
  (CAMP and
• RAVE) and regional/national labs (PNNL and
  INEEL)
• Web-based courses being developed, MME 5800
  Nanoscale
• Materials Technology and Chem 395 Special
  Topics Industrial

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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)

• STATUS (Cont.)
• Three conferences have been organized MAM-04 in
  June of 2004 and
• Toyo/Montana in October of 2004 at U of
  Montana - Missoula
• CASANS Workshop at Montana Tech Butte in
  June of 2005
• Existing Capabilities at Montana Tech
• Ion Chromatograph Inductive Coupled
  Plasma (ICP)
• X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Scanning
  Electron Microscope (SEM)
• Zetasizer Instrument Energy Dispersive
  X-Ray (EDX)
• Comminution Devices BET Surface Area
  Analyzer
• Analog Tensile Tester Multipurpose
  Furnaces
• Process Separators Sample Preparation
  Systems
• Existing Capabilities at University of Montana
• Gas Chromatograph Q-ToF Mass Spec with
  LC/MSMS
• Solid State NMR Core Computational
  Facility (modeling)
• ICP with Mass Spec Laser-Driven
  Fluorescent Spectrometer
• Analytical FT-IR SEM/EDX

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Center for Advanced Supramolecular and Nano
Systems (CASANS)
CONCLUSIONS Markets in supramolecular and nano
systems are expected to be one of the prime
industries of the future and to have even more
significant impacts on day-to-day life than the
computer industry has had during the last 20
years. Clearly, Montana Tech, The University of
Montana, and their students would benefit along
with Butte, Missoula, SW Montana, and The State
of Montana. Montana Tech Contact Dr. Courtney
Young University of Montana Contact Dr. Ed
Rosenberg
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What is Nanotechnology?
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Nanotechnology is the creation of functional
materials, devices and systems through control of
matter on the nanometer length scale (1-100
nanometers) and exploitation of novel phenomena
and properties (physical, chemical, biological,
mechanical, electrical...) at that scale. For
comparison, 10 nanometers is 1000 times smaller
than the diameter of a human hair. A scientific
and technical revolution has just begun based
upon the ability to systematically organize and
manipulate matter at the nanoscale. Payoff is
anticipated within the next 10 years. Montana is
part of this movement but needs to grow
competitively!
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Examples of Research Capabilities and Interests
at Montana Tech U of Montana
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HISTORICAL FIELDS Environmental
Remediation/Resource Recovery Larry
Twidwell Toxic/heavy metal remediation (e.g.,
As, Se, Tl, Pb, Hg) Ferrihydrite and
modified-ferrihydrite precipitation Zero-valence
iron for passive wastewater treatment Adsorptive
properties of nano-particulates H.H.
Huang Thermodynamic modeling (including
adsorption) Photocatalytic-coatings on mineral
nano-adsorbents for As (III), Cr (VII), cyanide
organic remediation Doug Cameron Metal
removal from ARD by neutral chelating polymers
Kevin Jaansalu Comminution of material to
nanoparticle sizes Application to ceramic
Improvised Explosive Devices
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HISTORICAL FIELDS (Cont.) Environmental
Remediation/Resource Recovery Courtney
Young Photoformation and characterization of
photocatalysts Photo-oxidation of
cyanide and organic compounds
Photo-reduction of oxy-compounds (e.g., sulfate)
CNTs for remediation and recovery purposes
Gold extraction from thiosulfate leach
solutions Acid-rock drainage (ARD)
remediation Other synthetic nanoscale/composite
materials Native Montana minerals as nanoscale
materials e.g., talc, bentonite,
calcite, vermiculite and zeolite Kumar
Ganesan Fate and transport of nano materials in
the environment Attenuation of mercury and other
chemical emissions Corby Anderson and Paul
Miranda Center for Advanced Mineral
Metallurgical Processing
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HISTORICAL FIELDS (Cont.) Safety Health
Roger Jenson and Terry Spear Nanomaterials and
Nano-manufacturing Sensors Kumar
Ganesan Environmental monitoring (Hg and other
emissions) Healthcare Rick Donovan Rocky
Mountain Agile Virtual Enterprise
(RAVE) Electronics Circuits Dave
Hobbs Biowires Coatings H.H.
Huang Prevention of environmental degradation
by (Electro)chemical deposition
Aerosol/Sol-Gel processes
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EMERGING FIELDS BioEngineering/BioMedical
Kumar Ganesan and Dick Johnson Nanomaterials for
heart valve stents Biomaterials for drug
delivery for tumors and cancer Biosensors for
health care Bill MacGregor Hemorheology Sma
rt and Recognition Technology Corby Anderson
and Paul Miranda Center for Advanced Mineral
Metallurgical Processing Doug
Cameron Organic detection in ARD systems
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EMERGING FIELDS (Cont.) Functional and Composite
Materials Courtney Young and Neil
Wahl Polymeric composites with natural/synthetic
minerals Vern Griffith and Kevin
Jaansalu Ceramic composites with
natural/synthetic minerals Kevin Jaansalu and
Bruce Madigan Thermal joining of metal
composites, nanocrystalline alloys, amorphous
alloys Applications to armor and
bullistics Homeland Security (Sensors) Rick
Donovan and Dave Hobbs Chemical Modeling
Courtney Young and Larry Twidwell Material
Characterization
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Remediation by Photocatalysis
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Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)

• Pigments (paints)
• Degussa P25 (70 rutile 30 anatase)
• Self-Cleaning Coatings (windows/glassware)
• Cyanide Photo-Oxidation (destruction)
• Sulfate Photo-Reduction (e.g., ARD systems)
• New Production Technology

hv
M(CN)yx-y (xy)H2O 2yh M(OH)x
yOCN- (2yx)H
hv
SO42- 10H 8e- H2S (g) 4H2O
hv
TiCl4 2H2O TiO2 (s) 4HCl
hv
TiCl4 O2 TiO2 (s) 2Cl2
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Zetasizer (Laser Diffraction Measurements)
Agglomerates
Single
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X-ray Diffraction
Degussa P25
254 nm UV
365 nm UV
No UV
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Remediation by Adsorption
Bottle Tests (Shaking)
Kettle Tests (Stirring)
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Ferrihydrite Precipitation

• Ex-situ/Pre-Precipitation of Pigments (paints)
• Adsorbs Toxic Oxy-Anions (e.g., As)
• In-situ/Co-Precipitation Works Best
• Modified by Al-Substitution

Fe3 3OH- Fe(OH)3
(1-x)Fe3 xAl3 3OH- Fe1-xAlx(OH)3
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Transmission Electron Micrograph
100 nm
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Color is a Function of
Material Composition Crystal Structure Nanopartic
le Size Crystallinity
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No Modification
Al Modification
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Recognition Technology (Supramolecular) Ed
Rosenberg Research sponsored by Purity Systems
Inc. (PSI), has resulted in a new class of
silica-polyamine composite materials (U.S. Patent
No. 5,695,882) which offer distinct advantages
over existing technologies for a full range of
metal recovery applications. These composite
materials, like chelator resins based on
polystyrene, are selective for toxic and valuable
heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Hg, Cd, etc.) while leaving
non-toxic and healthful metals (Ca, Mg, etc.)
untouched. However, PSIs materials have longer
usable lifetimes, are cheaper to produce, and
have much higher dynamic capacities than
competitive materials. They can replace solvent
extraction processes for the recovery of Cu in
the presence of Fe, Al, Zn and Mn. Toxic heavy
metals, such as Hg and Pb, can also be reduced to
safe levels, lt1 ppb, at the cost of less than one
U.S. penny per liter.
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THANKS!