INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY
 
Nanocrystals Technology and its affiliated companies have been granted 10 patents and have 8 patents pending. The patents include applications of Doped Nanocrystals (now referred as Quantum Confined Atoms) in the size range of 2 to 10 nm, as efficient phosphors, lasers, sensors, displays and nanocomposites. The use of nanophosphors in microchannel plate led to the development of very high-resolution digital x-ray imaging systems that we plan to introduce in the market in fall of 2002.
 

KEY  PERSONNEL

 
Rameshwar N. Bhargava, Ph.D. is the discoverer of doped nanocrystals and Quantum Confined Atom. Until August 1993, he held various scientific and management positions at Philips Laboratories, last being Director and Scientific Advisor. Prior to that, he has been a member of technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories, IBM Research Center, and IBM Watson Research Labs. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has been issued 30 U.S. Patents and is the author of over 100 scientific papers.

Alexei Ekimov, Ph.D. serves as the Chief Scientist. Dr. Ekimov received his Ph.D. and Doctor of Science from Ioffe Physical -Technical Institute, Leningrad, Russia. Dr. Ekimov is the discoverer of the Quantum Dot. He was the recipient of the State Prize of the USSR in Physics and Technology and the Alexander won Humboldt Award for his work in semiconductor Quantum Dots. He has been a visiting professor at Ecole Polytechnique and University Clode Bernade in France, Max Planck Institute in Germany and Osaka University in Japan. He is internationally renowned in the scientific community and has more than 100 publications and several patents.

Nikhil Taskar, Ph.D. serves as NIC's Chief Technical Officer. Prior to assuming his position with NIC in May 1998, Dr.Taskar held several senior technical positions in Philips Research from 1990 onwards, the most recent being that of Principal Member of Research Staff. For about a year in 2000, he was responsible for technical leadership of semiconductor technology for optoelectronic and power-electronic applications in GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory. He has several patents (15 issued and 10 pending) and numerous publications in scientific journals.

Rajan Pillai serves as Director, Business Development. He is an alumni of Harvard Law School and a member of the New York Bar, specializing in corporate and securities law. He has worked as a Vice President with ANZ Grindlays Bank, served as Managing Director of Peregine Capital Ltd., based in Hong Kong, and has also been involved with several startups. In New York, he has worked for Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Delson & Gordon and Kramer, Levin. At present, he is also a Director of Trinity Laboratories, Inc. and Free Electron Technology, Inc.