ICSTI Statement on Nanotechnology - Forfás

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6.7.4 Opportunities for Ireland The main materials manufacturers will only develop a polymer nanocomposite that can sell into mass tonnage markets. Irish companies typically sell into, globally small, but nonetheless significant markets, and thus can develop specific polymer nanocomposite solutions to meet the demand of their specific market. Such developments are currently underway and offer near market potential. Polymer nanocomposites can be viewed as the first wave of nanoenabled products. The next stage of development will be to increase functionality of products. This will involve the incorporation of sensors and communications devices to respond to external stimuli. The Irish plastics industry will need to continue to be well supported by researchers in third level institutions, providing both technical support for specific projects but also ensuring that companies have access to well qualified graduates. 53
54 6.8 Construction Sector 6.8.1 Sectoral Overview The construction industry needs little introduction. In Ireland the industry is composed of a range of players, from world leaders (e.g. CRH and Kingspan) to a large number of smaller but successful companies. The industry produces a wide range of products covering almost every aspect of the industry; including aggregates, cement, insulation, timber, concrete products, piping and specialty products. Given the bulk nature of the products, construction is not generally an export oriented business although many companies, through product innovation and differentiation are accessing international markets. Globally markets tend to be served by local players, but companies such as CRH etc. now have global reach through acquisition of local production/marketing facilities. The trends within the construction sector are to develop high performance materials through the incorporation of newer materials into established products, thereby creating more durable, efficient, cost-effective and superior buildings. It must be recognised that practitioners in this industry are conservative and that any development must take account of this. The slow acceptance of timber framed housing in Ireland is an example of this, despite its acceptance in other geographies for decades. 6.8.2 Technology Roadmap The key drivers for this sector are to meet the growing legislative and societal needs and still make a reasonable profit. This has created the need to combine activities such as the reduction of costs for building, with the improvement in durability, maintenance and health and safety. Traditionally, these would have been considered to be separate activities.
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I C STI I R E L A N D Irish Council
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FUNCTIONS OF THE IRISH COUNCIL FOR
Page 5 and 6: 2 CONTENTS 6.5 Healthcare - Medical
Page 7 and 8: 4 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Knowledge e
Page 9 and 10: 6 Nanotechnology - National Roadmap
Page 11 and 12: 8 Assuming that the recommendations
Page 13 and 14: 10 A significant increase in the nu
Page 15 and 16: 12 2.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1 Background
Page 17 and 18: 14 2.5 Acknowledgements The Council
Page 19 and 20: 16 and lowered as it scans across t
Page 21 and 22: 18 Figure 3.3: Nanocrystals of the
Page 23 and 24: 20 4.0 ROADMAP 4.1 Background The n
Page 25 and 26: 22 4.4 Nanotechnology Enabled Produ
Page 27 and 28: 24 5.0 OPPORTUNITY 5.1 Background I
Page 29 and 30: 26 5.3 Improved Products and Proces
Page 31 and 32: 28 Figure 5.2: The launch of vehicl
Page 33 and 34: 30 An example of a multinational co
Page 35 and 36: 32 5.6 Conclusions Based on the abo
Page 37 and 38: 34 The above work for each sector w
Page 39 and 40: 36 Year of Production 2002 2004 200
Page 41 and 42: 38 Ireland should examine its curre
Page 43 and 44: 40 At the present time the photonic
Page 45 and 46: 42 6.4.2 Sector Roadmap From a tech
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Page 81 and 82: 78 APPENDIX II Appendix II: Task Fo
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Page 87 and 88: 84 Another important aspect of fund
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Page 91 and 92: 88 2. What is Nanotechnology? Nanot
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Page 95 and 96: 92 3.1.1 Electronics The electronic
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108 Section 2 - National and Intern
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110 ii. Technology Development Rese
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112 UCD Prof. Donald 961,000 Using
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114 5. European Union Funding via F
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118 Communications Communications i
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120 (b) SMEs that are inventors of
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122 Dr. Pat Morgan Dean, Faculty of
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