STATUS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES

by

Blessie A. Basilia, PhD Industrial Technology Development Institute, Department of Science and Technology

Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1631

basiliablessie@gmail.com, msd@dost.gov.ph

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands

94 million people

Total land area: 300,000 square km

DOST

Nanotechnology can help provide some solutions: • energy • health • environment •agricultural productivity

(Department of Science and Technology)

Materials Science & Food Processing

Information & Documentation (TSD)

Chemicals & Energy

Packaging Technology

Environment & Biotechnology National Metrology Laboratory, OD,

ODD, PMISD, FMD, ADM

Standards and Testing

ITDI Divisional

Buildings at

DOST

Compound

Technological Services

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECTORS AGRICULTURE

& FOOD

ENVIRONMENT

& NATURAL

RESOURCES

HEALTH

PRIORITY PROGRAMS

ALTERNATIVE

ENERGY BIOTECH

NANOTECHNOLOGY

MANUFACTURING

& PRODUCTION

Increased productivity

Globally competitive products & services

Scanning Electron

Microscope (SEM)

Transmission

Electron

Microscope (TEM)

Atomic Force

Microscope (AFM)

Molecular Beam

Epitaxy

X-Ray Diffraction

Raman, FTIR,

Optical emission

characterization

Nanoparticle size

analyzer

Surface area

analyzer

Scanning Electron

Microscope (SEM)

Transmission

Electron

Microscope (TEM)

Atomic Force

Microscope (AFM)

Molecular Beam

Epitaxy

X-Ray Diffraction

Raman, FTIR,

Optical emission

characterization

Nanoparticle size

analyzer

Surface area

analyzer

UP-NIP,

UP-NEC

ITDI-DOST

MIRDC-DOST

UP-NEC

NKI

St. Luke’s Hospital

RITM

Makati Medical Center

DLSU

UPD,

ADMU

UP-NIP

UP-NIP

UP-NIGS

Bureau of Mines

& Geosciences

DLSUITDI-DOST

UP-NIP

ITDI-DOST

ITDI-DOSTITDI-DOST

Nanotech

Facilities and

Equipment in

the Philippines

Nanotechnology Facilities and Equipment in the Philippines

• Nanotechnology application

- ICT and Semi-conductors

. Thermal interface material with nanoclay for

IC packaging

. GaAs based quantum well devices for RF

application

- Health and Biomedical . Carbon nanotubes for cancer diagnosis

detection

• Nanotechnology Application

- Environment

. nanosensors

• Synthesis of nanomaterials- Carbon nanofibers

• Nanocomposites- Natural rubber nanoclay

•Nanotechnology Application

- ICT and Semis-conductors

. Aluminum carbon nanotube for heat

sinks in microprocessors

. Nanotungsten carbide as tooling for IC

fabrication

. Lead-free solder paste with carbon

nanotube for IC packaging

. CNT doped boron nitride nanotube for

optical light source

. Epoxy multiwalled carbon nanotube for

IC encapsulation

- Health and biomedical. PVA-chitosan nanofibrous membrane

for drug delivery

• Synthesis of nanomaterials- ZnO nanowires

- Polymer nanofibers

• Synthesis of nanomaterials- SnO nanocarbons/ nanowires/ nanobelts

• Synthesis of nanomaterials- Nanoclay

- Alumina powder

- Magnetic nanoparticles (Fe)

- ZnO nanopowder

• Nanocomposites- Polycarbonate nanoclay

- Thermoplastic elastomer nanographite

- PET carbon nanotubes

- Polycarbonate carbon nanotubes

- Thermoplastic carbon nanotube nanographite

- Epoxy halloysite nanotubes

• Nanotechnology aplication

- ICT and Semi-conductors. PCB substrate from recycled polycarbonate

and nanoclay

- Health and Biomedical. Nanofibrous membrane for tissue engineering

. Load bearing Hap-Alumina biocomposite

- Environment . PMMA-nanoclay nanofibrous membrane

for waste treatment

. Chitosan biosorbent and membrane for

industrial application

• Synthesis of nanomaterials

- ZnO nanowires

- Polymer nanofibers

- GaAs nanowires

- InAs quantum dots

- Carbon nanofibers

UPD UPLB MAPUA DLSU UST ITDI-DOSTUPDUPD UPLBUPLB MAPUAMAPUA DLSUDLSU USTUST ITDI-DOSTITDI-DOST

Some Nanotechnology

R&D in the Philippines

Some Nanotechnology R&D in the Philippines

ITDI-DOST & ACADEME RESEARCH INITIATIVES ON

NANOTECHNOLOGY

NANOCOMPOSITE CUIRCUIT BOARDS

NANO-FILLED SOLDER PASTE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

ALUMINUM- NANOTUBE HEAT SINKS

NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELL

RUBBER-SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

NANOCOMPOSITE SEMI- BIODEGRADABLE CUTTLERIES

BIO-NANOCOMPOSITE PACKAGING FILMS

RECYCLED POLYCARBONATE- NANOCLAY PELLETS

NANOFIBERS FOR WASTE WATER TREATMENT

NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLD FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING

HALLOYSITE NANOTUBE NANOCLAY

• processed from local bentonite ore • filler in POLYMER Nanocomposites.

Nanoclay is the commercial name for organoclay or organo-montmorillonite.

Nanotechnology product from the Philippines

www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts.

The Need Semiconductor Packaging Technology Trend

New generation of semiconductor packaging materials are needed to enable vertical and horizontal integration of future semiconductor devices

Source: The Fredonia Group, “Nanomaterials Demand in Composites, 2010”, © 2006

Significant Market Opportunity

National Science Foundation forecasts $1

trillion worth of nanotechnology-enabled

products on the market by 2015

$1.4 billion Federal Research and

Development Investment in 2008

2005 2010 2015

$273 Million $740 Million $3.8 Billion

Nanocomposites

Agriculture

Chemical

$135 billion

Electronics

$170 billion

Industrial

$460 billion

Aerospace

$320 billion Cleaning

Products

$24 billion

Construction

$24 billion

Personal Products

$303 billion

Automotive

$510 billion

Future Market Opportunities of Nanocomposites

Assembly structure of a plastic package semiconductor device

TO247 Package (power amplifier/power switching application)

HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES

Biodegradable Nanocomposite pellets

Nano-biodegradable calendered films

Nano-biodegradable film blowing

Silver-Filled Epoxy (SFE)/Halloysite Nanotube (HNT) Nanocomposites as Die Attach Material in Semiconductor Devices

Biodegradable Nanocomposite Pellets and Films for Green Packaging

PRODUCTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

National Center for Advanced Materials Characterization

The expected outcome and impact to be realized following the

establishment of the center:

1. Improved product quality and services and enhanced productivity;

2. Increased number of products and innovative technologies;

3. Increased number of R&D and S&T services; and

4. Developed capability on new and advanced technologies particularly on

nanotechnology.

ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS

FESEM with FIB AFM TEM with CCD, EDX, EELS8 and STEM

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TOOLS

AES TOF-SIMS XPS

SURFACE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

Four major programs:

1. Nano-based technologies and materials

2. Nanosensors and nanodiagnostics

3. Nanometrology for ICT and semiconductor

4. Nanostructured Solar Energy Devices and

Storage

The Philippines’ 5-year

Nanotechnology Roadmap

Nano-based technologies/materials for Environment : Water and Waste Water Purification, & Nano-based Engineering / Industrial materials

Food (detection of contaminants) , Agriculture and Forestry (detection of deseases),

and health (Filipino ethnicity-based nanodiagnostics)

Fully operational metrology and FA and materials testing laboratory

National Solar Cell R&D Testing Facility, new design and new methodologies for energy storage devices,and scaling up processes of nanostructured solar and energy storage devices.

THE END

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