{"id":83568,"date":"2012-02-09T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/keep-it-pure-nano-filters-for-cleantech-desalination\/"},"modified":"2012-02-09T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T07:23:00","slug":"keep-it-pure-nano-filters-for-cleantech-desalination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/keep-it-pure-nano-filters-for-cleantech-desalination\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep it PURE – Nano filters for cleantech & desalination."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Handing you the Future ~<\/strong><\/span>
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Featured on the Technion 2012 Cornerstone Centennial Stamp, the nanofibers behind the dynamic new start-up NanoSpun signify many of the secrets of Technion’s success in conceptualizing, shaping and nurturing Israel as the high-tech global success of the third millennium.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why would Cornell University and New York City invite Technion to set up a new campus on Roosevelt Island, in order to boost economic growth through innovation and entrepreneurship? Throughout the world, news headlines have cited Technion’s unique ability to produce dynamic and profitable start ups using advanced technology and skills. In 2012, one company that exemplifies the secrets of this success is the prize-winning start up NanoSpun.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Cutting-edge innovation at the frontiers of multidisciplinary science, a streamlined, in-depth approach to technology transfer from the laboratory to the marketplace, and a powerful spirit of entrepreneurship that persists through the often turbulent process of making a raw innovation commercially viable: these are the known factors behind a universities ability to succeed on a national and international scale. And another factor, whispered in the halls of the successful: people – you need good people, that work together as a team.<\/span><\/div>\n
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“Success is all about people,” says Ohad Ben Dror, founder of NanoSpun, which after two years of intense groundwork was incorporated as a company in April of 2011. “You need a strong team\u00a0that can work together well and drive the company to success.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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Versatile electrospun nanofibers –
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Backed by prominent investors, the versatile, hollow nanofiber innovation first emerged from the laboratory of Technion Prof. Eyal Zussman. The nanofibers first gained world attention with a prototype – an example of just one application – in the form of a nature-based tiny parachute that can be released in the sky and can sense and transmit the presence of biological pathogens or pollutants in the air. Unique and cost-effective in their fabrication, the fibers can also be tailored for applications in cleantech, medical devices, solar energy, textiles and packaging.<\/span><\/div>\n
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At the forefront of the young company’s present agenda is to apply the nanofibers in the world of cleantech – where there is a global demand for advanced and efficient systems for water\u00a0<\/span>and wastewater filtration and\u00a0purification.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Based in the Gutwirth Science Park in Technion City, NanoSpun has already won world acclaim.\u00a0In 2011, in Padua, Italy, the race was on at the\u00a0<\/span>Nano\/Polymer Challenge<\/a>\u00a0as Nano entrepreneurs from across the world presented their innovative nanotechnologies, business plans, and long term vision to an international panel of judges.\u00a0<\/span>Nano<\/span>Spun<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from the Technion’s Gutwirth Science Park, won the day, with first place in\u00a0the Polymer category and a prize of 300,000 euros.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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2011: Ohad Ben Dror of NanoSpun collects first prize among global start ups
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Ohad Ben Dror was enticed into the exciting venture – which is now entering its second round of funding – through the Technion’s Entrepreneur in Residence Program (EIR). “T3<\/a> understands well\u00a0the challenges of\u00a0the entrepreneur…” says Ben Dror, “They know how to balance the needs of the entrepreneur with the academic perception. Creating a new start-up\u00a0is always challenging\u00a0and T3 helped a lot in this process.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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Holding\u00a0several\u00a0patents, and with a dedicated team of scientists, NanoSpun offers unique electrospun hollow nanofibers that – as\u00a0<\/span>world industries\u00a0awaken to the competitive advantage of \u00a0the nano dimension – offer a revolutionary opportunity.For more information, contact NanoSpun.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
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