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US Nanocorp®, Inc. (“USN”) was incorporated in 1996 as a vehicle to identify, develop, and commercialize breakthrough technologies in the field of energy storage and energy conversion devices which exploit the extraordinary properties of nanostructured materials. By convention, these are materials with physical dimensions (particle diameter, film thickness, or grain size) less than 100 nanometers (0.1 microns). Nanomaterials present unprecedented opportunities in a broad range of energy applications, including batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, and electrochemical supercapacitors. USN’s other pioneering technology areas include thermal spray of active materials for thin film battery and fuel cell electrodes and the use of fuzzy logic methods to manage the operation of batteries and fuel cells. To date, the Company has raised over $8 MM primarily through customer-based financing, i.e. Government contract R&D and corporate joint development. Its rapid sales growth was recently recognized nationally by a Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast500 Award, a first for a “pure play” nanotechnology company.

USN has also formed a joint venture with Bipolar Technologies Corp. (Provo, UT), US Microbattery, to commercialize micro power supplies comprised of wafer-fab type microbatteries (0.5 cm x 0.5 cm) under fuzzy logic-based battery management. USN has also formed a spin-off entity to commercialize the fuzzy logic battery and fuel cell management, Battery Intelligence Incorporated. BII is implementing this technology in mission critical applications such as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and portable defibrillators used by rescue personnel.

The founding principals of USN possess skills that span a wide area of expertise. Dr. James Hsiao is COB and has experience in trade in the Far East and founder and former Dean of the School of Business at Southern Conn. State Univ. Dr. David Reisner is President and CEO, is formally trained in the area of chemical physics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and has established a reputation in growing technology companies. Dr. Danny Xiao, VP R&D, leads the company in the fabrication of nanostructured materials. John Burdick is VP Corp. Development and has held senior positions with international corporations in investment banking, corporate finance, and M&A. Dr. John Broadhead is CTO. He has extensive project oversight experience at Duracell and Bell Labs.

In the nanomaterials area, USN has developed (i) nanofibrous manganese dioxide (Filox®) for advanced rechargeable lithium batteries and (ii) nanospherical nickel hydroxide (NanoxTM) for alkaline rechargeable batteries and electrochemical supercapacitors, funded under NSF, NIH, and the ATP (NIST). USN is developing intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell components and large-area thin-film battery electrodes using industrial thermal spray techniques, funded under DOE, the Army, and the Navy. Commercialization efforts are under way to license fuzzy logic technology to determine state-of-charge in batteries and state-of-health in batteries and fuel cells, funded under US SOCOM, DARPA, the Army, and NIH.

 

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