Roland Pieler, Developer for NANOIDENT Technologies AG's Life
Sciences Division, will present "Printed Photonics for Lab-on-Chip
Applications" at SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2007. Mr. Pieler will
explain how printed photonics technology improves the functionality of
lab-on-a-chip systems, enabling true real-time, point-of-use
diagnostics and analytics.
NANOIDENT Technologies AG is the technology leader in the
development and manufacture of printed semiconductor-based sensor
solutions. BIOIDENT Technologies Inc., one of NANOIDENT's
market-focused subsidiaries, leverages NANOIDENT's technology to
provide printed semiconductor-based photonic lab-on-a-chip solutions
for life sciences. BIOIDENT's PhotonicLab(TM) platform received the
2007 Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology of the Year Award, and
enables real-time, multi-parameter detection and analysis capability
for environmental testing, chemical and biological threat detection
and in-vitro diagnostics applications.
WHO:
DI Roland Pieler, Developer, NANOIDENT Life Sciences Division
Roland Pieler studied electrical and biomedical engineering at the
University of Technology Graz, Austria. After finishing his degree, he
continued working at the Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics,
Graz, in the field of Microarray Analysis and Software Engineering.
Soon he joined the Device Development division at the newly founded
"Center for Biomedical Nanotechnology" at UAR (Upper Austrian
Research), Linz, Austria. There, his main activities included software
and hardware development for a multipurpose fluorescence scanner. Mr.
Pieler is well published, having authored publications in professional
journals in the field of Bioinformatics. As a member of NANOIDENT's
R&D team, he is responsible for prototype development, sensor layout
and software engineering issues.
WHEN:
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CET
WHERE:
SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2007
Palazzo degli Affari, Florence, Italy
The 4th European Symposium on Optics/Photonics in Security &
Defence is organized by SPIE Europe. The conference will address both
applications and underlying science in advanced defense and security
systems, as well as the challenges brought about by network
capabilities in military operations and the increasing need for urban
peacekeeping activities. With a European focus, this event attracts
more than 400 attendees from government, academia and industry.
WHY:
NANOIDENT's printed semiconductor technology, combined with
BIOIDENT's expertise in microfluidics and chemical/biological testing,
are changing the game in the mobile analytics and diagnostics market.
Medical, environmental and chemical/biological tests no longer require
bulky, expensive equipment; as a result, these highly sensitive tests
can be performed at lower cost, onsite in real-time, ensuring faster
response to disease or contamination.
Image: (C) NANOIDENT Technologies AG
Images can be downloaded in high resolution at www.nanoident.com.
Image text: NANOIDENT Life Sciences Researcher DI Roland Pieler
About NANOIDENT Technologies AG
NANOIDENT is the world leader in the development and manufacture
of printed semiconductor based optoelectronic sensors. The company's
core technology merges the latest breakthroughs in materials science
and nanotechnology with modern printing techniques to create a new
class of semiconductor devices. The revolutionary SEMICONDUCTOR
2.0(TM) Platform is the basis of the world's first commercial printed
photonic sensors, enabling a whole new generation of applications in
the industrial, biometric and life science markets.
NANOIDENT's high speed, environmentally friendly manufacturing
process utilizes liquid nanomaterials and additive production
techniques. These liquids are used to print electronic circuits on a
wide variety of surfaces, producing products in mere hours for
prototype as well as high volume applications. The company's printed
semiconductor devices can be bendable, disposable, light, ultrathin
and large area. They have application specific spectral and electronic
properties, and can contain light sources and light detectors as well
as electronic circuits. These unique characteristics enable cost
effective, custom designed devices for applications such as
industrial, chemical, biological, biometric and X-ray sensors, printed
OLED displays for smart packaging and electronic signage.
Privately-held, the company is headquartered in Linz, Austria,
with subsidiaries in Menlo Park, California; Nuremberg, Germany; and
Grenoble, France.
