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Appendix B. Site Reports—Europe 193<br />

Site:<br />

Philips Research Laboratories<br />

Prof. Holstlaan 4<br />

5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Tel: (31) 40-27-42577; Fax: (31) 40-27-44282<br />

Date Visited: 16 October 1997<br />

WTEC:<br />

Hosts:<br />

D.T. Shaw (report author), H. Goronkin, M.C. Roco<br />

Dr. L.G.J. Fokkink, Department Head, Physical Chemistry<br />

Dr. Mark J. VanBommel, Senior Scientist in Inorganic<br />

Materials <strong>and</strong> Processing<br />

Dr. A.W.M. (Ton) deLaat, Colloidal Chemist<br />

Dr. Erik A. Meulenkamp, Research Scientist, Department of<br />

Physical Chemistry<br />

Dr. Bianca M.I. van der Z<strong>and</strong>e<br />

BACKGROUND<br />

Philips is one of the most important manufacturers of electronic<br />

consumer products in Europe, with annual sales of more than $40 billion.<br />

Roughly 70% of the Philips research comes from contracts from the<br />

company’s product division; the rest is devoted to exploratory research,<br />

which typically does not lead to commercial products within three years.<br />

Among the exploratory research projects, an estimated 20% are related to<br />

nanoparticle/nanostructured materials. The laboratories have a wide<br />

spectrum of research activities that are of interest to this study, ranging from<br />

nanocrystalline materials synthesis, nanofabrication, <strong>and</strong> nanocrystal<br />

engineering to quantum transport in nanostructures <strong>and</strong> quantum theory of<br />

solids.<br />

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS<br />

Dr. Mark J. VanBommel made a short presentation on nanoparticle<br />

coatings for consumer electronic applications (coatings for antiglare,<br />

antistatic, <strong>and</strong> antireflection uses). Depending on their specific applications,<br />

these nanoparticles need to have special properties (e.g., high electric<br />

conductivity, or low specular optical scattering). Antimony-doped tin<br />

dioxide (Sb:SnO 2 ) particles have been used for these applications, as an<br />

example. These nanoparticle coatings are typically produced by physical or

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