STATUS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE

PHILIPPINES
by
Blessie A. Basilia, PhD
Industrial Technology Development Institute, Department of Science and Technology
Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1631
basiliablessie@gmail.com, msd@dost.gov.ph
 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Total land area: DOST

300,000 square km (Department
of Science and
94 million people Technology)

Nanotechnology can help

provide some solutions:

• energy
• health
• environment
•agricultural productivity

An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands

 Materials Science National Metrology Laboratory, OD,
& Food Processing Environment & Biotechnology ODD, PMISD, FMD, ADM

ITDI Divisional
Buildings at
DOST
Compound
Chemicals & Energy Standards and Testing

Information &
Packaging Technology Technological Services Documentation (TSD)
 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
PRIORITY PROGRAMS

ENVIRONMENT ALTERNATIVE
& NATURAL ENERGY BIOTECH
RESOURCES

Increased
productivity
AGRICULTURE
& FOOD
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SECTORS Globally
competitive
products &
services

MANUFACTURING
HEALTH NANOTECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTION
 Nanotech
Facilities and
UP-NIP
Equipment in UP-NIGS
the Philippines Bureau of Mines UP-NIP
& Geosciences UP-NIP
UP-NIP,
Scanning Electron UP-NEC
Microscope (SEM) UPD,
ADMU
UP-NEC
Transmission
NKI
Electron
St. Luke’s Hospital
Microscope (TEM)

DLSU
Atomic Force
ITDI-DOST
Microscope (AFM) DLSU
ITDI-DOST
Molecular Beam Makati Medical Center
Epitaxy ITDI-DOST
MIRDC-DOST
X-Ray Diffraction ITDI-DOST
ITDI-DOST
Raman, FTIR,
Optical emission RITM
characterization

Nanoparticle size
analyzer

Surface area
analyzer

Nanotechnology Facilities and Equipment in the Philippines

Some Nanotechnology
R&D in the Philippines
• Nanotechnology Application
- Environment
. nanosensors
• Synthesis of nanomaterials
- Carbon nanofibers
• Nanocomposites
- Natural rubber nanoclay
•Nanotechnology Application
- ICT and Semis-conductors
. Aluminum carbon nanotube for heat
sinks in microprocessors
. Nanotungsten carbide as tooling for IC
fabrication
. Lead-free solder paste with carbon
nanotube for IC packaging
. CNT doped boron nitride nanotube for
optical light source
. Epoxy multiwalled carbon nanotube for
IC encapsulation
- Health and biomedical
. PVA-chitosan nanofibrous membrane
for drug delivery
• Synthesis of nanomaterials
- SnO nanocarbons/ nanowires/ nanobelts
• Synthesis of nanomaterials
- ZnO nanowires
- Polymer nanofibers
UPD UPLB MAPUA
Some Nanotechnology R&D in the Philippines
• Synthesis of nanomaterials
- ZnO nanowires
- Polymer nanofibers
- GaAs nanowires
- InAs quantum dots
- Carbon nanofibers
• Nanotechnology application
- ICT and Semi-conductors
. Thermal interface material with nanoclay for
IC packaging
. GaAs based quantum well devices for RF
application
- Health and Biomedical
. Carbon nanotubes for cancer diagnosis
detection
• Synthesis of nanomaterials
- Nanoclay
- Alumina powder
- Magnetic nanoparticles (Fe)
- ZnO nanopowder
• Nanocomposites
- Polycarbonate nanoclay
- Thermoplastic elastomer nanographite
- PET carbon nanotubes
- Polycarbonate carbon nanotubes
- Thermoplastic carbon nanotube nanographite
- Epoxy halloysite nanotubes
• Nanotechnology aplication
- ICT and Semi-conductors
. PCB substrate from recycled polycarbonate
and nanoclay
- Health and Biomedical
. Nanofibrous membrane for tissue engineering
. Load bearing Hap-Alumina biocomposite
- Environment
. PMMA-nanoclay nanofibrous membrane
for waste treatment
DLSU UST ITDI-DOST . Chitosan biosorbent and membrane for
industrial application
 ITDI-DOST & ACADEME RESEARCH INITIATIVES ON
NANOTECHNOLOGY

NANOCLAY HALLOYSITE NANOTUBE

NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLD BIO-NANOCOMPOSITE RECYCLED POLYCARBONATE- NANOFIBERS FOR NANOCOMPOSITE SEMI-

FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING PACKAGING FILMS NANOCLAY PELLETS WASTE WATER TREATMENT BIODEGRADABLE CUTTLERIES

NANOCOMPOSITE NANO-FILLED SOLDER PASTE ALUMINUM- NANOTUBE NANOSTRUCTURED RUBBER-SILICATE

CUIRCUIT BOARDS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS HEAT SINKS SOLAR CELL NANOCOMPOSITES
Nanoclay is the commercial name for
organoclay or organo-montmorillonite.
• processed from local bentonite ore
• filler in POLYMER Nanocomposites.
 Nanotechnology product from the
Philippines
www.nanotechproject.org/consumerpro
ducts.
 The Need
Semiconductor Packaging Technology Trend

New generation of semiconductor packaging materials are needed to

enable vertical and horizontal integration of future semiconductor
devices
Significant Market Opportunity Nanocomposites
 National Science Foundation forecasts $1
trillion worth of nanotechnology-enabled
products on the market by 2015

 $1.4 billion Federal Research and

Development Investment in 2008

2005 2010 2015

$273 Million $740 Million $3.8 Billion

Source: The Fredonia Group, “Nanomaterials Demand in Composites, 2010”, © 2006

 Future Market Opportunities of Nanocomposites
Industrial
Agriculture $460 billion
Electronics
Chemical
$170 billion
$135 billion

Personal Products
$303 billion

Automotive
$510 billion

Aerospace
$320 billion Cleaning
Products
$24 billion
Construction
$24 billion
 PRODUCTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Biodegradable Nanocomposite Pellets and Films for Green Packaging

Biodegradable Nano-biodegradable Nano-biodegradable

Nanocomposite pellets calendered films film blowing

Silver-Filled Epoxy (SFE)/Halloysite Nanotube (HNT) Nanocomposites as Die Attach

Material in Semiconductor Devices

TO247 Package
Assembly structure of a plastic (power amplifier/power switching application)
package semiconductor device HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES
 National Center for Advanced Materials Characterization

The expected outcome and impact to be realized following the

establishment of the center:

1. Improved product quality and services and enhanced productivity;

2. Increased number of products and innovative technologies;
3. Increased number of R&D and S&T services; and
4. Developed capability on new and advanced technologies particularly on
nanotechnology.
 ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TOOLS
FESEM with FIB AFM TEM with CCD, EDX, EELS 8 and STEM

SURFACE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

AES TOF-SIMS XPS
 The Philippines’ 5-year
Nanotechnology Roadmap
Four major programs:
1. Nano-based technologies and materials
Nano-based technologies/materials for Environment : Water and Waste
Water Purification, & Nano-based Engineering / Industrial materials
2. Nanosensors and nanodiagnostics
Food (detection of contaminants) , Agriculture and Forestry (detection of deseases),
and health (Filipino ethnicity-based nanodiagnostics)

3. Nanometrology for ICT and semiconductor

Fully operational metrology and FA and materials testing laboratory

4. Nanostructured Solar Energy Devices and

Storage
National Solar Cell R&D Testing Facility, new design and new methodologies for energy
storage devices,and scaling up processes of nanostructured solar and energy storage
devices.
 THE END

Thank you for your attention.