Nanopowders, Thin Films, and Devices

The nGimat story and technology have been featured in multiple business and industry trade publications. The CCVD process is described by Business Week magazine as a Development to Watch, and is listed as one of the top five new coating technologies of the 1990s in The American Ceramic Society Bulletin magazine. Other articles have appeared in Forbes, Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Board Authority, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Advanced Coatings & Surface Technology, and High Tech Ceramic News. In addition to print media, nGimat has been featured on local Atlanta news broadcasts and CNNfn's Entrepreneurs Only as well as CNN's Future Watch program which heralded the CCVD process as a breakthrough coating technology. Following is a list of nGimat featured articles, announcements, and press releases. July 29, 2010, Governor Beshear Announces nGimat Opening Lab Facility in Lexington (issued by the Office of the Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky) March 3, 2010, nGimat Awarded an Air Force Phase II to Develop Nanostructured Multilayered Tunable Dielectrics for High Power Microwave Applications April 1, 2009, United States Air Force awards Phase I SBIR contract to nGimat for developing nanoengineered ceramic materials for high power lasers March 19, 2009, nGimat Awarded an Air Force Phase I to Develop Nanostructured Multilayered Tunable Dielectric for Microwave Applications January 29, 2009, nGimat Awarded US Department of Energy SBIR Phase II to Develop Insulation for Superconducting Nb3Sn Wire September 22, 2008, nGimat Awarded a Navy Phase I to Develop Antenna Array and Beamformer to Support Ka-Band Brownout Radar Systems August 27, 2008, nGimat Awarded Army STTR Phase II for Development of Ka-band Tunable Filters Using Ferroic Thin Films July 14, 2008, nGimat Awarded US Department of Energy Phase I to Develop Electrode Nanomaterials for Lithium-ion Batteries June 4, 2008, nGimat Awarded an Air Force Phase I to Develop Electronic Bumper System May 5, 2008, nGimat Issued US Patent Covering Low Temperature Vapor Deposition Methods for Making Nanopowders and Thin Films March 6, 2008, nGimat Awarded Navy Phase II for development of X-band Tunable Filters for Electronically Steered Antenna (AESA) Array February 27, 2008, nGimat Awarded an EPA Phase I to Develop Nanomaterials for Hot Coal Gas Cleanup February 15, 2008, nGimat Announces Issued Patent Covering ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL DEVICES May 16, 2007, nGimat Awarded Air Force Phase II New Fuel-Flexible Reforming Technology Helps Military Move Toward Hydrogen Economy March 30, 2007, nGimat Awarded Air Force Phase II New Desulphurization Technology Helps Military Comply with Clean Air Act December 7, 2006, nGimat's Dr. Scott Flanagan to Introduce New Series of Ionic Liquid Solvents Designed to Make Industrial Processes Run Cleaner and Consume Less Energy October 30, 2006, nGimat Co. to Develop and Manufacture Ceramic Nanopowders for Production of High Energy Laser Materials August 30, 2006, nGimat Announces Issued Patent Covering TUNABLE CAPACITORS USING FLUID DIELECTRICS June 8, 2006, nGimat Announces Issued Patents Covering EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS May 25, 2006, nGimat Announces Issued Patent Covering TUNABLE CAPACITORS FOR WIRELESS DEVICES May 15, 2006, nGimat Releases Solvent Replacement Software Enabling Formulation of Benign Organic Solvents to Replace Harmful Solvents in Industrial and Consumer Products April 13, 2006, nGimat Developing Fuel Injection Method for Next-Generation Jet Engines with Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory and Georgia Tech March 17, 2006, Microwave Journal Article: Low Cost Analog Phase Shifter Product Family for Military, Commercial and Public Safety Applications March 15, 2006, nGimat Awarded SBIR Phase II Contract by the Department of Energy to Develop Self-Cleaning Surfaces for Glass March 2, 2006, nGimat Awarded Thin Films-Related Patents February 13, 2006, nGimat Announces Issued Patents Covering ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL MATERIALS AND DEVICES December 14, 2005, nGimat Appoints Nanotechnology Science Advisory Board November 1, 2005, nGimat Appoints RF Wireless Science Advisory Board October 11, 2005, nGimat Delivers Family of Continuously Variable Analog Ferroelectric Phase Shifters for Military, Commercial and Public Safety Applications May 4, 2005, nGimat Develops New Technology for Solvent Replacement April 28, 2005, Dr. Andrew T. Hunt Has Been Appointed to the National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) March 17, 2005, nGimat Co. Receives EPA Small Business Research Contract February 15, 2005, nGimat Awarded NIH Grant to Further Develop Gene Expression Analysis Technology February 2, 2005, Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR Success Stories: Embedded Capacitors for Multichip Modules and Printed Circuit Boards January 25, 2005, MDA Update Article: nGimat Shows CVD Process Can Improve Cell Phones, Radar by S. Tillett January 10, 2005, Thomas A Saponas Appointed to Committee to Evaluate the National Nanotechnology Initiative September 1, 2004, Ceramic Industry Article: A New Solution for CVD August 10, 2004, nGimat Co. Formally Changes Name March 26, 2004, Nanomaterials Developed by nGimat for Battery Applications March 3, 2004, MicroCoating Technologies Now Doing Business as nGimat Co. January 5, 2004, Thomas A. Saponas Appointed to MCT Board April 2, 2003, MCT Produces Nanomaterials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells October 3, 2002, MDA Update Article: Flaming the Mist: CCVD Nanopowder Production September 23, 2002, MCT Acquires Home Land Defense and Sensor IP and Assets July 31, 2002, Dr. Andrew T. Hunt Selected to Participate in the National Academy of Engineering's 2002 Symposium June 20, 2002, MCT announces CCVD RABiTSTM buffered tapes for use in second-generation high temperature superconductors March 15, 2002, High Ohmic Value Embedded Resistor Material September 26, 2001, MCT Produces Low Cost Nanopowders February 9, 2001, MicroCoating Technologies Open Atmosphere Thin Film Technology Simplifying the Deposition of Polymer Coatings April 3, 2000, Forbes Article: Psst! Coatings! nGimat Home