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UNT enters agreement to provide big possibilities for little technology
UNT and NanoHoldings LLC announced the joint formation of NanoStar Inc. — a newly formed commercial company that will sign an exclusive license to nanotechnology developed at the university — in a special ceremony at the UNT Research Park campus Nov. 17. The signing ceremony came at the dedication of new College of Engineering facilities.
As a result of the agreement, UNT invited NanoStar to become the first commercial company to be located at the Research Park.
"By establishing this kind of incubator partnership, the university aims to provide vital economic stimulus to the region and state — as well as unique educational opportunities for students and faculty — by allowing UNT-generated intellectual property to be commercialized through licensing agreements," says UNT President Norval Pohl.
Pohl and NanoStar Chair Christopher J. Gintz explained that the joint venture covered by the agreement will focus on experimentation with a relatively new form of engineered carbon — carbon nanotubes (individual nanoscale carbon cylinders). Both acknowledge there is tremendous potential for research with nanotubes on account of their tensile strength — possibly 100 times that of steel at only one-sixth the weight — and an electrical conductivity better than copper.
Under the terms of the agreement, NanoStar will examine the possibilities of commercializing patent-pending UNT discoveries resulting from new research in nanotechnology. The rapidly emerging field explores matter at the atomic and molecular levels where the nanometer (one billionth of a meter) is the standard unit of measurement.
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BY RODDY WOLPER |
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