Monad Nanotech
Pvt.Ltd.
A-702,
Bhawani Towers, Adishankaracharya Marg, Opposite. IIT Main Gate, POWAI, Mumbai
400 076, India.
Or mail to : monadnt@yahoo.com
It is more than a decade when the mantra that smaller
is faster and better has prompted us to think ISN’T THE NEXT BIG THING
SMALL?? That’s how the present day Nanotechnology has emerged. Its
importance can’t be emphasized enough as it has found application not only in
Defense , Electronics , Energy Storage , Composites but also in Diagnostics and
Drug delivery & Biotechnology . After InfoTech and Human Genome Mapping
Nanotechnology is making a mega impact on global scenario.
MONAD NT is the first Indian company to
produce Carbon Nano Materials in India at commercial level.
This company was
established on 30th Jan 2004 vide its
registration No U 24230 MH 2004 PTC 144302 under the Government of India
Companies Act, 1956 (No 1 of 1956) as a limited company
Board of
Directors of the Company:
1.
Dr
Madhuri Sharon ( Managing Director)
Carbon Nano particles/material
Development of Nano
technology has been spurred by refinement of tools to see the nano world, such
as more sophisticated electron microscope and scanning tunneling
microscope. In mid 1980s a new class of
material – hollow carbon spheres - was discovered. These spheres were called “Bucky Balls” or “Fullerenes”; in the honor of architect and futurist Buckmister
Fuller. The C 60 (60 carbon atoms chemically bonded together in ball shaped
molecule) Bucky Balls inspired research that led to fabrication of carbon nano
materials with diameters under 100 nm. In 1991 S.Ijima of NEC Japan reported
the first observation of Carbon Nano Tubes; which has found a great commercial
application and its world market grew to millions of pounds by 1999 and is
still growing. Nanomaterials are vying for new markets in electronics, food
packaging, industrial processing and other areas like fuel cell,
super-capacitor, hydrogen storage, Electron field emitter etc.
Nanomaterials are vying for new markets in electronics, food packaging, industrial processing and other areas like fuel cell, super-capacitor, hydrogen storage, Electron field emitter etc.
Carbon nanomaterials are
synthesized by various processes viz.
Arc discharge, laser ablation method, microwave plasma, thermal plasma
spray pyrolysis and chemical vapor deposition. Each of these techniques has
their own merits and demerits, but it appears that chemical vapor technique and
spray pyrolysis.
Strictly speaking precursors for synthesis of carbon nanomaterials
could be any hydrocarbon material, e.g. methane, acetylene, benzene etc which
are derived directly or indirectly from petroleum product. These precursors are
destined to get depleted one day.
Our R&D team lead by Prof Sharon has been working since 1992 on not only synthesis of carbon nano material; but also on their futuristic applications. Prof Sharon was the first scientist to use plant-based precursors for synthesis of CNM The idea being that plant based precursor unlike petroleum based precursors could be harvested as and when desired. Their first attempt was made with camphor, which is synthesized from the resin of pine tree. Now they expanded their choice to various other non-edible oils. They have been able to synthesize almost all forms of carbon nanomaterials, which have been synthesized by conventional route as well
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